2010 News Archives
School of Medicine News items from 2010
UVA Amherst, National Patient Safety Award
Laura Simms has spent 12 hours a week receiving hemodialysis treatment since last fall, when her kidneys failed as a result of high blood pressure. The 50-year-old Monroe resident says the staff at University of Virginia Health System's Amherst Dialysis clinic have become like family to her.
UVa in America's Top Doctors
Forty-seven physicians from the University of Virginia Health System were included in the latest edition of America's Top DoctorsTM(ninth edition).
HeartMateII - Left Ventricular Assist System
HMII Left Ventricular Assist System Now Available at UVA Health System Brings New Hope for People With Heart Failure. UVA Department of Surgery Receives Destination Therapy Site Advanced Certification for New Heart Device
Brain Injury Awareness Event
Every year, the University of Virginia Health System's Traumatic Brain Injury Support Team hosts a brain injury awareness event and panel discussion.
Medical Realm of Criminal Poisoning
Toxicologist Offers Law Enforcement A Glimpse Into the Medical Realm of Criminal Poisonings. New Book Empowers Law Enforcement with the Information That Could Improve Ability to Prosecute Criminals who Poison
Margaret A. Shupnik, PhD
Steven T. DeKosky, MD, Vice President and Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, recently announced the appointment of Margaret A. Shupnik, PhD, to the position of Senior Associate Dean for Research.
Match Day 2010
UVA School of Medicine Celebrates Match Day 2010 As 131 Students Move Forward to Residency
Free HIV Testing
What: Free HIV Testing; When: Tuesday, November 30th from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Where: UVA Main Hospital, Dining Conference Rooms
Insights into Male Fertility
UVA School of Medicine Researchers Make Key Discovery Which Provides New Insights into Male Fertility
Innovations in Healing Fractures
UVA Researchers Developing Innovative Ways to Heal Severe Bone Fractures Through Combined Adult Stem Cell and Genetic Therapy
Edward Botchwey - Presidential Honor
Professor of biomedical engineering and orthopedic surgery receives highest Presidential Honor for Science and Engineering Professionals.
Karen S. Rheuban Honored
Karen S. Rheuban, MD, Honored with the Rachel Phillips Levy Woman of the Year Award
CIAG Hosts Pearl Harbor Day Panel
December 7, 2010 -- Pearl Harbor Day Panel To Explore Today's Disaster Responses hosted by Critical Incident Analysis Group
Dr. Wilder to Chair PMR
Robert P. Wilder, MD, FACSM, to Chair UVA Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
AMIA Honors Don Detmer, MD
Don Detmer, MD, Receives 2010 Morris F. Collen Award -- AMIA bestows top honor to visionary physician for his work in biomedical and health informatics
Top 50 in Cardio Care
University of Virginia Medical Center Named One of the Nation's Top 50 Hospitals for Inpatient Cardiovascular Care
Diverse Surgeons Initiative
UVA Resident Physician Report Shows Diverse Surgeons Initiative Effectively Increases Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Surgery
Ravichandran to Chair Microbiology
Kodi S. Ravichandran, PhD, to the position of Chair of the Department of Microbiology.
Bradley E. Haws Appointed CEO
UVA Health Services Foundation Appoints Bradley E. Haws as Chief Executive Officer. (update: since this appointment, HSF has been renamed UPG: University Physicians Group. Mr. Haws continues to lead UPG as the CEO.)
Help For Young Scoliosis Patients
UVA Surgeon develops international database for treatment, teaching, and reassuring young patients with scoliosis.
Best Rankings Ever
UVA School of Medicine Achieves Best Ever Rankings for Doctoral Programs -- Four Programs in Top 10 and All in the Top 20 Percent
1000th Liver Transplant
University of Virginia Health System surgical team has performed the Medical Center's 1,000th liver transplant – a milestone achieved by only a handful of hospitals across the nation and no other hospital in all of the Virginias or the Carolinas.
Gamma Knife; World's Tallest Man
World’s Tallest Man to Undergo Gamma Knife Radiosurgery at UVA, information about Acromegaly, and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia's School of Medicine
Eric Houpt, MD - Tropical Medicine
UVA School of Medicine Physician Eric Houpt, MD, recognized for work in Tropical Medicine
Welcome Class of 2014
UVA School of Medicine Welcomes Class of 2014, Opens Claude Moore Medical Education Building
High-Tech Medical Care To Remote Area
University of Virginia to Bring High-Tech Medical Care To Remote Area Medical Clinic this Weekend in Wise County
Memory Commons
UVA School of Medicine Launches Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Website MemoryCommons.org for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals
