10/24/2017
Important new guidelines aimed at eliminating unnecessary lab testing of hospitalized patients were published in the October 16th issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. Andrew Parsons, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Hospital…
9/27/2017
Fall is upon us, with 22 new faculty members who have joined our ranks since July 1 (several came a little earlier). It is an amazingly talented group of people…
DOM Welcomes More Than 20 New Faculty Members To Its Ranks for AY 2017-18
9/25/2017
Over the last six months, 22 new faculty members have joined the Department of Medicine. They are listed below by division, with photos and links to their profiles, as available.…
UVA Ranked No. 1 Hospital in Virginia, With Cancer, Endocrinology, and Cardiology in Top 50
9/2/2017
The 2017-18 U.S. News and World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rated UVA Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia, and honored 11 specialties at UVA -- including five in the…
7/26/2017
This is the time of year when we say goodbye to retiring or departing faculty members, welcome new ones to the department, and honor and celebrate excellence in our current…
16 DOM Faculty Earn Promotion or Tenure in AY 2016-17
7/26/2017
School of Medicine Dean David Wilkes recently posted a list of 64 SOM faculty who had earned promotion or tenure during the 2016-2017 academic year on the Dean's Office Blog,…
2017 DOM Faculty & Staff Awards Honor Excellence
7/26/2017
Every year the Department of Medicine presents awards to faculty and staff members for outstanding contributions to the mission of the department. Faculty awards are presented for excellence in: Clinical Care:…
Diane Snustad, MD, Retires After Distinguished Career in Geriatric Medicine
7/25/2017
This June, Dr. Diane Snustad retired as the Claude Moore Associate Professor of Medicine in DOM's Division of General, Geriatric, Palliative and Hospital Medicine, and was awarded emeritus status by the…
For IM Residents, a Year-End “Chiefs” Grand Rounds, Awards and a Celebratory Dinner
6/1/2017
Each May, internal medicine residents gather for a Medicine Grand Rounds given by that year's chief residents and the presentation of annual awards voted upon by the residents. This event…
Mahabuba (Maha) Akhter, Research Coordinator, Division of Endocrinology
5/31/2017
I was born in the Murshidabad district of the state of West Bengal in India, about 120 miles from the state's capital, Kolkata [formerly Calcutta]. It is an area with…
