President Ryan’s Boston Marathon Run Raises More than $52,000 for UVA Health Children’s
4/24/2024
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan’s 13th run in the Boston Marathon was for UVA Health Children’s, and it proved to be his most successful ever. His run raised more…
Run With Jim for UVA Health Children’s
4/3/2024
Run with Jim. Help our youngest patients. President Jim Ryan will run his 13th Boston Marathon on April 15, in honor of the patients and health care providers at UVA…
2/21/2024
Peter Sim, MD (Med’73) and his wife, Anna, established a merit scholarship benefiting medical students in honor of his father, Alan, who was “always a champion of education.” Alan completed…
Leading Private Funder of Glioblastoma Research Invests in Three Cancer Center Scientists
12/6/2023
Each year, top-tier scientists worldwide apply to the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation for grants to support their pursuit of treatments for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)—the most common and deadliest adult…
11/28/2023
John “Jack” Reid, who has undergone several major Mohs surgeries (a specialized method for treating skin cancer lesions) and reconstructive procedures at UVA Health, recently made a bequest of his…
9th Annual Transplant Golf Benefit Raises $55,000 to Support the Transplant Patient Assistance Fund
11/1/2023
The UVA Health Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center recently hosted its 9th Annual Transplant Golf Benefit, a heartwarming event that unites patients, their families, dedicated staff, and esteemed faculty supporting…
11/1/2023
Thomas P. Loughran, Jr., MD, the F. Palmer Weber-Smithfield Foods Professor of Oncology Research and Professor of Medicine, recently signed on to lead the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center for another…
10/18/2023
Since she became the Paul Mellon Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology in 2019, Kirsten Green, MD, says UVA has doubled the number of urologic surgeons and oncologists…