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…
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…
Endocrinology Fellow Meaghan (“Meg”) Stumpf
5/30/2017
I was born in Richmond, Virginia, while my father was completing graduate work in nursing at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). When I was two, my family moved to my mother’s hometown…
Heather Ferris, MD, Joins UVA Endocrinology from Boston’s Joslin Diabetes Center
5/30/2017
Heather Ferris joined the UVA faculty on May 1st as an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology. She comes to UVA from the Joslin Diabetes Center in…
Endocrinology’s McCartney Appointed President-Elect of APDEM
4/18/2017
Christopher McCartney, MD, an associate professor and director of the division's clinical fellowship program, begins a one-year term as president-elect of the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology and Metabolism this…
4/17/2017
Helmy Siragy, MD, FACP, FAHA, who holds the Harrison Distinguished Chair for Excellence in Medical Education, was congratulated by division chief Zhenqi Liu for "his second successful R01 this spring.…
VCDPE Leads the Charge on Statewide Diabetes Prevention Efforts
4/16/2017
The Virginia Center for Diabetes Prevention and Education (VCDPE) has been a consultant for and developer of unique diabetes patient education programs in central Virginia and throughout the state since 1987.…
3/24/2017
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm Location: Pinn Hall auditorium , 1-5 Cost: Free Alan Dalkin, MD, is a professor of medicine in the Division of…
DOM Division Fellowship Programs Fill Rosters for 2017-2018
12/13/2016
Below are the 31 matches announced by Department of Medicine fellowship programs for 2017-2018 incoming fellows. Of the 31 incoming fellows, 12 are from UVA residency programs. Congratulations to all!…
Endocrinology’s Shetal Padia Awarded NIH R01 Grant to Study Hunger Hormone
10/15/2016
Shetal Padia, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the UVA Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, was awarded a five-year NIH R01 grant for her research on "Intrarenal Mechanisms of…
