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Funding from the National Institutes of Health for biomedical research at the School of Medicine increased 5.1 percent for the year ending September 30, 2005. The NIH funding includes a five-year, $2.2 million grant to study the cause of high blood pressure and a $6 million grant to investigate a cell-signaling process involved in the spreading of prostate cancer. The Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism is ranked as one the very best for this specialty by U.S. News & World Report.
Education:
The Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism has a well-balanced program of academic instruction for medical students, housestaff, fellows, graduate students, allied health personnel and continuing education for physicians in practice. An educational emphasis in the Division is given to our Fellowship Program, which provides a firm grounding in the basic fundamentals of endocrine research and clinical practice, an approach useful to the future clinician, educator and investigator alike.
Clinical Activities:
As a tertiary care referral center, the University Hospital cares for patients from an extensive geographic area ranging from western Virginia to West Virginia and Tennessee and as far south as North Carolina. The Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism maintains Clinics located in the new Clinc Building in the Fontaine Reseach Park. The Clinical activities in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism include more than 6500 outpatient visits per year. Areas of clinical excellence in Endocrinology include:
Benign breast disease
Diabetes mellitus
General Endocrinology
High risk pregnancy
Hormonal causes of hypertension
Lipid disorders
Neuroendocrinology
Osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease
Pituitary tumors
Reproductive medicine and infertility
Thyroid disease
In addition, the Division of Endocrinology, the Department of Neurosurgery and the Department of Radiation Therapy (Gamma Knife Center) have international reputations in pituitary disease, routinely drawing patients from all parts of the globe including the Middle-East, Europe and Asia. Moreover, diabetes education and self-management support services are provided by the Diabetes Center.
Research:
The division has active research programs with laboratory facilities appropriate to individual faculty research interests. The division is closely associated with the 13-bed General Clinical Research Center (Dr. Barrett, Program Director) and the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. In addition the Division plays a pivotal role in the NIH Center for Research in Reproduction (Dr. Marshall, Director), the and the UVA Cancer Center. The division is recognized at the national and international levels for its research programs. The emphasis of the research programs is neuroendocrinology, reproductive endocrinology, molecular and cellular endocrinology, biological timing, hormonal control of blood pressure, thyroid and diabetes. The division has eleven basic scientists who are totally committed to research activities.
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