How do conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or brain injury affect memory and behavior? In this Q&A, UVA Health neuropsychologist Virginia Gallagher, PhD, explains how neuropsychology and cognitive testing support diagnosis, dementia evaluation, and patient care — and how to use these insights in practice.
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Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability — but 90% of strokes are preventable. In this Q&A, UVA Health stroke neurologist Amna Sohail, MD, shares tips for recognizing and reducing risk among patients.
Expanding access to expert care and education, UVA Health now offers a dedicated concussion clinic, upcoming CME events, and a next-generation hybrid OR.
UVA Health is among the few high-volume cardiac care centers in the country with the requisite skills and dedicated expertise to tackle chronic total occlusion. Find out how we achieve high success rates and life-changing outcomes.
Craig Portell, MD, shares the future clinical impact of his work, the complexity and diversity of lymphoma subtypes, and what drew him to UVA Health.
This research looks to redefine the standard of care for breast cancer in older women.
Pediatric neurologist James Brenton, MD, hopes to identify a tool to prognosticate future risk of disability at the first clinic visit.
In this Q&A, the primary study author shares key findings and how providers can use them to improve patient care now.
Our expanded partnership with Riverside Health improves access to liver transplants in eastern Virginia. Our blood cancer and stem cell transplant experts are now seeing patients in Northern Virginia. Plus, we're the first in the U.S. to offer a newly FDA-approved vascular conduit for critical vessel repair.
This B cell therapy is a subcutaneous injection that can be administered in minutes instead of hours, offering a significant quality of life boost to patients.