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Watch brave patients tell their stories of health problems; meet the doctors who saved their lives. Learn about new surgeries, treatments, medical innovations taking place at UVA Health.

meet UVA doctors in Charlottesville, VA through our 7 Quick Questions series
7 Quick Questions: Meet Dr. Norwood
People of UVA, Videos 4/27/2016

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.

Tory Nikki Living Kidney Transplant
How Social Media Helped a UVA Kidney Transplant Patient
Patient Stories, Videos 3/14/2016

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.

Hackensaw Boys singer David Sickmen was treated for vocal cord polyps at UVA.
Hackensaw Boys Singer Treated for Vocal Polyps
Patient Stories, Videos 1/25/2016

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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