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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…

January 10, 2011 School of Medicine releases fourth issue of creative journal Hospital Drive

Hospital Drive , an on-line journal that encourages original creative work examining themes of health, illness and healing, has released…

January 10, 2011 Medical Center areas to go smoke-free Oct. 1, 2009

Beginning October 1, smoking will be prohibited in areas that are part of a "Clean Air Zone" on University of…

January 10, 2011 Focused Ultrasound Center will explore new uses of one of today’s most promising technologies

Most Americans have never heard of magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), yet it is a technology that promises to…