Private company

Inova Fairfax Hospital

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Hospital in Washington metropolitan area, U.S.

Inova Fairfax Hospital is a hospital in Fairfax County, Virginia and the flagship facility of the Inova Health System. Located just outside the limits of Falls Church, Virginia, it is the largest hospital campus in Northern Virginia as well as one of the largest employers in the county. Inova Fairfax Hospital contains Northern Virginia's only adult Level I Trauma Center, as well as a neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, oncology unit, adolescent medicine unit, and centers for cardiac surgery and pediatric surgery.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1961Founded1
  • Industryhospitals and rehabilitation1
  • HeadquartersFalls Church, United States1
  • Websitewww.inova.org/ifh
  • Legal formNonstock Corporation3
  • LEI5493001L7PBVS286Y3073
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, 23060 Glen Allen, United States3
  • Registered withState Corporation Commission, 018036913
Inova Fairfax Hospital - Green Lawn
Photo: alexanderromero, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Inova Fairfax Hospital is a hospital in Fairfax County, Virginia and the flagship facility of the Inova Health System. Located just outside the limits of Falls Church, Virginia, it is the largest hospital campus in Northern Virginia as well as one of the largest employers in the county. Inova Fairfax Hospital contains Northern Virginia's only adult Level I Trauma Center, as well as a neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, oncology unit, adolescent medicine unit, and centers for cardiac surgery and pediatric surgery.2

The story

Fairfax Hospital first opened on February 6th, 1961 as a 282-bed hospital. Over the next 10 years, it expanded its capacity and built a medical library and outpatient facility. By 1973, the hospital contained up to 614 beds and possessed an orthopedics unit, a stroke unit, a pediatric intensive care unit, a neonatology program, a pulmonary function lab, and an infectious diseases program. The Fairfax Hospital Women and Children's Center opened in 1992. In 1997, Fairfax Hospital was renamed Inova Fairfax Hospital. In 2004, the hospital opened the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Inova Health System

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Timeline

  1. 1961Founded Founded1