Sentara Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization serving Virginia, northeastern North Carolina and Florida.

It is based in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and offers services in 12 acute care hospitals, with 3,739 beds, 1.2 million members in its health plan,[1][2][3] 10 nursing centers, and three assisted living facilities across the two states.

At the time, the Leigh Hospital was a state-of-the-art facility built with rounded corners, a fire suppression system, and basic air handling.

[9] The 250-bed hospital was completed in 1977, relocating from its original home in the Ghent neighborhood to its present location on Kempsville Road.

[11] In 1981, Elizabeth Carr, the nation's first baby born using the in vitro fertilization procedure, was delivered at Norfolk General Hospital.

[18] The following year, doctors at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital performed the region's first successful heart transplant.

[23] Also that year, the Sentara Foundation was created as the charitable arm of the organization, providing grants to other local healthcare entities.

[19] In 2011, the Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (a joint venture with competing health system, Bon Secours) was opened in Virginia Beach.

[40] At the conclusion of the due diligence period in June 2021, both health systems announced that they would not move forward with the merger.

[41] As of 2019, the Sentara Health network includes 12 acute care hospitals, 10 nursing centers, and an assisted-living facility.

[42] It also operates more than 300 sites of care in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina with various outpatient facilities and home and hospice services.