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UVA’s new Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology will put us at the forefront of cutting-edge medicine, ensuring no Virginian will need to leave the state for even the most complex care. Learn more: uvahealth.com/driven #UVAHealth #UVAHealthDriven

#UVAHealth has been honored on Becker's Healthcare 2024 list of 100 health systems with great neuroscience and spine programs. The list celebrates exceptional patient outcomes, advanced surgical techniques, and groundbreaking research. Our programs include pediatric neurosurgery, the Gamma Knife Center, a level 4 epilepsy center, and the Spine Center, a partnership between neuro and orthopedic surgeons. 🏆 Learn more: https://bit.ly/40BN7k3

University of Virginia School of Medicine and Brain Institute researchers have received an initial $9.3 million award from The National Institutes of Health to determine if the powerful anesthetic ketamine can save patients from prolonged, life-threatening grand mal seizures. 🔬 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3EpYHqU

“This is a big deal because the treatment could work much longer than we originally thought, far beyond what people would expect. It's so exciting that one treatment can prevent the harmful blockages for many months.” – Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, University of Virginia School of Medicine Department of Surgery professor Pericelle is a nanotechnology-based drug delivery system developed at #UVAHealth to save patients from repeated surgeries. Its unexpectedly long-lasting benefits in lab tests are a promising sign for its potential. 🔬 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4jzxAK3

Jeff Gander, MD, is an associate professor of surgery and a pediatric surgeon. His research centers on two of the most important issues facing children’s health today: reducing opioid use and increasing access to healthy food to reduce diet-related diseases. #ResearchInMotion #UVAHealthChildrens

Everyone knows the health risks of carrying too much fat around the waist and hips, but University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed a noninvasive way to assess the health risks of unseen fat around the heart. Early testing of this MRI technique has produced encouraging signs that the approach could be a powerful tool to improve patient care. 🫀 Learn more: https://bit.ly/42s85EG

Join your fellow nurses, physician assistants, NPs, and other caregivers to patients diagnosed with heart failure for a Feb. 22 hybrid conference at UVA and on Zoom. The Feb. 22 day-long workshop will teach participants everything from how to understand how inflammatory disease contributes to heart failure to how to use electrophysiology device management and monitoring for awareness on heart failure and volume management. Program offers 6 CE credits through UVA Health and UVA School of Nursing Continuing Education. REGISTER by Feb. 16, 2025 ➡️ https://ow.ly/MT8R50UvbRY #heartfailure #continuingeducation #nursingcontinuingeducation #cardiologynursing

New University of Virginia School of Medicine research may reveal the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), an unexplained condition that is the No. 1 killer of babies between one month and one year old. Researchers analyzed blood serum samples collected from infants who died from SIDS and were able to identify specific biological indicators that were linked to – and potential causes of – the babies’ deaths. 🔬 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3PMFORs

We’re excited to welcome Andrew Markowski, MD, MPH, as our new Chief Medical Information Officer! A highly accomplished leader in clinical informatics and emergency medicine, Dr. Markowski joins us from Johns Hopkins Medicine. There, as Medical Informatics Director of Clinical Communication, he focused on system integration and unified clinical communications across the organization. Dr. Markowski’s leadership will be critical as we strengthen our clinical IT systems and enhance the partnership between technology and patient care. Working alongside our Chief Nursing Information Officer Michelle Lardner, DNP, RN, NI-BC, Dr. Markowski will help mature our informatics program, ensuring physicians and nurses have a strong voice in discussions that impact clinical practice and our electronic medical records system. Together, they will drive greater alignment among our four medical centers, ensuring that our technology solutions meet the diverse needs of our entire health system. Read more about Dr. Markowski and his role: https://bit.ly/40v74ZR

To help patients who have trouble accessing traditional healthcare facilities to receive the care they need, #UVAHealth has launched its Mobile Care service to bring care directly to communities. This service is designed to help patients in multiple ways: - Patients without a regular care provider can receive initial health care from the Mobile Care team and then receive assistance establishing care at a brick-and-mortar outpatient clinic. - Patients needing non-emergent care and cannot wait for an appointment with their regular care provider can speak to the Mobile Care team directly. - Patients who do not wish to establish care in one of our brick-and-mortar outpatient clinics can choose to have UVA Health Mobile Care serve as their primary care provider. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4g20kYU