Excellence in Cardiac Care: National Awards for UVA’s Heart Failure and Heart Attack Care Programs

  The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the UVA Heart and Vascular Center garnered recognition and awards this month for two of its programs. For working to improve patients’ recovery…

ID’s Heysell and Houpt Receive Award from National TB Controllers Association

Infectious Diseases faculty members Scott Heysell, MD, and Eric Houpt, MD, were part of a collaborative team, with staff from the Virginia Department of Health, who jointly received the Robert…

Departing Housestaff, 2017 Edition: Future Plans

Wondering what the future plans are for our departing Internal Medicine residents? They are moving on to fellowships, further residencies, and positions as hospitalists and staff physicians. See below for their ports…

For IM Residents, a Year-End “Chiefs” Grand Rounds, Awards and a Celebratory Dinner

Each May, internal medicine residents gather for a Medicine Grand Rounds given by that year's chief residents and the presentation of annual awards voted upon by the residents. This event…

Mahabuba (Maha) Akhter, Research Coordinator, Division of Endocrinology

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…

Diversity in DOM Now Has A Strong New Leader: Preston Reynolds

The Department of Medicine has created a new position to lead our efforts to promote diversity and professionalism throughout our clinical, academic and research enterprises. I am pleased to announce…