Why You Want UVa Health System On Your Side

By choosing a primary care physician affiliated with UVa Health System, you get the benefit of having a world-class team on your side.

  • You'll receive care from health professionals who meet the medical field's highest standards, keep current with the latest medical breakthroughs--even create some of them--and are highly respected in their fields. They combine this expertise with compassion and excellent listening skills to build trusting relationships with their patients.
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  • You'll have full access to more than 450 specialists and subspecialists, who offer specific expertise often available only at a major academic medical center. Moreover, highly specialized care often needed in times of crisis is always available, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Many of our specialists are considered among the best in their field and are consistenly ranked among America's Top Doctors. They include heart and cancer specialists, neurosurgeons, endocrinologists (diabetes specialists), gastroenterologists (digestive health experts) and orthopaedic surgeons. To find a specialist, visit uvahealth.com where you'll find reliable, up-to-date health information in our adult and children's A to Z health topics library -- and then link directly to a UVa doctor with expertise in the topic of your interest.

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    If you ever need to be hospitalized, you'll be cared for in one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals with state-of-the art emergency, operating and labor & delivery rooms -- all staffed by highly trained professionals who make patient comfort and satisfaction a priority. As a patient cared for in a 100 Top Hospital, this means you're less likely to have complications following a procedure.

  • You'll put a top-rated academic medical center on your side. This means you'll benefit from an environment where senior physicians and junior physicians  continually challenge each other and closely collaborate to provide a cutting-edge course of treatment with the best results for you.

  • You can be assured that during an emergency, you'll receive care in the area's most sophisticated ER. In fact, UVa has the area's only state-designated Level I trauma center and is staffed by physicians and health care providers who have extra training in specific emergency  situations such as heart attacks and strokes. 

  • You'll be cared for by nurses who on average have almost a decade of experience and additional training in their field. They work closely with physicians to closely monitor patient's progress during a hospital stay.