News from the UVa Department of Medicine
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...
The January 2019 Medicine Matters Newsletter features the Department of Infectious Disease.
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Congratulations to the incoming members of The Academy of Distinguished Educators! Jeanetta Frye, MD; Gregory Hong, MD, PhD; Victor Soukouis, MD; and Karen Warburton, MD. Their induction will take place at the ADE’s annual spring reception in May 2019 at Veritas Vineyard. Read more...
Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Time: 12:00 PM until 1:00 PM Location: Pinn Hall auditorium 1-5 Cost: Free
Dr. Karen Warburton is Associate Professor of Medicine in the UVA Division of Nephrology. Read more...
ASN media release – 11/4/17
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is pleased to announce that Mark D. Read more...
(l-r) Krystal Dalrymple, RN, and Michelle Haynes, Patient Advocate
UVA ConnectBy 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 part of a successful yearlong effort to engage and educate patients. Read more...
The 2017-18 U.S. News and World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rated UVA Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia, and honored 11 specialties at UVA — including five in the Department of Medicine — as among the best in the U.S. Read more...
The School of Medicine’s Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) is designed to provide networking opportunities and peer mentoring among colleagues at a similar stage in their careers. It promotes development and advancement of junior faculty through twice-monthly seminars and mentored scholarly projects. Read more...
(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...
Itunu (far left, 2nd row) with her parents and 7 siblings.
I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, with my seven siblings. My parents are my greatest mentors. I don’t know how they did it, but they were very open to family and friends staying at the house for sleepovers. Read more...
