DoM Medicine Matters Newsletter – December 2019
12/3/2019
The December 2019 Medicine Matters Newsletter features an end-of-year message from each Division. We welcome your feedback and continued updates, which can be sent to: Kim Kelley-Wagner at kak2cj@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Message From Dr Mark Okusa – Division Chief, Nephrology
12/3/2019
It is that special time of year to wax lyrical and extol accomplishments, and I am personally and profoundly grateful for the incredible members of our Division who continue to…
December 2019 Updates and Notes
12/3/2019
Congratulations to UVA Health on having 233 of its doctors selected for 2019-2020 Best Doctors in America List. We are proud to report that 65 Department of Medicine faculty…
NEPHROLOGY FACULTY PROFILE – Julia Scialla
9/6/2019
Tell us a little about yourself? I am a Clinical Nephrologist and Epidemiologist. I spend a lot of my time on clinical research in kidney disease including work in observational…
NEPHROLOGY FACULTY PROFILE – Corey Cavanaugh
9/6/2019
Tell us a little about yourself? My wife and I were raised in Akron, Ohio, met in medical school, and are now raising our son Jack. What brings you to…
NEPHROLOGY FACULTY PROFILE – Sho Morioka
9/6/2019
Tell us a little about yourself? I completed my postdoctoral research training in Dr Kodi Ravichandran’s lab in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at UVA and joined…
NEPHROLOGY STAFF PROFILE – Danielle Wentworth
9/6/2019
Tell us a little about yourself? I grew up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., and since leaving for college I’ve moved around quite a bit until settling here…
The Latest in Nephrology Research Interests
9/3/2019
Rahul Sharma, MS, PhD, Associate Professor The long-term goal of Dr Sharma’s research is to identify and produce novel therapeutic agents that have the potential of translation from bench to…
New Research Laboratory Space Planned for the Division of Nephrology
9/3/2019
The Division of Nephrology/CIIR will inaugurate a new research laboratory in early 2020. 9,000 square feet of modern laboratory research space in Pinn Hall is being renovated to accommodate the…
Message from the Chair – September 2019 Medicine Matters Newsletter
9/1/2019
Welcome back from summer! As the new academic year gets going in full swing, this month’s Medicine Matters highlights the Division of Nephrology. Of course, I must admit a certain…
