Get to know your doctor; meet a heroic nurse: Go behind the scenes of UVA hospital with up-close portraits of the people who provide patient care, conduct the cutting-edge research, provide the services that keep the medical center running.
Dr. Rooney specializes in breast cancer screening. Before becoming a doctor, he was a U.S. Navy pilot.
Blood cancer doctor Firas El Chaer, MD, came to UVA in 2019. He treats blood disorders and blood cancer, including leukemia.
Dr. Zaraket is passionate about helping patients get at-home dialysis, so they can have more time for family and work.
Psychologist Joseph Tan, PhD, cares for patients at our local family medicine clinics.
Betty Phillips, RN, cared for tuberculosis patients early in her career. She shares her 65-year journey and how nursing has changed.
Dr. Ortiz says the greatest thing about his job is when patients tell him the procedure significantly improved their life.
Sarah Kaplan, RN, has been a UVA nurse for 30 years and faced her toughest year during the COVID pandemic.
A UVA patient care technician was inspired to become a nurse after working with the courageous nurses in the UVA COVID Unit.
Adult nurse practitioner Michelle Otto was inspired to go into nursing by her grandmother, a registered nurse, and single mother.
After earning her master's of nursing, Shanice joined the nurses in the unit caring for the sickest COVID patients.
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