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| May 2, 2008 | Dr. Brian H. Annex to Serve As Chief of Department of Cardiovascular Medicine - Brian Annex, Cardiovascular Medicine | |
| Apr. 28, 2008 | Carey, Marshall, Thorner Scholars' Day 2008 Program | |
| Apr. 24, 2008 | Coping While Waiting for the Gift of Life - WVIR NBC-29 James Bergin, Cardiovascular Medicine | |
| Apr. 11, 2008 | Aging Not Just A State of Mind - Daily Progress, Mark E. Williams, General Medicine | |
| Apr. 3, 2008 | Decoding your body's noises: Gas, gurgles and growls - MS NBC Expert opinion Steven Koenig, Pulmonary | |
| Mar. 25, 2008 | UVA's Center for Global Health Announces 2008 Scholars - Rebecca Dillingham, Infectious Diseases | |
| Mar. 21, 2008 | Deaths of Va.'s uninsured are estimated / D.C. advocacy group says lack of coverage leads to 10 adults dying each week, Richmond Times Dispatch, Expert opinion Mohan Nadkarni - General Medicine | |
| Mar. 13, 2008 | New Study Sheds Light on Why Patients in Some States Have More Allergic Reactions to Widely-Used Cancer Drug - Thomas Platts-Mills, Allergy | |
| Mar. 13, 2008 | Study finds immune system can cause reaction to cancer drug - Reuters, Thomas Platts-Mills, Allergy | |
| Mar. 12, 2008 | UVA Health System Wins Distinction for Its Care of Patients with Complex and Rare Cancers - Michael Weber Cancer Center Director, Hematology Oncology | |
| Mar. 4, 2008 | UVA House Call: Correcting Sleeplessness - WVIR NBC 29 -Cynthia Brown, Pulmonary | |
| Mar. 3, 2008 | Immune Systems Increasingly On Attack Washington Post - Thomas Platts-Mills, Allergy |
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| Mar. 3, 2008 | Sleep Study Shows Workers Falling Asleep on the Job WCAV CBS 13 - Cynthia Brown, Pulmonary |
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| Mar 1, 2008 | Guns, 'Anarchist Book' Found With Ricin - Associated Press - Tom Obrig, Nephrology | |
| Jan. 18, 2008 | UVa Health System Identifies a Way to Control Parasite That Kills and Eats Human Cells - William Petri, Infectious Diseases | |
| Jan. 18, 2008 | UVA Named to Thomson Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals | |
| Jan. 16, 2008 | American College of Cardiology Elects Dr. John Dent of UVA to Top State Posts - John Dent, Cardiovascular Medicine | |
| Dec. 11, 2007 | Many Doctors at UVa Make The National Best Doctors List - Department of Medicine Best Doctors Recognized | |
| Nov. 6, 2007 | Team Uncovers Gene's Role in Type 1 Diabetes - - Jerry Nadler, Endocrinology | |
| July 27, 2007 | Preventing Blindness in Diabetic Patients Is Goal of Cutting-Edge Eye Exams at U.Va. - John Leiner, General Medicine | |
| July 20-22, 2007 | Medicine Faculty Help in Remote Area Medical Clinic in Southwest Virginia | |
| July 13, 2007 | UVa Health System Specialties Honored by US News & World Report - Endocrinology (8); cancer (27); respiratory diseases (39); digestive disorders (47) | |
| July 11, 2007 | Defense Witnesses Testify in Centra Health Neglect Case - Bill Petri, Infectious Diseases | |
| June 19, 2007 | $14 Million Investment Boosts Firm - Joel Linden, Cardiology | |
| May 24, 2007 | U.Va.'s Center for Global Health Teams with NIH to Offer New Courses Related to Global Health - Rebecca Dillingham, Infectious Diseases | |
| May 2, 2007 | Connecting Diabetes and Inflammation, UVa Research Explorations - Jerry Nadler, Endocrinology | |
| March 13, 2007 | Noninvasive Assessment of Plaque Deposits May Help Determine A Patient's Stroke Risk Related story WVIR TV - A Scan to Save Life - Chris Kramer, Cardiology |
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| March 13, 2007 | Video Story: Exercise During Dialysis Benefits Patients - Dan Bayliss, - Nephrology | |
| March 13, 2007 | Sleep Disorders Can Impair Children's IQs As Much As Lead Exposure Related Story - Science Daily - Sleep Disorders Can Impair Children's IQs As Much As Lead Exposure - Paul Suratt, Pulmonary |
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| March 8, 2007 | WCAV CBS-19 / Free Screenings for World Kidney Day - Rasheed Balogun, Nephrology | |
| March 7, 2007 | CT Scan Does Not Increase Lung Cancer Survival WCAV CBS-19 - Jonathon Truwit, Pulmonary |
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| March 2, 2007 | U.Va. Cancer Team Wins Competitive Award to Find Prostate Cancer Treatment - Michael Weber, Hematology/Oncolgy | |
| February 28, 2207 | Heart-healthy Tips for Busy (and Who Isn't) Women - Parenting New Hampshire, Feb 2007 Dearing Johns, Cardiology | |
| February 23, 2007 | Non-invasive, Real-time Monitoring For Sepsis In Neonates Goes National - Science Daily Randall Moorman, Cardiology | |
| February 22, 2007 | DiaKine Therapeutics Wins Rights to Portfolio of New Immune Modulating Drugs - Business Wire Jerry Nadler, Endocrinology | |
| February 20, 2007 | Doctors React to HPV Vaccine Requirement - Lynchburg News and Advance Michael Rein, Infectious Diseases | |
| February 19, 2007 | Flu Mist is 'OK' for Young Children - WCAV CBS-19, Bill Petri, Infectious Diseases | |
| February 14, 2005 | Diet Detective: Just what's behind that burning sensation?, David A. Peura, Gastroenterology | |
| February 5, 2007 | Snoring, Short Bedtime Impact Kids' Mental Skills, Paul Suratt, Pulmonary | |
| February 1, 2007 | UVa Health System Launches Online Support Community, Club Red, Angela Taylor, Cardiology | |
| February 1, 2007 | Heart-Healthy Tips for Busy (And Who Isn't?) Women, Dearing Johns, Cardiology | |
| February 1, 2007 | World's Leading Experts Hold State-of-the-Art Meeting on Bird Flu Preparedness, Fredrick Hayden, Infectious Diseases | |
| December 12, 2006 | UVa Receives Training Grant for New Kidney Disease Researchers, Mark Okusa, Nephrology | |
| November 10, 2006 | UVa Researchers Study Link Between "Alzheimer's Gene" and Early Childhood Diarrhea, Richard Guerrant, Infectious Diseases | |
| November 6, 2006 | Working on global flu planning for the World Health Organization, Frederick Hayden, Infectious Diseases | |
| October 31, 2006 | Paul Rogers Society for Global Health Research names ambassador, Richard Guerrant, Infectious Diseases | |
| October 26, 2006 | Protesting Libyan Trial of Foreign Health Care Workers, Janine Jagger, Infectious Diseases | |
| October 25, 2006 | 21 Physicians from the Department of Medicine recognized as America's Top Doctors | |
| October 25, 2006 | Five Physicians from the Department of Medicine recognized as America's Top Doctors for Cancer (scroll down page) | |
| October 24, 2006 | Blacks Continue to Lose the Health Care Battle, Ross Isaacs, Nephrology | |
| October 18, 2006 | Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center gets $25M from the State - George Beller, Cardiology | |
| October 10, 2006 | Seven Society announces All-University Graduate Teaching Assistant Award to Rebecca Dillingham - Infectious Diseases | |
| October 6, 2006 | Local Starts Lupus Support Group - Wael Jarjour, Rhematology | |
| October 2, 2006 | Ordinary Flu Shot Might Help Fight Bird Flu - Frederick Hayden, Infectious Diseases | |
| October 2, 2006 | Strieter Charts Course to Weather the "Perfect Storm" - from the School of Medicine "Round Table" | |
| September 28, 2006 | Expert on E. coli poisoning consulted in LA Times story - Peril of E. Coli / cases linked to fresh spinach spur urgency in search for cure - Tom Obrig, Nephrology | |
| September 22, 2006 | UVA Center for Global Health hosts the CEO of the Global Health Council, Nils Daulaire, at symposium, Celebrating Global Health: Pathways to the Future.hosts - Richard Guerrant, Infectious Diseases | |
| September 19, 2006 | Growth hormone expert consulted in Miami Herald article Ros-Lehtinen Aide Faces Insurance Fraud Charges - Mary Lee Vance, Endocrinology | |
| August 29, 2006 | UVA Recieves $9 Million Grant for Diabetes and Atherosclerosis Research - Drs. Nadler, Hedrick, McNamara and Ley, Endocrinology & Berne Cardiovascular Research Center | |
| August 22, 2006 | Barry Farr, Professor Emeritus of Infectious Diseases, cited in a UPI article headlined: Caregiving: Choosing a Hospital-- Part 5 by Alex Cukan for the United Press International | |
| August 4, 2006 | America's Top Cancer Doctors Recognizes Five of Our Faculty - William Grosh, Maureen Ross, Mary Lee Vance, Geoffrey Weiss and Michael Williams, Hematology/Oncology and Endocrinology | |
| August 4, 2006 | Heart and Vascular Center Completes Phase 1 Expansion - Lawrence Gimple, Cardiology | |
| July 25, 2006 | Dean Kedes, cited in a NurseWeek Publishing article headlined: Imagestream used for pioneering advance in AIDS research by PRNewswire | |
| July 20, 2006 | David A. Peura, professor of medicine in gastroenterology and chairman of the National Heartburn Alliance, was cited in a PRNewswire press release headlined: Survey reveals heartburn sufferers are confused by treatment options By PRNewswire | |
| July 18, 2006 | Robert S. Lockridge Jr., Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in Nephrology, was cited in an article in Renal Business Today headlined: Renal solutions announces Medical Advisory Board By Staff of Renal Business Today | |
| July 10, 2006 | Endocrinology (6), cancer (31) and heart (49) at the UVA Health System are ranked in the top 50 in the 17th annual survey of "America's Best Hospitals" from U.S. News & World Report. UVa News story by Peter Jump. | |
| July 10, 2006 | David A. Peura, professor and gastroenterologist and past president of the American Gastroenterological Association, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined: Duodenal ulcers like mayor's likely due to bacteria, not stress by Dan Nephin of API |
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| July 9, 2006 | Jonathon Truwit, a pulmonologist and critical care physician, was quoted in an Ivanhoe Newswire article headlined: New non-surgical option for emphysema by Ivanhoe Newswire | |
| July 5, 2006 | Jonathon Truwit, head of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine was cited WFTV article headlined: Breathing with emphysema | |
| July 1, 2006 | Robert M. Strieter - National Leader in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine to Chair the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Health System | |
| June 26, 2006 | Richard Santen, Endocrinology is presented the Robert H. Williams Distinguished Leadership Award at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Boston. | |
| June 16, 2006 | Obese Girls in Early Puberty At Risk for High Androgen Levels - Christopher McCartney, Endocrinology | |
| June 1, 2006 | Reuters reports Obesity in Puberty Linked to Hormone Disorder - Christopher McCartney, Endocrinology | |
| June 1, 2006 |
$4 Million Grant to Aid Health System in Battling Parasite - Bill Petri, Infectious Diseases |
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| May 22, 2006 | UVa Doctors Find New Target for Future Crohn's Disease Therapy - Fabio Cominelli, Digestive Health | |
| May 12, 2006 | Center for Global Health Announces New Course Award Winners - Richard Guerrant, Infectious Diseases | |
| May 10, 2006 | Not Your Average Colonoscopy: HDTV Technology Improves Cancer-Catching Tests - Paul Yeaton, Digestive Health | |
| April 29,2006 | The University of Virginia Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award: The Medical Alumni Association gave its most prestigious award to - George Beller, Cardiology | |
| April 26, 2006 | University Teaching Award - Mitch Rosner, Nephrology | |
| April 20, 2006 | UVa Researchers Win Competitive Award to Aid Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer - Michael Weber, Cancer Center & John Chirgwin, Endocrinology | |
| April 18, 2006 | UVa Health System Tests New Device for Mitral Valve Disease - Scott Lim, Cardiology | |
| April 6, 2006 | UVa Researchers Find Treatment that Reverses Type 1 Diabetes - Jerry Nadler, Endocrinology | |
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| March 16, 2006 | Thomas Platts-Mills, chief of Allery & Clinical Immunology, became the new president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) during the Academy's annual meeting in Miami Beach | |
| February 22, 2006 |
UVa Researchers Demonstrate Value for the First Genetic Test for High Blood Pressure and Sensitivity to Salt - Robert Carey, Endocrinology |
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| February 8, 2006 | Ross Isaacs of the Nephrology division; was quoted in a PBS News Hour piece headlined: TEMPORARY BAND-AID / NEW ORLEANS HEALTH CARE by Susan Dentzer of PBS News Hour | |
| February 8, 2006 |
Tiny Bubbles Can 'See' Crohn's Disease - Theresa T. Pizarro, Digestive Health |
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February 7, 2006 |
UVa Researchers Uncover the Pathway Linking High Glucose to Inflammation that can Cause Diabetes Complications - Jerry Nadler, Endocrinology |
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| January 3, 2006 |
Doctors at UVa Health System Search for New Treatments for Diabetic Kidney Disease - Mark Okusa, Nephrology |
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| December 19, 2005 | National Leader in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine to Lead Department of Medicine at University of Virginia Health System - Robert M. Strieter announced as new Chair of the Department of Medicine | |
| December 15, 2005 | 35 Physicians in the Department of Medicine named to 2005 Best Doctors® 23 Physicians in the Department of Medicine named as America's Top Doctors 5 Physicians in the Department of Medicine named as America's Top Cancer Doctors |
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