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Notable Achievements – June 2020

6/1/2020

Congratulations to everyone! The Department of Medicine is the recipient of the Mulholland Award from the graduating School of Medicine students for the fifth year running. This award recognizes the…

UVA Advanced Cardiac Valve Program

5/31/2020

UVA Valve Program Expansion: The Advanced Cardiac Valve Program at UVA, under the leadership of Drs. Scott Lim and Gorav Ailawadi, has had a dynamic year with significant growth and…

Latino Community Health Initiative During COVID-19

5/31/2020

Latinos are among the most vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic for the following reasons: • Language barriers are highly prevalent and limit the effectiveness of communications between the patients,…

Telemedicine Collaboration

5/31/2020

Valvular heart diseases related to rheumatic fever is common in sub-Sahara Africa and especially Zambia, a country located in southern Africa. Because of the general lack of local cardiovascular expertise…

Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology Clinical Updates – May 2020

5/2/2020

Food allergy We are establishing an extensive network for the diagnosis and management of food allergies including protocols for advanced diagnostic testing and challenges. Patients are also invited as appropriate…

2019–2020 Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Highlights

4/2/2020

2019 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting Fellow Poster Presentations: Our fellowship was well represented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference held in December…

Message From the Chair – April 2020

4/2/2020

It is hard to believe that spring is here and we are facing challenges that none of us probably ever imagined. As I have communicated, I am confident in our…

Hematology/Oncology Updates – April 2020

4/2/2020

Recent Hematology/Oncology Division Faculty on National & International Committees & Boards Dr. Kelly Davidson – Member, American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology Exam Committee Dr. Laahn Foster – Member, ASH…

DoM Medicine Matters Newsletter – April 2020

4/2/2020

The April 2020 Medicine Matters Newsletter features the Division of  Hematology/Oncology. We welcome your feedback and continued updates, which can be sent to: Kim Kelley-Wagner at kak2cj@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

Letter from the Hematology/Oncology Program Director: Dr Richard Hall

4/2/2020

Hematology/Oncology continues to be a rapidly evolving field of internal medicine. This evolution is seen by our fellows throughout their clinical training – in many cases, therapies that we provide…