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Category: Highlights

Carey Thorner & Marshall Research & Scholar’s Day 2019

5/30/2019

As an electrical engineer at Kodak in 1974, Steven Sasson created a device that captured an image, converted it to an electronic signal, digitized the signal, and stored the image…

The Department of Medicine again selected by UVA medical students as the winner of the Mulholland Award.

3/25/2019

This award signifies that the Department of Medicine was chosen as the best teaching Department in the School of Medicine. This is the 3rd year in a row and the…

2018 UVa School of Medicine Faculty Awards

11/19/2018

The University of Virginia School of Medicine Faculty Awards recognize faculty who excel in teaching, which many include, but are not limited to, accomplishments in research, being outstanding as a…

Academy of Distinguished Educators Named

11/19/2018

Congratulations to the incoming members of The Academy of Distinguished Educators! Jeanetta Frye, MD; Gregory Hong, MD, PhD; Victor Soukouis, MD; and Karen Warburton, MD. Their induction will take place…

Gastro-Hep Expands Its Services — and Garners Recognition for Clinical Excellence and Community Outreach

11/14/2017

Have you been keeping up with the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology‘s recent milestones? The division (“GI”) and its clinical arm, the UVA Digestive Health Center, has been expanding its clinical services…

Nephrology Chief Mark Okusa Elected President of the American Society of Nephrology

11/14/2017

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the world’s largest organization of kidney health professionals, elected Mark D. Okusa, MD, FASN, as the next ASN President. Dr. Okusa officially assumed his…

Endo’s Robert Carey Played Leading Role in New National Guidelines for Hypertension That Will Impact Millions

10/17/2017

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology recently released revised national guidelines for hypertension that are likely to effect the way millions of patients are diagnosed and treated for the disease. UVA’s Robert…

Three DOM Specialties Ranked in Top 50 Nationally by U.S. News & World Report

9/25/2017

The 2017-18 U.S. News and World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rated UVA Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia, and honored 11 specialties at UVA -- including five in the Department…

Two in a Row: DOM Staffers Recognized With U-Team “Member of the Month” Awards

9/20/2017

DOM staff members Margaret Kuhlman, a coordinator for the Internal Medicine Residency program, and Sarah Creef-Bauger, Endocrinology's Division Administrator, were selected as UTeam Members of the Month -- an award program that…

National Awards for CV’s Heart Failure and Heart Attack Care Programs

8/24/2017

The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the UVA Heart and Vascular Center garnered recognition and awards this month for two of its programs. For working to improve patients’ recovery times…