General Medicine

The General Medicine section, led by John Moriarty, MD, focuses on the care of adults ages 18 and over. Its emphasis is on preventive care and fostering long-term relationships between patients and physicians.

The General Medicine Section encompasses four Clinical Practices:

UVA Primary and Specialty Care Pantops
Integrative Medicine

The UVA Primary and Specialty Care Pantops Integrative Medicine is located east of Charlottesville at 650 Peter Jefferson Parkway, a joint initiative of the General Medicine section and the Department of Family Medicine at UVA. It offers same-day visits, extended hours, and responsive care for patients from the prenatal period to senior adulthood. Holistic services offered or slated to be offered at the practice include acupuncture, yoga therapy, massage therapy, and nutrition counseling.

University Medical Associates

Led by David Callender, MD, University Medical Associates (UMA) serves as the continuity practice for the 100 residents in the Department of Medicine’s Internal Medicine Residency Program. The largest of the division’s primary care practices, UMA is located on UVA’s central grounds. In July 2014, the practice successfully transitioned, along with the internal medicine residency program, to a “3+1” scheduling system. Residents’ inpatient and outpatient assignments are now separated, and every fourth week is spent in the ambulatory setting without interruption from inpatient duties. This “diastole” week is a welcome break for the residents, providing them with a better opportunity to strengthen their ambulatory skills. The change ensures the entirety of the office-based ambulatory curriculum is offered to every resident.

UMA established a task force to promote continuity between patients and their primary care physicians — a key factor in enhancing patient and resident satisfaction. Residents, schedulers, attendings, and support staff collaborated to identify and remove barriers, resulting in an improvement in resident-patient continuity from 50% to 65% over four months. The clinic is currently on track to achieve its target of 75%.

UVA internists Brian Uthlaut (far left), Katherine Jaffe (far right), and Matthew Goodman (second from right)

University Physicians Charlottesville
and University Physicians Orange

The division’s other primary Charlottesville-based clinic, University Physicians Charlottesville (UPC), is located in Fontaine Research Park. Led by Kimberly Dowdell, MD, UPC continues to expand its presence in ambulatory internal medicine.

North of Charlottesville, University Physicians Orange (UPO) provides clinical care to a largely rural population. Julia Rebecca den Hartog, MD, serves as the UPO clinic’s medical director.