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…
Hospital Medicine Research Update – November 2019
11/1/2019
An essential duty of a hospital medicine provider is to pick up the earliest signs of clinical deterioration. This is crucial because delays in initiation of therapy often have disastrous…
Hospital Medicine Clinical Update – November 2019
11/1/2019
HOME TEAM PROGRAM UPDATE Nationally, an extremely small number of patients (1%) account for a disproportionate burden of healthcare costs (22%). These patients are what are referred to as high…
Message from the Chair – November 2019 Medicine Matters Newsletter
11/1/2019
Welcome to another edition of Medicine Matters. Last week, the Department’s leadership team presented our annual review to the School of Medicine. This is a good time to reflect on…
Physician Has Spent Career Helping Women with Breast Cancer Navigate Hormone Therapies
10/28/2019
By Ruth Serven Smith, The Daily Progress (republished with permission) rserven@dailyprogress.com (434) 978-7254 First published in The Daily Progress Oct 14, 2019 University of Virginia physician Dr. Richard Santen has…
General, Geriatric, Palliative Medicine Clinical Highlight – COMBATTING INFECTIONS IN THE ELDERLY
10/2/2019
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD Over the past 15 years, Dr Laurie Archbald has been involved in infectious disease research to address the infections that affect the geriatric population. With a fellowship…
General, Geriatric, Palliative Medicine Clinical Highlight – ECONSULTS
10/2/2019
By Kim Dowdell, MD eConsults are an asynchronous consult exchange within the electronic medical record between care providers. In many ways, it is the formalization and digitalization of the curbside…
DOM Updates and Notes – October 2019
10/1/2019
Awards, Publications, and New Faces A division-wide welcome to John Kim, MD who is a new provider in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. You may read more about Dr Kim…
General, Geriatric, Palliative Medicine Education Highlight – PATIENT STUDENT PARTNERSHIP
10/1/2019
By Rachel Kon To expose medical students to longitudinal care of chronic illness patients and have a context to mentor students’ professional identity formation, the UVA School of Medicine launched…
General, Geriatric, Palliative Medicine Clinical Highlight – SPORTS MEDICINE
10/1/2019
By John MacKnight, MD When I began my faculty career here at the university in 1996, I could not have dreamed that my professional life would evolve into the dream…
