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January 10, 2011 UVA School of Medicine Vice President and Dean Steven T. DeKosky, MD Appointed to National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

University of Virginia School of Medicine Vice President and Dean Steven T. DeKosky, MD, has been appointed to the NIH's…

January 10, 2011 UVA Nurses to Distribute $12,000 in Supplies for Teens to Community Agencies

When the UVA Medical Center received Magnet Designation in 2006 from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, nurses decided to celebrate…

January 10, 2011 UVA Researchers Develop Breakthrough Method That Could Eliminate Trial and Error Aspect of Many Cancer Treatments

Cancer patients don't have time to waste, yet many must endure a tedious process of elimination as physicians try several…

January 10, 2011 Thanks to the Generosity of Organ Donor Families, UVA Health System Receives 2009 HRSA Medal of Honor

Marian Lawson, RN, doesn't know how many families she and her colleagues at the University of Virginia Health System have…

January 10, 2011 Stroke doctor hopes to repeat double win in race that will benefit UVA Stroke Center

When the starting gun sounds for the 2009 Walking for My Life race on September 19, Karen C. Johnston, M.D.,…

January 10, 2011 UVA center partners with Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to improve safety of African healthcare workers

One of the critical challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa's struggling health infrastructure is its dwindling healthcare workforce. Those who remain work…

January 10, 2011 Thanks to daughter’s advocacy, UVA angina patient benefits from noninvasive EECP therapy and cardiac rehabilitation

At age 76, Jackie Guild, a survivor of multiple heart attacks and strokes, has a new spring in her step…

January 10, 2011 James P. Nataro, MD, PhD, MBA, FAAP, named chair of the UVA Department of Pediatrics

Steven T. DeKosky, MD, Vice President and Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and R. Edward Howell,…

January 10, 2011 Asthma & Allergic Diseases Center Director Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, PhD, elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society

University of Virginia Professor of Medicine Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, PhD, has achieved the rare distinction of being elected a Fellow…

January 10, 2011 Department of Surgery Chair Irving L. Kron, MD, elected President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Renowned University of Virginia Health System cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon Irving L. Kron, MD, was recently elected President of the…