March 2021 Medicine Matters Features UVA DoM COVID-19 Activities
The March 2021 Medicine Matters Newsletter focuses on a few of the many activities that the Department of Medicine has led during the COVID-19 pandemic, including TV spots, articles, and…
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health Annual Update & Feature – January 2021
COVID EFFORTS AND ITEMS OF NOTE • Drs. Sifri, Jackson, Bell, Mathers, Platts-Mills, Donowitz, Muto, McManus, Hogan, Enfield, and Madden have staffed the Hospital Epidemiologist/COVID pager 24/7 since March 11…
Message from Dr. Eric Houpt, Division Chief, Infectious Diseases and International Health
2020 will go down in infamy, and it is great to have it behind us. The Infectious Diseases and International Health Division continued our everyday work in the clinic and…
PREEMPT ACTIVITY MONITOR PROJECT
By Christopher M Moore, MD & Ann Tuzson, PT, PhD The PREEMPT project aims to develop and validate an activity monitor that patients can wear continuously in the acute care…
DEVELOPING NOVEL PATIENT MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
By Shrirang Gadrey, MD We developed a model for the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve, which is more accurate than older models for acutely ill subjects. It was published in the journal…
Division of General Medicine – Clinical Highlights 2020
POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 By Laurie Archbald-Pannone In March 2020, our geriatric team, led by Dr. Archbald-Pannone and including Dr. Mutter and Dr. Harris (Pulmonary/…
Medicine Matters Newsletter – October 2020
The October 2020 Medicine Matters Newsletter features the Division of General Medicine. We welcome your feedback and continued updates, which can be sent to: Kim Kelley-Wagner at kak2cj@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Message from the Chair -October 2020
This month our focus is on the largest Division in the Department of Medicine. The Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics, Palliative Care and Hospital Medicine is led by Dr. Mo…
New Director of the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Appointment
By David S. Wilkes, MD Congratulations to Coleen McNamara, MD, on her appointment as Director of the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology (“Carter Immunology Center,” or CIC), effective December…
News and Notes – September 2020
Please join in welcoming Dr Kaitlin M. Love to the faculty of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism as an Assistant Professor of Medicine, effective September 1, 2020. Katie received…