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Medicine Grand Rounds | Ina Stephens, MD: “Medical Yoga Therapy”

Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Location: Pinn Hall auditorium , 1-5
Cost: Free


Ina Stephens, MD, joined the faculty at UVA in 2010 as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Education. She currently practices general pediatrics at Northridge Pediatrics and at By Your Side Pediatrics.

From 1997-2007, Dr. Stephens served as chief of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division and program director for the Pediatric Residency Training Program at the Children’s Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore, Maryland.

During 2007 to 2010, while a faculty member at the University of Maryland Hospital for Children, she served as chief of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinical Service, as program director for its Pediatric ID fellowship program, and as PI on multiple clinical pediatric vaccine trials, with particular interest in influenza, RSV, meningococcus and MRSA.

CME learning objectives:

1. Learn to incorporate yoga, meditation, and mindfulness as forms of medicine to prevent and treat symptoms.
2. Learn scientific principles behind medical yoga, mindfulness and meditation.
3. Review and discuss relationship between stress and health and healing.
4. Summarize research on cardiac disease and medical yoga, mindfulness and meditation therapy.


Medicine Grand Rounds is offered every Wednesday throughout the year by the UVA Department of Medicine, in association with UVA’s Office of Continuing Medical Education. CME credit is available; instructions and forms are available at the event.


The University of Virginia School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Virginia School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The University Of Virginia School Of Medicine awards one hour of participation to each non-physician participant who successfully completes this educational activity. The University of Virginia School of Medicine maintains a permanent record of participants who have been awarded hours of participation. CME transcripts may be obtained at www.cmevillage.com (click on Transcripts and follow the instructions).

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