Egyptian Building

The Egyptian Building, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas S. Steward, was completed in 1845. The building was the first permanent home of the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College (later the Medical College of Virginia). Originally the building housed medical lecture rooms, a dissecting room, an infirmary and hospital beds for medical and surgical cases.

Nursing in 1958

Female students pose on the steps of the St. Philip School of Nursing in 1958, one year after the Medical College of Virginia admitted its first African-American nursing student.

– Photo courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, VCU Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences

New Home for Medical School

Construction is slated for completion in spring 2013 on the state-of-the-art VCU School of Medicine Education Building, James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, at the corner of 12th and Marshall streets.

Goodwin Research Laboratory

The Goodwin Research Laboratory, home to the VCU Massey Cancer Center, features unique open architecture that provides modern and adaptable space for up to 250 cancer researchers.

No. 1 Hospital

Employees gather to celebrate U.S. News and World Report's ranking of the VCU Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and in the Richmond metropolitan area. July 2012.

Innovations in Education

On the Health Science campus, students work as a team to manage critically ill, simulated patients as part of the programs of the Center for Interprofessional Education.

Dedicated to better health

Faculty and students from the VCU schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy assist patients in Wise County, Va., as part of the 2012 Remote Area Medical clinic, an outreach effort dedicated to providing care for uninsured and underserved populations.