Catherine Casey, MD, Certified as World Professional Association for Transgender Health Provider
9/15/2022
After three years of effort, Catherine Casey, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine, has completed certification to become a World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)…
Jennifer Payne, MD, Defines Premenstrual Mood Swings and Anxiety as Global Health Issue
9/8/2022
Premenstrual mood swings and anxiety are so common – experienced by more than 64% of women – that they represent a “key public health issue globally,” according to a new…
Newborn Received Life-Saving Gene Therapy at the UVA Children’s Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic
9/8/2022
Virginia has started a newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and the first newborn in the state to be screened positive was recently seen in the Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic…
8/25/2022
Jennifer Sasson, MD's clinical trial indicating a treatment for asthma and eczema may improve survival rate for patients hospitalized with moderate to severe COVID-19 has received widespread national news coverage.…
8/25/2022
Firas El Chaer, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, published an article in the American Society of Hematology's Blood on August 18,…
Statement on Representativeness in Clinical Trials
8/25/2022
I write to share the School of Medicine’s Statement on Representativeness in Clinical Trials that was so thoughtfully written by the Clinical Research Advisory Committee led by James P. Nataro,…
8/18/2022
UVA Cancer Center and Community Health Center of the New River Valley are expanding their partnership to boost colorectal cancer screening rates to 80% of eligible patients. The two centers…
Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Chair Announced
8/18/2022
Top Breast Reconstruction Expert to Chair UVA’s Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery: Renowned Clinician, Researcher and Educator Dr. Scott Hollenbeck to Join School of Medicine The University of Virginia…
