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May 19, 2023 UVA Health Opens Mental-Health Clinic for New Mothers, Moms-to-Be 

UVA Health has launched a new outpatient mental-health clinic specializing in caring for women during pregnancy and after childbirth.

May 18, 2023 Plan Aims to Enhance Electronic Health Records, Patient Care

An early advocate for the electronic health records now found in hospitals across the country has developed a plan to improve their use, lighten clinicians’ workload and enhance patient care.

May 17, 2023 Children’s Cancer Research Fund Backs UVA Leukemia Research

Children’s Cancer Research Fund has awarded $250,000 to an innovative new approach to treating leukemia – blood cancer – being developed at UVA Cancer Center.

May 12, 2023 To Honor Its Physicians, UVA Health Donates $10,000 to Catholic Charities Mother of Mercy Free Medical Clinics

To honor its outstanding physicians and their service to the community – and to commemorate National Doctors’ Day – UVA Health has donated $10,000 to Catholic Charities Mother of Mercy Free Medical Clinics in Manassas and Woodbridge. 

May 12, 2023 To Honor Its Physicians, UVA Health Donates $30,000 to Charlottesville Free Clinic 

To honor its outstanding physicians and their service to the community – and to commemorate National Doctors’ Day – UVA Health has donated $30,000 to the Charlottesville Free Clinic.

May 11, 2023 U.S. News & World Report Ranks UVA School of Medicine Among Nation’s Best 

The University of Virginia School of Medicine has earned a top national ranking for its biomedical research in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools guide.

May 10, 2023 Focused Ultrasound Trial Finds Promise for Parkinson’s Patients

The findings of a major international trial to test a high-tech, scalpel-free approach to treating movement problems caused by Parkinson’s disease have been published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. 

May 4, 2023 New Insights Into Seizures Advance Efforts to Develop Better Treatments

New insights into how the brain responds to seizures could facilitate the development of much-needed treatments for the third of patients who don’t respond to existing options.

May 3, 2023 To Honor Its Physicians, UVA Health Donates $10,000 to Free Clinic of Culpeper

Part of the nonprofit Culpeper Wellness Foundation, the Free Clinic of Culpeper provides care for patients without insurance or the means to pay for healthcare.

May 3, 2023 UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center and UVA Health Prince William Medical Center Earn 10th Consecutive Straight ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grades from Leapfrog Group 

UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center and UVA Health Prince William Medical Center were awarded an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2023 for the 10th consecutive time by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.