Children’s Hospital Culture: Why it’s a Top Priority

by William C. Petersen Jr, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer UVAMC, Children's Hospital Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, UVASOM Why is focusing on culture at the Children's Hospital so important?  …

Communications and Culture Initiative: One Year Later

By Ann Kellams, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM, Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics Q: What are you working on, one year after the launch of…

COVID-19 Children’s Corner: Updates on Epidemiology, Variants, Vaccines, Immunity, and More

COVID-19 Children’s Corner by Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, Division Head of Pediatric Infectious Disease The pandemic and children. Does it feel like you have been noticing more mental health problems in…

Reducing Our No-show Rate with Compassion and Thoughtfulness

By Susan Boston, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager, Orange Pediatrics The Story This story starts several years ago with a conversation I had with Karin Skeen regarding our no-show rate. As…

UVA BB Infusion Team & Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Therapy

by Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, Division Head of Pediatric Infectious Disease UVA BB Infusion team gave their first monoclonal antibody infusion therapy to a pediatric patient March 19th! Thanks to the…

Establishing a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program at UVA

Q. Tell me about your new role and program. A. I am the Clinical Director of Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapies joining Trey Lee to help establish a bone marrow…