I am originally from Westchester, NY, but few people can guess by my (presumably) well-hidden accent that I actually grew up on a small island in the Caribbean, St. Maarten. I moved back to…
Nephrology Chief Mark Okusa Elected President of the American Society of Nephrology
Okusa will lead an organization of nearly 17,000 health professionals dedicated to leading the fight against kidney diseases ASN media release - 11/4/17 The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is…
Exercise Discovery Could Save Lives of Sickest, Most Gravely Injured
From UVA Today By Josh Barney (10/24/17) A new discovery about how exercise helps protect us from disease could one day dramatically reduce the death rate among the sickest and most…
UVA Amherst Dialysis Team Gets Creative in Engaging Patients
UVA Connect By Kelly Casey (10/16/17) Bingo? Christmas shopping? These don’t sound like activities you’d find at an outpatient dialysis facility. But the UVA Amherst Dialysis team has made them…
Scott and Emily Cornella Welcome Baby Emmett
Scott and Emily Cornella recently announced the birth of a baby boy, Emmett. Scott was one of the chief residents during the 2015-16 academic year, and is currently a second-year…
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…
