University of Virginia Health System

Blood is the life-maintaining fluid that circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries. It carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.

The University of Virginia's hematolgy physicians provide a full range of services, and offer special expertise in the following areas:

• Non-malignant hematology
• Anemia
• Cancers of the blood and lymphatic systems
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia  

Uva is ranked as one of the top cancer centers in the country by U.S. News & World Report, and is a National Cancer Institutes Clinical Cancer Center. Some of UVa's innovative treatment and technology includes:

• UVa consistently helps develop, acquire and apply the most advanced approaches to diagnose and treat cancers. In some cases UVa can offer treatment options not available elsewhere in the state, and at few places in the country.
• Over 200 researchers work as part of the UVa Cancer Center, funded by National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health, and many other federal state and private organizations working to further cancer research