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Kayla Calvo: “The Gold Standard”!

Kayla Calvo, administrative assistant for Mo Nadkarni, MD, chief of the Division of General, Geriatric, Palliative & Hospital Medicine, received DOM's employee of the month award for October 2015. According…

CV Fellow Will Dresen, MD

I grew up in Ocala, Florida, and finally left the Sunshine State for my medicine residency and fellowship. I’ve been at UVA now for two and a half years, with…

Tara Herring, CV Fiscal & Research Manager

I was born and grew up here in Central Virginia. In fact, I currently live in Greene County near property that has been in my family for over 200 years.…

CV Fellow Alex Parker Welcomes Baby Oliver

First-year CV fellow Alex Parker and his wife Kara welcomed a son, Oliver James Parker, on  February 10th, 2016, at  8:12 am. At birth he was 20 inches long and weighed…

Exploring Unconscious Bias

We are all biased. As we move through our lives, internal opinions and thoughts about others are a (sometimes complex) part of being human. We base our perceptions of others on…

Michael Brown & Team Find Link Between Immune Cells, Weight Control, Disease Resistance

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…