MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital will have a new name following a $28 million, unrestricted gift from entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Golisano.

The gift was presented Tuesday to a delegation of WVU Medicine senior leadership while visiting the Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship in Brighton, N.Y., with officials announcing the hospital now will be known as WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s.

“Mr. Golisano’s gift is a powerful statement of belief in our mission and in the future of children’s health,” Michael A. Grace, M.B.A., Ed.D., F.A.C.H.E., president and CEO of West Virginia University Hospitals, said. “His generosity will help fuel innovation, expand pediatric services, and strengthen our ability to deliver life-changing care to children across our

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