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About OVMC
Ohio Valley Medical Center
Founded in 1890 as City Hospital, Ohio Valley Medical Center is a 225-bed hospital in the heart of downtown Wheeling. Licensed as a specialty hospital, Peterson specializes in physical rehabilitation, intermediate care and skilled nursing care.
Remodeled and greatly expanded between the late 1950s and the present, OVMC continues to use its 100-year-old mission to provide high quality, cost effective medical care, regardless of ability to pay.
One of the Ohio Valley’s largest employers, OVMC offers an array of primary and tertiary care services, from emergency and trauma care through rehabilitation. Its advanced diagnostic capabilities include magnetic resonance imaging, brain-dedicated SPECT imaging, computerized brain mapping and heart catheterization. Advanced treatment services include hyperbaric oxygen therapy, high energy linear accelerator for cancer treatment, and lithotripsy for the treatment of kidney stones.
Surgical subspecialties of the medical-dental staff practicing at OVMC include neurosurgery; obstetrics and gynecology; ear, nose and throat; vascular; thoracic (chest); orthopedics, including joint implants; urology, and eye surgery. Medical subspecialties include cardiology, oncology and psychiatry.
The medical-dental staff practicing at OVMC consists of more than 300 physicians and dentists. Internal medicine residencies in family practice are offered through an affiliation with the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. An independent two-year program is offered in radiologic technology. West Liberty State College and OVMC work together to offer a baccalaureate degree in medical technology and nursing students from various colleges and institutions participate in clinical rotations at OVMC. We have professional nursing students from Wheeling Jesuit University, Franciscan University, West Virginia Northern Community College, Belmont Technical College, West Liberty State College and practical nursing students from the B.M. Spurr school.
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