Professional Advisory Group

Members of the Professional Advisory Group provide didactics, conduct admissions and exit interviews, and are available for student consultation, as needed. Members include professionals from the Medical Center and Charlottesville Community as well as committed members of the wider community. They meet 2-3 times per year as a group to offer feedback on the department and to provide support. Various members also help with interviews for prospective residents and with exit interviews for current residents.

Professional Advisory Group, 2011-2012

Chair Person:
Margaret E. Mohrmann, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities
Director, Programs in Biomedical Ethics
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Associate Professor of Medical Education

Members:
Maurice Apprey, PhD, LPC
Dean, Office of African-American Affairs
University of Virginia

Jonathan Bartels, RN
Nurse, Emergency Department
UVA Health System

Vikki Bravo, MSSS
Clinical Social Worker, Cancer Center
UVA Health System

Noel Dianas-Hughes, MSSW, LCSW

Manager, Social Work
UVA Health System

Holly M. Edwards, RN, MEd
Charlottesville, VA

Rev. Roy Dale Hange, MDiv
Charlottesville Mennonite Church

Francis Aaron Laushway, STL, PhD
Associate Dean of Students
University of Virginia

Marian Lawson, RN, BSN
Nurse Manager, Coronary Care Unit
UVA Health System

Marcus Lewis Martin, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean, School of Medicine
Associate Vice President, Diversity and Equity
University of Virginia

Vanessa L. Ochs, PhD
Department of Religious Studies
University of Virginia

Mary B. Preston, MD, FACP
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Virginia Health System

Dawn B. Rigney, MSN, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
UVA Health System

Pam A. Ross, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
UVA Health System

Swami Sarvaananda, PhD, BCC
Hospice of the Piedmont

Scott A. Syverud, MD
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
UVA Health System

Rev. D. Randal Walton, DMin, BCC
Director of Pastoral Care, Centra

Heather Anne Warren, MDiv, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Religious Studies
University of Virginia

Rev. Ann Willms, MD, MDiv
St. Paul's Memorial Church