‘Bad Guy’ Cells Prove Vital for Stopping Deadly Bug
11/17/2016
By Josh Barney* // Researchers in ID chief Bill Petri's lab have identified immune cells vital for protecting us from potentially fatal C. difficile bacterial infections. Surprisingly, those cells are…
GI’s Dan Strand To Head UVA’s new National Pancreas Foundation Center
11/9/2016
UVA is one of nine new centers designated by the National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) for advanced treatment of pancreatitis and related disorders. These newly designated centers join 38 others around…
Medicine Grand Rounds| Michael Salerno, MD, PhD: Cardiac Imaging for the Non-Imager
11/7/2016
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Location: Pinn Hall Auditorium - Rm. 1-5 More info: AJB9FA@virginia.edu Michael Salerno, MD, PhD, is an associate professor of medicine and radiology and…
2016 DOM Faculty & Staff Awards Honor Excellence
10/23/2016
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:…
Petri Named 2016 UVA Distinguished Scientist
10/18/2016
Reprinted from UVA Today ("Egelman, Kron, Petri Named UVA’s 2016 Distinguished Scientists," by Fariss Samarrai, 10/3/16) Three of the University of Virginia’s top researchers – biochemist Ed Egelman, cardiovascular surgeon and scientist Dr.…
10/10/2016
Shannon Moonah, MD, ScM, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, was awarded a Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Award, sponsored by the Robert Wood…
Medicine Grand Rounds | Lyle Petersen, MD, MPH – Zika: The Science & the Situation
10/6/2016
Date: Wednesday October 12, 2016 Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm Location: Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium Cost: Free Lyle R. Petersen, MD, MPH, is the director of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases in the…
Slideshow: 2016 Carey-Marshall-Thorner Research & Scholars Day
5/12/2016
DOM's annual Carey-Marshall-Thorner Research & Scholars Day, held on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016, in Jordan Hall Conference Center, included a keynote address by Dean Keddes (director, UVA Medical Scientist Training Program),…
Amanda Lusa, IM Resident (PGY-2)
5/10/2016
I grew up in suburban Connecticut in a family of five, with two amazing parents and two younger brothers. I attended Cornell University, where I majored in genetics and spent many…
Susan Kirk to Chair the ACGME’s Institutional Review Committee
5/9/2016
Susan Kirk, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and the School of Medicine's associate dean for graduate medical education, has been selected to serve as chair…
