People of UVA (Page 14)

In recognition of Stroke Awareness Month, we sat down with neurosurgeon Min Park, MD, an expert in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery.

UVA is the only hospital in the area that provides forensics services. Jeanne Parrish and her team can provide medical care and collect evidence in instances of child abuse, elder abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault.

Get a crash course in some of the most common healthcare credentials, so you can make sense of the "alphabet soup" and know who’s who and who does what.

Anesthesiologist Bhiken Naik, MD, grew up in South Africa during apartheid. After moving to the United States, Naik became an anesthesiologist and now studies the role of surgery and the risk of opioid dependence. Learn more about Dr. Naik.

We're kicking off Donate Life Month by talking to pediatric liver transplant surgeon George Mazariegos, MD. Mazariegos works at both UVA Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Elizabeth Beasley, community relations lead at the UVA Health System, connects the HS and team members with local community health opportunities.

UVA Medical Emergency Communications Center (Medcom) operates as a mini 911 center, command center and air traffic control all wrapped into one. Learn more from supervisor Gary Morris, who oversees the daily operation of the Medcom team.

There’s much more to healthcare than preventing and treating diseases. Patients often deal with inadequate health insurance, untreated mental illness, family problems. Often, a social worker is the first step toward getting help.

After ten years working in finance, Holly Roach felt something was missing. She went back to school to become a nurse, and is now an assistant nurse manager in the UVA electrophysiology lab. Read about what inspired her to make the change, and what a typical day looks like now.

What does it take to become a lung transplant researcher? Vic Laubach explains his journey to become a researcher at UVA School of Medicine.