Message from the Chair – September 2019 Medicine Matters Newsletter
Welcome back from summer! As the new academic year gets going in full swing, this month’s Medicine Matters highlights the Division of Nephrology. Of course, I must admit a certain…
DoM Medicine Matters Newsletter – September 2019
The September 2019 Medicine Matters Newsletter features the Department of Nephrology/CIIR. We welcome your feedback and continued updates, which can be sent to: kak2cj@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
DoM Medicine Matters Newsletter – July 2019
The July 2019 Medicine Matters Newsletter features the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. We welcome your feedback and continued updates, which can be sent to: RDOMWebNewsletter@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
ENDOCRINOLOGY PROJECTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Robert M. Carey, MD, MACP, FRCPI, FAHA, Dean, Emeritus, and Professor of Medicine, served as Co-chair of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Writing Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation…
Recent Accomplishments and Awards in Nephrology
Dr. Kambiz Kalantari, The Division of Nephrology, was elected as The Harrison Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of Medicine, and won The Jefferson Scholars Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Karen…
Cardiovascular third-year fellow Travis Moss, MD, and second-year internal medicine resident Eric Holland, MD, published a paper in the April 25th issue of the Journal of the American College of…
UVA Nephrology and Pharmacology Team Publish Paper in Nature Neuroscience
The Okusa research lab, together with colleagues from the Department of Pharmacology -- including faculty members Patrice Guyenet and Diane Rosin and former postoc Chikara Abe -- published a paper…
Study By ID Team Shows How Bacteria Spread From Sink Drainpipes to Patients
Many recent reports have found multidrug resistant bacteria living in hospital sink drainpipes, putting them in close proximity to vulnerable patients. But how the bacteria find their way out of…
Flickinger and Colleagues Publish Study on Virtual Support Groups for People With HIV
Congratulations to Tabor Flickinger of the Division of General, Geriatric, Palliative and Hospital Medicine and Rebecca Dillingham of the Division of Infectious Diseases and their colleagues for the following publication:…
CV’s Travis Moss Investigates New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in ICU
In a big-data analysis of 74 patient-years of continuous electrocardiography (ECG) from over 8,000 admissions to the adult medical and surgical ICUs, Cardiovascular Medicine fellow Travis Moss and colleagues found…
