UVA Health will acquire Piedmont Family Practice, a private family medicine clinic in Warrenton, this summer.

Piedmont Family Practice is the largest primary care practice in Warrenton and has served the area since 1993. In addition to general family medicine, it offers women's health, in-office surgeries and includes Piedmont Urgent Care and the Bariatric & Metabolic Weight Loss Center.

It employs about 90 staff members, including seven physicians, 17 nurse practitioners or physician assistants, a certified diabetic educator and a registered dietitian.

The acquisition will expand UVA Health's primary care provider footprint 61% in the area, according to a news release.

Dr. K. Craig Kent, CEO of UVA Health and executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Virginia, said the agreement helps fulfill key goals for the health system.

The acquisition of Piedmont Family Practice helps UVA Health address many components of our 10-year strategic plan, including the expansion of our statewide care network and access to primary care, by providing a geographic connection to our primary care network, which will now extend from Culpeper through Warrenton and throughout Northern Virginia, Kent said in a news release. Piedmont Family Practice is a group of outstanding physicians and allied health providers, and we are so thrilled they are joining our UVA Health family.

UVA Health officials say they plan to continue employing all the current Piedmont Family Practice team members and "support the practices growth ambitions over time."

The academic health system already boasts a surgical care center, cardiology and obstetrics and gynecology services in Warrenton.

The closest UVA Health family medicine or primary care offices are currently in Gainesville and Haymarket. UVA Community Health also offers services in Culpeper.

The Piedmont Family Practice team is a well-known, high-quality group of care providers with a longstanding commitment to serving the community, Erik Shannon, chief executive officer of UVA Community Health, said in a news release Tuesday. This partnership provides both Piedmont Family Practice and UVA Health an opportunity to benefit from each organizations best practices as we strive for excellence in our primary care offering.

Dr. Steven W. von Elten, a founding member and physician partner inPiedmont Family Practice, praised the merger.

Personalized, quality health care is a key shared value of Piedmont Family Practice and UVA Health, von Elten said in a news release. Joining forces with UVA Health will enable us to enhance the care we provide by providing a valuable investment in the latest technology as well as making it easier for our patients to access subspecialty care.

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