Dr. Adanna Akujuo Leads Surgical Mission Trip to Nigeria
9/26/2025
This summer, a team of UVA Health clinicians participated in the institution’s first surgical mission trip to Nigeria, partnering with the VOOM Foundation to deliver life-saving cardiovascular care to medically…
UVA Health Earns Highest National Trauma Care Honor
9/25/2025
UVA Health University Medical Center has earned the highest possible designation for trauma care in the United States — recognition as a Level I Trauma Center by the American College…
24th Annual Resident Research Day
5/27/2025
The UVA Department of Surgery held its 24th Annual Resident Research Day on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Pinn Hall Auditorium and Conference Center. The full-day event featured oral and…
UVA Vascular Lab Earns Prestigious National Reaccreditation
5/27/2025
We’re thrilled to announce that the UVA Vascular Laboratory at the Heart and Vascular Center has been reaccredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in five critical areas of vascular testing:…
Craig Slingluff, MD Helps Lead UVA Cancer Center into National Melanoma Consortium
5/27/2025
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center (UVACCC) was recently accepted as a member of the Melanoma Research Foundation Breakthrough Consortium (MRFBC), a group of 30 top institutions pursuing new and enhanced therapies…
5/27/2025
In the podcast Rotation Ready, Jeffrey Gander, MD, expertly guides students on how to pre-round on their pediatric patients in the mornings, how to work-up abdominal pain in a child,…
UVA Demonstrates Exceptional Presence at the 2025 AATS Annual Meeting in Seattle
5/27/2025
The University of Virginia had a remarkable showing at the 2025 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, held May 2–5 at the Seattle Convention Center. Faculty, residents, and…
5/27/2025
Congratulations to Aimee Strong, DNP, AG-ACNP and Kathleen Haden, RN, MSN, ANP-C, who presented at the Advanced Practice Providers and Pharmacists (APPOS) Richmond Conference on April 11, 2025. Aimee and…
UVA Health Becomes First in Virginia to Use New Tool Helping Surgeons Spot Lung Cancer
5/27/2025
As featured on 29 News, UVA Health is the first in Virginia to use a new tool in the operating room that could improve outcomes for lung cancer patients. It’s…
5/27/2025
Congratulations to Resident Adishesh Narahari, MD, PhD, whose project on TRPM7 in Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion (IR) Injury has been awarded the David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator Award from the American…
