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                                                    CONTACT: Marguerite Beck

                        U.VA. MEDICAL CENTER HOSTS OPEN HOUSE
                                     AT NORTHRIDGE

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Sept. 7 -- More than 35 University of Virginia 
doctors and numerous other health care professionals will be on hand this 
Sunday afternoon to welcome the community to the Northridge multi-specialty 
clinic on Ivy Road. Everything from free skin cancer screenings to a drawing 
for a free facial peel, compliments of the plastic surgery department, will 
be available from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 10. 
	"Moving out-patient services away from a hospital setting and into 
the communities where people live is the trend in health care today," said 
Dr. Robert Cantrell, acting associate vice president and provost of health 
sciences. 
	"Although we've had some health services at Northridge for several 
years, patients still had to come to the University site for mammographies, 
x-rays, stress tests and other procedures. Now all aspects of many out-patient 
visits can be accomplished at Northridge, which is much more convenient for 
the patient."    
	U.Va. physicians and staff will provide the following free screenings 
at the open house: hearing; cardiac risk; mental health; glaucoma; skin 
cancer; carpal tunnel syndrome; and peripheral arterial disease, a potentially 
serious circulatory condition. In addition, there will be videos and 
information in all areas of the three-story clinic, as well as demonstrations 
of non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostic procedures. Pediatrics will provide 
special entertainment for children and  refreshments will be available in the 
lobby area.
	Health care services at Northridge are: dermatology; endocrinology; 
gastroenterology; internal medicine; hypertension/hyperlipidemia; the Women's 
Place/ midlife health and pain management; obstetrics/gynecology/fertility; 
ophthalmology/eye center; otolaryngology/ENT/audiology; pediatrics; physical 
medicine and rehabilitation; plastic and maxillofacial surgery; psychiatry; 
ambulatory care services laboratory; mammography; diagnostic radiology/x-ray; 
cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation; cardiology and cardiovascular 
diagnostic procedures.
     Northridge is just a mile west of Charlottesville at 2955 Ivy Road. 
Free parking is available on-site, as well as shuttle service to and from the 
main grounds at U.Va.
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                                              September 7, 1995