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 and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults, which in 2018 reported the first comprehensive clinical practice guideline for hypertension since 2003. Read more...
Publications
Recent Accomplishments and Awards in Nephrology
January 4, 2019 by
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 Warburton, The Division of Nephrology, was elected to Fellowship in the American College of Physicians. Read more...
DOM Trainees Moss and Holland Publish Research on the “Evolving Medical Complexity of the Modern Cardiac Intensive Care Unit”
May 8, 2017 by
CV fellow Travis Moss, MD
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 Cardiology (JACC) that may have important implications for how Cardiac Intensive Care Units are staffed and run. Read more...
UVA Nephrology and Pharmacology Team Publish Paper in Nature Neuroscience
April 21, 2017 by
(l-r) Mark Okusa, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Patrice Guyenet, Chikara Abe, Ruth Stornetta and Diane Rosin.
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 in Nature Neuroscience in March (on-line, ahead of print). Read more...
Study By ID Team Shows How Bacteria Spread From Sink Drainpipes to Patients
February 24, 2017 by
Droplet dispersion in a hand wash sink traced using GloGerm™ (GloGerm Co., Moab, UT) and illuminated with ultraviolet light. Degree of the dispersion is evident from the fluorescent spots (pink and white) seen on the sink counter, faucets, and faucet handles. Read more...
Flickinger and Colleagues Publish Study on Virtual Support Groups for People With HIV
February 2, 2017 by
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:
Flickinger TE, DeBolt C, Waldman AL, Reynolds G, Cohn WF, Beach MC, Ingersoll KI, Dillingham R. Read more...
CV’s Travis Moss Investigates New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in ICU
April 24, 2016 by
Cardiovascular Medicine fellow Travis Moss, MD.
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 that nearly half of all detected AF was new-onset and that 4 of 5 cases remained unrecognized or subclinical. Read more...
Archbald-Pannone in Journal of American Geriatrics Society
April 19, 2016 by
Division of General, Geriatric, Palliative & Hospital Medicine’s Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, who serves as medical director of University Physicians at JABA, had two letters published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Read more...
Nephrology — Recent Publications & Presentations
March 18, 2016 by
Emaad Abdel-Rahman:
Euro Geriatrics 2016: 3rd European Geriatrics Congress (June13-14, 2016; Alicante, Spain): Member of the organizing committee Presentation: “Unique characteristics of hypertension in elderly” Publications: Balogun SE, Abdel-Rahman EM: Caring for Elderly Patients with Kidney Disease: The Geriatrician-Nephrologist Collaboration. Read more...Michael Brown & Team Find Link Between Immune Cells, Weight Control, Disease Resistance
February 10, 2016 by
A research team led by UVA Nephrology‘s Michael Brown, PhD, has shown how our DNA determines our ability to fight off viruses, revealing that many genes work together to control immune cells, tissue inflammation, and even our body weight after infection. Read more...
