In response to the rise in diagnoses of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), UVA now has a multidisciplinary adult EoE clinic, one of only a handful of similar clinics in the United States.
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UVA Health System has named Jose Oberholzer, MD, a researcher and surgeon who has performed more than 1,000 transplant-related surgeries, as the new director of the Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center.
Learn more about the SALT Study and a trial focusing on developing a sentinel lymph node mapping (SLNm) technique for patients with early-stage rectal cancer.
This fall, the UVA Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program added two transplant nephrologists to its team. Spouses Karen Warburton, MD, and Alden Doyle, MD, increase the size of the program by 50 percent.
In addition to high blood pressure, smoking and diabetes, it’s important not to overlook stress as a leading cause of heart disease.
Originally introduced as a trial for patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols are now being adopted for thoracic and gynecologic surgery, with hepatobiliary and orthopedic surgery next in line.
A reliable resource for clinicians, childcare and preschool providers for more than 30 years, the book “Infection Control in the Child Care Center and Preschool” is now available in a new, user-friendly format compiled especially for parents.
Thanks to a recent series of grants, UVA Atrial Fibrillation Center has now acquired some of the most advanced technology available to treat this common heart rhythm disorder.
A UVA study revealed that most women don’t know that having dense breast tissue increases their risk for cancer and reduces a mammogram’s ability to detect it.
A partnership between UVA Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has resulted in four pediatric liver transplants since April and four to six more are expected to occur before the end of the year.