BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) – WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital serves many Raleigh County patients and employees on its main campus, making it essential to have a health center here.
Beckley Primary Care and Vein Clinic is a great addition to southern Appalachia.
“We wanted to make sure we had the right person who would be the right fit for WVU Medicine, PCH, and Dr. Matthew Arvon is,” said President/CEO Karen Bowling. “We also wanted to make sure that we had a presence here so individuals knew that WVU Medicine, PCH serves this entire community.”
According to Arvon, he could have practiced anywhere. But he says this is where he’s from and where he belongs, adding that one can’t find a better location than Beckley and the New River Gorge.
“I’m excited to be a part of WVU,” the primary care physician/vein specialist said. “It is the medical organization in this entire state and probably region.”
Everyone should have access to good medical care. And with Mountain State health statistics skyrocketing — keeping on top of that is imperative.
“Make sure you get screenings, whether it’s mammography or colonoscopy. It is important to get those screenings because that’s how we early detect cancer,” said Bowling.
“Obviously, we have a big cancer center opening coming in the next two years.”
Arvon’s in this for the long haul.
“I’m 67 and most people are looking to retire now,” the doctor said. “My dad retired at 89. I would like to do that.”
Bowling calls the specialist an outstanding physician.
“We really try hard to make sure that we have physicians that fit within our community, that work within the community, and that really serve the community,” said the President/CEO. “Dr. Arvon does all those things.”
From family medicine to comprehensive vein treatment, Beckley Primary Care is your convenient local resource.
“I’m not sure if there are any other practices in southern West Virginia that provide sclerotherapy, and I still do that,” Arvon said. “And we do endovenous procedures in the office, which is fairly unique in 2025.”
Have a test done here, and WVU’s academic physicians in Morgantown can see the results or scan themselves.
“It makes it easy from a continuity of care. This connection to Morgantown is very important to us,” said Bowling. “Our connection, really throughout our entire system, is important to us. And having Dr. Arvon around here is just another link in the chain.”
