9/16/2025
David C. Shonka Jr., MD, an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Head & Neck Oncologic & Microvascular Surgery, is one of 217 surgeons who earned the…
UVA Health Transplant Center Effort Highlights Living Donation
9/16/2025
To help more patients receive lifesaving kidney and liver transplants, the UVA Health Transplant Center is launching a new program today to emphasize the importance of living organ donation. “It’s an…
Teresa Edwards to Serve as Interim CEO of UVA Health University Medical Center
9/9/2025
A veteran healthcare executive with a long, successful history of overseeing major hospital operations has been appointed interim chief executive officer of UVA Health University Medical Center. Teresa L. Edwards,…
School of Medicine Appoints Two Interim Department Chairs
9/9/2025
The School of Medicine is pleased to announce two new interim department chair appointments. Cree Gaskin, MD, was named Interim Chair of the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging in…
UVA Health University Medical Center Earns National, State Breastfeeding Awards
8/20/2025
UVA Health University Medical Center has earned national and state awards for supporting breastfeeding parents. The medical center, which is home to UVA Health Children’s, has been redesignated as a…
UVA Health University Medical Center Earns Highest National Trauma Care Honor
8/20/2025
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…
UVA Health Expands Dialysis Food Pharmacy Program
8/12/2025
UVA Health has expanded its Dialysis Food Pharmacy Program to all of its dialysis centers, ensuring patients facing food insecurity can receive healthy, kidney friendly foods for free. Food pharmacies…
UVA Aims to Improve Brain Cancer Care Using AI
8/6/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists are tapping the power of artificial intelligence to enhance and accelerate treatment for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain cancer. UVA researcher Bijoy Kundu, PhD,…