A Note from the Editor
The 2006-2007 academic year marks the 100th anniversary of the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia. Excellence in clinical care, research, and education, the cornerstones of the Department, has been embodied in the activities of the housestaff and faculty for a century, and we hope this excellence will now be reflected in the University of Virginia Journal of Medicine. The vision for the Journal came from the 10th Chairman of the Department, Dr. Robert Strieter, who came to Charlottesville in July, 2006. Dr. Strieter viewed the creation of the Journal as a means of furthering and communicating the Department’s tradition of outstanding medical pursuits.
Issues of the Journal will feature clinical vignettes of patients cared for at the University of Virginia Health System, which were prepared for publication in a joint effort by resident and attending physicians. In addition, you will also find updates of translational research and technological advances developed within the Department, as well as reviews of important clinical concepts, written by faculty members and coauthored by residents and fellows.
The University of Virginia Journal of Medicine allows alumni, who have played such a central role within the Department during their time here, and the medical community within the Commonwealth the opportunity to learn from the breadth of clinically based educational experiences generated from patient care at the University of Virginia. It is an honor to have been asked to be the first chief editors and contribute to this new and exciting endeavor of a Department that has meant so much to many of us.
Sincerely,
Gerald Donowitz, MD, Edward W. Hook Professor of Infectious Disease
John Densmore, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Hematology and Oncology
Co-editors In Chief