Welcome to New Pediatrics Fellows!
10/8/2013
Carolyn Word is beginning her Allergy & Immunology fellowship here at UVA as a “Triple Hoo.” She completed her undergraduate degree at UVA in Biomedical Engineering in 2005 and then…
Welcome to the New Pediatrics Fellows!
8/1/2013
Matthew Harer - Neonatology/Perinatology. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Matthew has spent the past 12 years at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, completing his education and pediatric residency. He comes to…
Tay-Sachs and a Mother’s Journey
8/1/2013
The Still Point of The Turning World: A Mother’s Story Emily Rapp, Penguin USA, 2013 Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious and Life-Limiting Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion, and Connectedness…
8/1/2013
By the end of his first year of Medical School, Robert Abbot was completely overwhelmed – in the health care profession, this physical and emotional exhaustion is called “burnout” and…
Interprofessional Global Education in Limpopo, South Africa
8/1/2013
My connections to South Africa began during the 1970’s with protest rallies against the ubiquitous offences of apartheid. We boycotted U.S. corporate involvement and lobbied our college trustees to divest…
5/1/2013
Dr. Julie Haizlip’s article “Perspective: The Negativity Bias, Medical Education, and the Culture of Academic Medicine: Why Culture Change is Hard,” published in Academic Medicine, was recently recognized by the…
Premature Birth & Chronic Kidney Disease
5/1/2013
Dr. J. Bryan Carmody became interested in prematurity and chronic kidney disease after a few former preemies came to the clinic with significant chronic kidney disease. These children were going…
What’s Next for Our Graduating Pediatric Fellows?
4/30/2013
Dr. Joel Vanderford is moving to Kampala, Uganda to be the Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist at Mulago Hospital through the Christian humanitarian organization Samaritan’s Purse. Originally, doctors at Mulago Hospital helped…
4/10/2013
Diane Pappas sees patients on Monday and Tuesday in Orange. She is OK with the 50 minute drive because she loves her patients and has insinuated herself into the world…
Dr. Jennifer Charlton: Hartwell Award
4/1/2013
Dr. Jennifer Charlton is one of two doctors at The University of Virginia Hospital to receive a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. Doctors currently have no tests to determine who…
