Editing Norfolk, Virginia (section)

===Healthcare===
[[File:Sentara Norfolk General.jpg|thumb|[[Sentara Norfolk General Hospital]]]]
Because of the prominence of the [[Naval Medical Center Portsmouth]] and the Hampton [[Veterans Health Administration|VA]] Medical Center in Hampton, Norfolk has had a strong role in medicine. Norfolk is served by [[Sentara Norfolk General Hospital]], [[Sentara Leigh Hospital]], and [[Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center]]. The city is also home to the [[Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters]] and [[Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital]].<ref name="Hospital Listings">{{cite web |url=http://www.theagapecenter.com/Hospitals/Virginia.htm |title=Virginia Hospitals and Medical Centers |access-date=August 6, 2007 |publisher=The Agape Center |archive-date=August 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827140236/http://www.theagapecenter.com/Hospitals/Virginia.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Norfolk is home to [[Eastern Virginia Medical School]] (EVMS), which is known for its specialists in [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]], [[dermatology]], and [[obstetrics]]. It achieved international fame on March 1, 1980, when Drs. Georgianna and Howard Jones opened the first [[in vitro fertilization]]<ref>Nyantoe Yallah</ref> clinic in the U.S. at EVMS. The country's first in-vitro [[test-tube baby]] was born there in December 1981.<ref name="Jones Institute - About Us">{{cite web |url=http://www.jonesinstitute.org/ivf-jones.html |title=Jones Institute – About Us |access-date=August 6, 2007 |publisher=Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629170027/http://www.jonesinstitute.org/ivf-jones.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=June 29, 2007}}</ref>

The international headquarters of [[Operation Smile]], a nonprofit organization that specializes in repairing facial deformities in underprivileged children from around the globe, is located in the city.<ref name="Operation Smile">{{cite web |url=http://www.operationsmile.org/contactus/ |title=Operation Smile |access-date=August 6, 2007 |publisher=Operation Smile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707124755/http://www.operationsmile.org/contactus/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=July 7, 2007}}</ref>

[[Physicians for Peace]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://physiciansforpeace.org/ |title=Physicians for Peace website |publisher=Physiciansforpeace.org |access-date=May 14, 2012}}</ref> a non-profit that focuses on providing training and education to medical professionals in the developing world, is based in Norfolk.