Message from the Chair – November 2019 Medicine Matters Newsletter

Welcome to another edition of Medicine Matters. Last week, the Department’s leadership team presented our annual review to the School of Medicine. This is a good time to reflect on…

November 2019 Updates and Notes

Congratulations to Mike Scheld, MD who recieved the Alexancer Fleming Award for Lifetime Achievement. Congratulations to Fred Hayden, MD who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Intermational Society for…

Physician Has Spent Career Helping Women with Breast Cancer Navigate Hormone Therapies

By Ruth Serven Smith, The Daily Progress (republished with permission) rserven@dailyprogress.com (434) 978-7254 First published in The Daily Progress Oct 14, 2019 University of Virginia physician Dr. Richard Santen has…

GENERAL, GERIATRIC, & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE FACULTY PROFILE – Christina Tieu

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I have been an assistant professor within the Geriatrics department at UVA for two years and have been co-clerkship director of the UVA…

GENERAL, GERIATRIC, & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE FACULTY PROFILE – David Callender

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’ve been at UVA for 1 year, after an early career as a military and embassy physician. I grew up in Northern Virginia,…

GENERAL, GERIATRIC, & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE FACULTY PROFILE – Nat Timmins

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I have been at UVA for just over a year. After practicing in Colorado Springs, CO for 19 years, my wife and I…