It’s impossible to fit this year’s top 10 blog posts into any one category, but one thing is clear: Our readers love our doctors, nurses, students and others who make up UVA.
Thanks for reading, and Happy New Year!
10. Neonatologist Robert Sinkin wanted to be a math professor: 7 Quick Questions: Meet Dr. Robert Sinkin
9. Lung transplant program director Max Weder explains why he’s a lucky guy: 7 Quick Questions: Meet Lung Transplant Doctor Max Weder
8. Is your new year’s resolution to lose weight? These quick videos will help you get fit: No Time for Exercise? Watch Our 6-Second Vine Tutorials
7. A medical student and his “pretend” patient will never forget one special day: Life Saver: Med Student Catches Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm During Training
6. We all enjoyed watching our friends and co-workers freeze for a good cause: ‘A Terrible Disease’: Why We’re Taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
5. This story about a mom and her 14-year-old son touched us all: Caring for a Teen with Cerebral Palsy: A Parent’s Story
4. Another mom is finally able to have fun with her kids after being too sick to care for them: From Cystic Fibrosis to Marathon Ambitions: How a Lung Transplant Changed a Mom’s Life
3. Surgical oncologist Shayna Showalter loves her job and developing long-term relationships with patients: 7 Quick Questions: Dr. Shayna Showalter
2. Did you know liver transplants must go from donor to recipient in just 12 hours? Organ Transplants: The People and Process Behind the Scenes
1. Barbara Wilson, MD, often helps patients with red, scaly faces and acne-like pustules. She contributed our number one post of the year: “Why Is My Face So Red?” Two Common Skin Problems.
What Was Your Favorite Story of 2014?
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My partner and I are both all sinegd up and have made it clear to both our families that we wish to donate. When we sinegd up I had trouble registering the children but will take another look at how to do that today – regardless – our families are well aware that in the event of an accident where we could not make a decision we’d like the children’s organs to be donated too.