Division of Hematology & Oncology

The Hematology/Oncology Division is devoted to state-of-the-art and compassionate treatment in malignant and non-malignant blood disorders, hemostasis and thrombosis, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapeutics, and solid tumor oncology. We are committed to improving care for tomorrow’s patients and have robust clinical trials and translational research programs. Our 35 hematologists/oncologists provide care at our outpatient facilities at the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center or in our Community Oncology sites in Fishersville, Culpeper, and Charlottesville (Pantops location). We provide comprehensive care in our inpatient Hematology/Oncology and stem cell units and on the hematology and oncology consultation services.

Experimental Treatment Sends Deadly Leukemia into Remission

Dr. Thomas P. Loughran Jr., director of the University of Virginia Cancer Center, discusses an experimental new treatment approach for a rare, deadly leukemia that can send the disease into remission even in patients for whom the standard therapy has failed, buying them more time to have the stem cell transplant that could save their lives.

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A UVA Doctor Reflects on Her Work With NASA

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly came home from a yearlong stay on the International Space Station, and a young physician-scientist, Francine Garrett-Bakelman MD, PhD, was waiting anxiously. She had important work to do and only one shot to do it.