The UVA Medical Center Stroke Team gave tPA, a clot-dissolving drug, just 19 minutes after Larry arrived at UVA through the Pegasus medevac helicopter. Watch his story.
Sisters Pam and Rhonda couldn't have been more different, and they didn't get along. But everything changed after a blood vessel ruptured in Pam's brain.
Dr. Matthew Barrett is a neurologist at University of Virginia Medical Center. Learn about why he got into medicine and what he loves most about Charlottesville.
David Hamilton, MD, grew up in rural Maryland. He's an adult psychiatrist with additional training in forensic psychiatry.
J. Kim Penberthy, PhD, grew up in the beautiful hills of Lewisburg, WV. She joined UVA’s Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences in 2000.
The researchers who stuck their smartphones into the hospital’s tube system, which sends samples to the medical lab, didn’t have grants or a complex strategy for their project. They were trying to solve a problem.
Alana Harrison, MSN, PNP, grew up an hour outside of Boston and specializes in pediatric neurology. Get to know her in our 7 Quick Questions series.
With Charlottesville’s recent rainy, chilly weather, it sure doesn’t feel like summer. But the summer issue of our family health magazine, Vim & Vigor, is out now.
Mudhasir Bashir, MBBS, grew up in northern India and joined UVA in 2006. She specializes in geriatric psychiatry and comes from a family of 20 other doctors.
This month, our researchers unveiled discoveries about conditions that affect millions in the U.S.: stroke, kidney disease and diabetes (a major cause of kidney disease). What does this mean for you? Better tools for diagnosis and treatment.
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