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Clinical Care Rooted in Discovery and Training

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At the University of Virginia School of Medicine, clinical care is inseparable from research and education. Our clinicians and clinician-investigators do not simply apply existing treatments — they generate the evidence behind them. Across 21 clinical departments, SOM faculty practice at UVA Health while maintaining active research programs and training the next generation of physicians in an environment where inquiry is built into daily practice.

Frontline physicians are the ones turning that research into care. They don't just deliver treatment — they build it, often assembling multidisciplinary clinics that bring specialists together around a single patient to shorten the path to diagnosis and treatment. That's what a top-ranked academic medical center brings directly into patient care — at UVA Health, Virginia's #1 hospital, and through a statewide network that extends academic medicine far beyond Charlottesville.

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Where School of Medicine Faculty Practice

The UVA School of Medicine is the academic core of UVA Health, which includes Virginia's top-ranked medical center. Our faculty are leading researchers and practicing physicians who care for patients across the UVA Health system — a network of hospitals, clinics, and specialty care that extends throughout Virginia and the surrounding region.

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How discovery moves into clinical care

The path from bench to bedside at UVA is shorter by design. Infrastructure, funding, and culture all point in the same direction.

Manning Institute of Biotechnology

Currently under construction at Fontaine Research Park, the Manning Institute is designed as a translational hub — uniting drug development, clinical research, and patient care to accelerate progress on neurodegenerative diseases and beyond.

Statewide Clinical Trials Network

Launched in 2025, UVA Health's Clinical Trials Network embeds research access into community clinic settings in Culpeper, Prince William, and Northern Virginia — breaking down geographic barriers to trial participation.

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The Clinical Environment is the Classroom

Residents, fellows, and medical students at UVA train inside the same departments where faculty are actively conducting research — not alongside it, but within it. That proximity to discovery is what distinguishes graduate medical education here from training at a community hospital. For program listings, how to apply, and details on the Physician Scientist Training Program, visit the Education section.

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