Sandra Kabagambe, MD Honored with DAISY Award
4/25/2025
Congratulations to Sandra Kabagambe, MD who received a DAISY Award for her calm, compassionate care during a recent pediatric surgery. Her nominator said, "Dr. Kabagambe visited my son's room early…
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…
Resident Kaelyn Cummins, MD Awarded UVA Cancer Center Grant
2/14/2025
Resident Kaelyn Cummins, MD was recently awarded $5,000 from the UVA Cancer Center for her project titled, "From Community Distress to Tumor Biology: Investigating Environmental and Genomic Links." This award…
Kim Bullock, PhD Selected for UVA Cancer Center Phenomenal Woman Award
2/14/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Kim Bullock, who was selected as a recipient of the 2025 Cancer Center Phenomenal Woman Award! Dr. Bullock leads by example, drives meaningful change, demonstrates exceptional skill,…
Adanna Akujuo, MD Awarded Thoracic Surgery Foundation Grant for International Outreach
2/14/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Adanna Akujuo, who was recently awarded a 2025 Every Heartbeat Matters Award by the Thoracic Surgery Foundation. This grant, in the amount of $17,500, will support her…
