Gresham Wagner was an avid go-kart rider, winning races and spending his free time working on his cars. It was in his early teen years when he was getting a standard check-up and he was told that he had scoliosis.
Kenneth Greer, MD, is a dermatologist at UVA Medical Center. He grew up in Southwest Virginia and became a doctor after developing a friendship with a doctor from his hometown.
Joseph Park, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at UVA Medical Center. He specializes in foot and ankle disorders. Find out what made him choose his specialty.
Susan Mong spent years riding her horse until a hip injury sidelined her. She researched surgery options and found she was in great hands at UVA. Susan has been reunited with her horse and is back to riding.
Kenneth Norwood, MD, specializes in developmental pediatrics at UVA Children's Hospital. Dr. Norwood's interest in working with children stems from his time working at a YMCA camp when he was a teenager.
UVA Transplant Center started in the 1960s and has since performed thousands of successful transplant surgeries. Learn more about organ donation and the UVA Transplant Center in this infographic.
Kathie Hullfish, MD, is an OB/gyn specializing in urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive medicine.
When Tory Kemp found out he would need a kidney transplant, a friend of his posted Kemp's story on Facebook. Nikki Ward saw the post and immediately responded. She and Kemp had gone to a Virginia Beach area high school and although they knew of each other, the two ran in different circles. Now, a few decades after graduating, their paths would cross again.
Cyclist John Reynolds was starting to feel out of breath and lethargic. Some days, he couldn't finish his ride so he turned around and went home early.
At 18, David Sickmen started playing music and singing. He never planned on making music a career, but by age 30 he had formed The Hackensaw Boys, a hard-rocking bluegrass band based out of Charlottesville. After years of singing, Sickmen began to feel pain and noticed that his vocals were changing.
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