One of Richmond's Best-Kept Secrets!   Welcome to the official web site of the Center for High Blood Pressure, formerly Richmond Area High Blood Pressure Center. We are a nurse-run, free clinic offering health care services to the uninsured citizens of Greater Richmond. For more than 25 years, the Center has been preventing Strokes, Heart Attacks and Kidney Failure by detecting and helping to manage hypertension among the uninsured population of Greater Richmond. Discovering that more than 40% of our patients also had diabetes and/or high cholesterol, we decided to begin treating these health issues as well. The Center nursing staff and volunteer physicians see more than 2000 different patients each year. Along with our community partners, we have been able to make significant improvements in the health of individuals who otherwise could not afford the care they need. This center is a model of medical service delivery that boasts some of the best rates of disease control in the country.   Check out our "Smokeless Summer" newsletter featuring pictures of the newly designed patient rooms, a summer salad recipe, and information to help you quit smoking: Summer Newsletter   ← Same Place, New Face →   Dear Community Partners: The Richmond Area High Blood Pressure Center has been operating for more than 23 years.  Over the years the name and logo have been discussed many times.  We feel it is time to update our presentation to the community. We will become known as the “Center for High Blood Pressure”.  This will not change our legal entity; rather, this will be a marketing image.  We will continue to treat hypertension, Type II Diabetes and high cholesterol as we have been.  Our uninsured and medically underserved patients will continue to receive the same wonderful care they have enjoyed.  As the message says, Same Place, New Face! We thank you for supporting the center as you have.  As we work toward serving new generations of patients, we hope for your continued support as the Center for High Blood Pressure. Sincerely, Dave Baldwin                                                               Wayne Key, Jr., M.D. Executive Director                                                        Board Chair   New Services VESL Program For the past 24 years, all our services have been reserved for the uninsured and medically underserved patients of Richmond. We are expanding our mission through a new community-based service.  The VESL Program (Voluntary Evaluation and Screening for Life) is an outreach effort that provides health screening services to companies that care about their employees.  This service is designed to help people discover possible health threats and give guidance to managing those threats.