UVA Undergraduate and Medical Students Make Waves in UVA Surgery Labs
4/24/2025
Medical Students from Witt Lab Publish Paper in JAMA Network Open Two medical students from Dr. Russell Witt's research team recently published a paper in JAMA Open on the challenges…
Newsweek Names UVA Health University Medical Center Among Nation’s Best Weight-Loss Centers
4/24/2025
UVA Health University Medical Center has been named to Newsweek’s inaugural list of the 200 best weight-loss clinics and centers in America. “I want to share my congratulations to this…
Resident Emily Ninmer, MD Awarded $25,000 UVA Cancer Center Grant
3/19/2025
Congratulations to the research team led by resident Emily Ninmer, MD (Co PIs: Craig Slingluff, MD and Heman Shakeri, PhD). Dr. Ninmer was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the UVA…
Resident Chioma Moneme, MD Receives Mark A. Fleming, II Award for Advocacy
3/19/2025
Resident Chioma Moneme, MD was awarded the second annual Mark A. Fleming, II Award for Advocacy in Graduate Medical Education. This is an institutional award named after Dr. Markie Fleming,…
Lab Manager Sara Adair Selected for UVA Cancer Center Phenomenal Woman Award
3/19/2025
Congratulations to Sara Adair, MS who was selected as a recipient of the 2025 Cancer Center Phenomenal Woman Award! "Sara is the ultimate collaborator. She is constantly seeking and sharing…
Bruce Schirmer, MD Receives SAGES Lifetime Achievement Award
3/19/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Bruce Schirmer for being awarded the George Berci Lifetime Achievement Award in Endoscopic Surgery from Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). This is the highest…
UVA Surgery’s Blue Ridge Ranking Jumped to #17 Nationwide in FY24
3/19/2025
We are pleased to share that the Blue Ridge Institute of Medical Research released its rankings for FY24. The Blue Ridge rankings are based on U.S. National Institutes of Health…
Kenan Yount, MD Inducted into the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
2/14/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Yount for being selected for membership in the American Assocation for Thoracic Surgery, a prestigious organization dedicated to advancing global innovation and excellence in cardiothoracic surgery. The…
Megan Tracci, MD Assumes Role as President of the Southern Association for Vascular Sugery
2/14/2025
Margaret (Megan) Tracci, MD, JD, FACS, has been named the new president of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) — and becomes its first woman president. The UVA Health…
Vein ‘Paint’ Developed by Drs. Lian-Wang Guo and Craig Kent Offers Unexpected, Long-Lasting Benefits
2/14/2025
A nanotechnology-based drug delivery system developed at UVA Health to save patients from repeated surgeries has proved to have unexpectedly long-lasting benefits in lab tests – a promising sign for…
