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Released: 9-Feb-2015 8:45 AM EST
UVA Discovers Key to Cancer's Spread
University of Virginia Health System

In a breakthrough in the understanding of how cancer spreads, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a substance secreted by lung cancer cells that enables them to metastasize, beginning their deadly march to other sites in the body. By blocking that process in lab studies, the researchers were able to confine cancer cells to a single tumor site, offering hope that drugs could one day block the spread of cancers in people.

Released: 6-Feb-2015 1:00 PM EST
UVA Finds Trigger for Protective Immune Response to Spinal Cord Injury
University of Virginia Health System

Hot on the heels of discovering a protective form of immune response to spinal cord injury, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have pinpointed the biological trigger for that response – a vital step toward being able to harness the body’s defenses to improve treatment for spine injuries, brain trauma, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.

Released: 5-Feb-2015 8:00 AM EST
Study: Gastric Bypass Improves Long-Term Survival
University of Virginia Health System

Obese patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery have significantly better long-term survival rates than obese patients who do not receive the surgery, according to a University of Virginia Health System study.

Released: 22-Jan-2015 8:45 AM EST
Major Discovery on Spinal Injury Reveals Unknown Immune Response
University of Virginia Health System

In a discovery that could dramatically affect the treatment of brain and spinal cord injuries, researchers have identified a previously unknown, beneficial immune response that occurs after injury to the central nervous system.

Released: 22-Jan-2015 8:45 AM EST
$7 Million Grant Helping Improve Access to Specialty Care Through Technology
University of Virginia Health System

The University of Virginia Health System is piloting a new program that uses its EpicCare electronic medical record to speed patients’ access to specialists. UVA is one of five academic medical centers in the U.S. testing the eConsults/eReferrals model; the five centers are supported by a $7 million grant from the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

Released: 16-Dec-2014 8:45 AM EST
Breast Density Helps Better Predict Breast Cancer Risk
University of Virginia Health System

A new study from UVA Cancer Center found that adding a measurement of breast density better predicts women's risk for breast cancer.

Released: 19-Nov-2014 8:15 AM EST
Found: The Secret to Keeping Doctors Happy
University of Virginia Health System

The researchers set out to see if doctors were leaving academic medicine because they spent too much time seeing patients. But that wasn’t the case. Instead, the researchers found, doctors became dissatisfied when they felt their work was out of balance.

Released: 17-Oct-2014 10:00 AM EDT
UVA Hires First Chief Medical Information Officer
University of Virginia Health System

To help University of Virginia Health System care providers take full advantage of technology to enhance patient care, UVA has named its first chief medical information officer (CMIO). Michael A. Williams, MD, FAAP, comes to UVA from North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System in New York, where he has served since March 2012 as the first regional CMIO for four hospitals in the 16-hospital system.

Released: 19-Sep-2014 8:00 AM EDT
UVA Honored for Improving Heart Attack Care
University of Virginia Health System

The University of Virginia Health System has earned a national award from the American College of Cardiology for enhancing care for heart attack patients. UVA is one of just 55 U.S. hospitals to receive the ACTION Registry-Get With The Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award.

Released: 18-Sep-2014 8:00 AM EDT
UVA Center for Telehealth Earns Governor’s Technology Award
University of Virginia Health System

The University of Virginia Center for Telehealth received a 2014 Governor’s Technology Award for making it easier to access high-quality care and health education for patients across Virginia.

Released: 13-Jun-2014 4:00 PM EDT
Media Advisory - June 14-15: Artificial Pancreas Findings Presented by UVA Health System Researchers
University of Virginia Health System

Researchers from the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology are presenting their findings from artificial pancreas clinical trials at the American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco on June 14-15.

19-May-2014 9:00 AM EDT
UVA Unlocks Pitch-Detection Secrets of the Inner Ear
University of Virginia Health System

The ability to discern pitch – to hear the difference between “cat,” “bat” and “hat,” for example – hinges on remarkable gradations in specialized cells within the inner ear. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders has explained, for the first time, what controls these cells’ development and patterning – findings crucial to efforts to reverse hearing loss caused by age, loud sounds or other factors.

Released: 14-May-2014 8:00 AM EDT
Mazvita Ethel Simoyi: Nursing Experience Paid Off in Medical School
University of Virginia Health System

While 12-hour weekend shifts for nurses are typical, it’s not common to do it while also attending medical school full-time. But that’s what Mazvita Ethel Simoyi did during her first year at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, commuting every weekend to a hospital in Washington, D.C. to help pay for her education.

Released: 9-May-2014 10:00 AM EDT
Pamela Sutton-Wallace Named UVA Medical Center CEO
University of Virginia Health System

Pamela Sutton-Wallace, MPH, senior vice president for hospital operations at Duke University Hospital, has been named CEO of the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Released: 3-Apr-2014 9:35 AM EDT
UVA Develops New Tool to Check Cells’ ‘Batteries’
University of Virginia Health System

Under the microscope, they glow like streetlights, forming tidy rows that follow the striations of muscle tissue. They are mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, and researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have created a method to illuminate and understand them in living creatures like never before.

Released: 26-Mar-2014 7:00 AM EDT
Media Advisory - Monday, March 31: How Telehealth Can Improve Care, Reduce Healthcare Costs
University of Virginia Health System

Using a case study of a “typical” patient, this year’s Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Summit will show how telehealth can be used to improve the care and health for patients with a variety of common conditions while also reducing the cost of healthcare. The summit will also feature a talk by Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, on how making government more open can help the U.S. take on challenges such as making healthcare more affordable.

Released: 18-Mar-2014 7:00 AM EDT
UVA Women’s Services and Children’s Hospital Honored for Protecting Health of Newborns
University of Virginia Health System

For improving the health of babies by stopping early elective deliveries, Women’s Services and Children’s Hospital at the University of Virginia have earned a prestigious award from the March of Dimes and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA).

Released: 6-Jan-2014 9:10 AM EST
Using Tablets, Telemedicine to Speed Stroke Treatment
University of Virginia Health System

A University of Virginia Health System team is working with local rescue squads to diagnose stroke patients before they reach the hospital, enabling more patients to receive lifesaving treatment and have a full recovery. Working through UVA Innovation’s USEED fundraising program, UVA clinicians are raising $10,000 to equip two additional local ambulances with the iTREAT mobile telemedicine kit. The goal: Connect paramedics through a secure video link with UVA’s specially trained stroke neurologists and emergency medicine physicians, who can diagnose stroke patients while they’re in the ambulance and enable treatment to begin as soon as patients arrive at the hospital.

Released: 19-Dec-2013 12:30 PM EST
Video Highlighting Asthma Care Improvements Wins National Award
University of Virginia Health System

For a video detailing efforts to improve the quality of care for children with asthma, University of Virginia Health System has earned a national award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

Released: 12-Dec-2013 11:00 AM EST
UVA Researchers Aim to Slash Number of Donated Lungs Deemed Unusable
University of Virginia Health System

Groundbreaking research at the University of Virginia School of Medicine that aims to dramatically increase the number of lungs that can be used for transplant has received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Released: 18-Nov-2013 7:50 AM EST
Artificial Pancreas Receives $3.4 Million Grant
University of Virginia Health System

A high-tech project to turn an ordinary smart phone into an artificial pancreas that could transform the lives of people with type 1 diabetes has received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Released: 13-Nov-2013 8:00 AM EST
New Heart Valve Repair Option Provides Hope for High-Risk Patients
University of Virginia Health System

A minimally invasive procedure is the first effective treatment for patients who are high risk for standard open heart surgery for a leaking heart valve, a study led by a University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher has found.

Released: 6-Nov-2013 6:00 AM EST
Better Understanding Concussions in High School, College Athletes
University of Virginia Health System

To better measure the effects and causes of sports concussions, researchers from University of Virginia School of Medicine and UVA’s Curry School of Education plan to track 130 student-athletes in three sports over the next year.

Released: 23-Oct-2013 8:00 AM EDT
Could a ‘Trojan Horse’ Better Identify Traumatic Brain Injury?
University of Virginia Health System

Accurately diagnosing traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and concussions is difficult, as standard CT or MRI scans can’t see most changes to the brain caused by these injuries. Borrowing a tactic used to identify lung infections, University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a potential method to identify TBI that uses positron emission tomography (PET) scans and the body’s immune response to a brain injury.

Released: 17-Oct-2013 8:50 AM EDT
Helping Abdominal Surgery Patients Recover Sooner
University of Virginia Health System

A new recovery program for abdominal surgery patients at University of Virginia Health System is helping patients go home sooner while making them more comfortable both before and after surgery.

Released: 29-Aug-2013 7:00 AM EDT
Do Genetics Increase Risk for Memory Problems in Parkinson’s Disease Patients?
University of Virginia Health System

A research team at University of Virginia School of Medicine led by Matthew Barrett, MD, MSc, will use a state grant to examine the link between genetics and memory problems in Parkinson’s disease patients. Barrett hopes the research will eventually lead to customized treatments for Parkinson’s disease patients.

Released: 21-Aug-2013 8:00 AM EDT
NFL Thigh Pad Testing Led by UVA Researcher
University of Virginia Health System

After implementing a new rule for 2013 mandating thigh pads for all National Football League players, the league asked University of Virginia biomechanical researchers to test how well available thigh pads protected players against injuries. Based on recommendations and testing done by Kent and his colleagues from the biomechanics center, the NFL approved 37 thigh pads. Kent tested a total of 82 pads.

Released: 5-Aug-2013 8:00 AM EDT
Obesity More Likely in Preschoolers Drinking Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
University of Virginia Health System

Young children who regularly drink sugary beverages are more likely to gain excessive weight and become obese, according to new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Released: 6-Jun-2013 8:00 AM EDT
Innovative Care Earns National Award for Transitional Care Hospital
University of Virginia Health System

For chronically critically ill patients, accurately measuring fluid balance – the amount of fluid received by a patient and their urinary output – is a key piece of information in providing the best care. Getting accurate output measures, especially in incontinent patients, can be challenging. However, by adapting a method generally used with children, the team at University of Virginia Health System’s Transitional Care Hospital (TCH) has found a way to provide more accurate measurements while also reducing a patient’s risk of infection. Their submission, “Weighing the Significance of Urinary Catheter Reduction,” earned the 2013 Goldberg Innovation Award from the National Association of Long Term Hospitals.

Released: 28-Feb-2013 8:00 AM EST
Training Program to Promote Breastfeeding Available Nationwide
University of Virginia Health System

To support a nationwide initiative to increase breastfeeding rates, University of Virginia School of Medicine is making available nationally a training program that teaches hospitals and healthcare professionals how to support new moms that want to breastfeed.

Released: 27-Feb-2013 7:00 AM EST
Helping Southside Virginia Patients Access Specialty Care Through Telemedicine
University of Virginia Health System

To make it easier for residents of Southside Virginia and other rural localities to receive specialty care not readily available locally, a new state grant will help patients and healthcare workers access specialists through telemedicine. A $270,000 grant from the Virginia Health Workforce Development Initiative will establish the Southside Telehealth Training Academy and Resource Center (STAR) in Martinsville, which will be operated by New College Institute and the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth at UVA Health System.

Released: 26-Feb-2013 10:00 AM EST
Smart Phones Become Weapon Against HIV
University of Virginia Health System

An innovative plan developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will use smart phones to improve care for people recently diagnosed with HIV in rural Virginia. The electronic outreach effort has won $525,000 in backing from the AIDS United Foundation.

Released: 15-Aug-2012 7:00 AM EDT
UVA Joins Healthcare Training Partnership in Rwanda
University of Virginia Health System

Facilitated by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) run by former President Bill Clinton, 13 U.S. schools of medicine, nursing and public health – including the UVA School of Medicine – will partner with Rwanda’s Ministry of Health to expand training opportunities and provide the country with more, better-trained health professionals.

Released: 14-May-2012 7:00 AM EDT
UVA Artificial Pancreas Gets First U.S. Outpatient Test
University of Virginia Health System

The University of Virginia School of Medicine has launched the first U.S. outpatient trial of a UVA-developed artificial pancreas that could make it easier for type 1 diabetes patients to manage their condition.

Released: 10-May-2012 7:00 AM EDT
Pay Doesn’t Equal Happiness for Medical School Faculty
University of Virginia Health System

Through training, research and patient care, medical school faculty play a vital role in America’s healthcare, which makes determining the key factors in their job satisfaction important to ensuring the U.S. has enough doctors in the years to come. So Susan M. Pollart, MD, MS, associate dean for faculty development at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, joined with a group of researchers to analyze what makes medical school faculty happy at work.

Released: 22-Mar-2012 8:00 AM EDT
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplants Now Available at UVA
University of Virginia Health System

The new Stem Cell Transplant Program at the University of Virginia Health System recently performed its first two stem cell transplants, using non-embryonic stem cells from umbilical cord blood. The program offers both bone marrow and stem cell transplants, with a focus on cord blood, to treat leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and other blood diseases.

Released: 19-Mar-2012 8:00 AM EDT
Artificial Pancreas Approved for US Outpatient Testing
University of Virginia Health System

A University of Virginia-developed artificial pancreas that could potentially automate care for millions of Type 1 diabetes patients has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a key testing phase. The FDA recently approved the first U.S. outpatient clinical trials for the device, created by a UVA School of Medicine research team led by Patrick Keith-Hynes, PhD, and Boris Kovatchev, PhD.

Released: 12-Mar-2012 7:00 AM EDT
World’s Tallest Man Stops Growing
University of Virginia Health System

The world’s tallest man appears to have stopped growing following treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Center, earning the medical center a mention in the 2012 Guinness World Records.

Released: 5-Mar-2012 7:00 AM EST
Epilepsy Surgery: Study Examines Potential Noninvasive Option
University of Virginia Health System

To determine whether a noninvasive surgery could effectively treat patients with a certain type of epilepsy – mesial temporal lobe epilepsy – University of Virginia School of Medicine neurologist Mark S. Quigg, MD, is helping lead an international clinical trial examining the effectiveness of Gamma Knife radiosurgery. The Gamma Knife delivers focused beams of radiation guided by MRI to the brain lesion in hopes of damaging the lesion and preventing it from causing epileptic seizures.

Released: 23-Dec-2011 9:25 AM EST
UVA Health System Librarian Wins National Outreach Award
University of Virginia Health System

Whether helping cancer patients find accurate information or caregivers for Alzheimer’s patients overcome a sense of isolation, Ann Duesing has spent 16 years connecting Southwest Virginia residents with information to help them live healthier lives. Her dedication and her ability to build partnerships with community groups helped Duesing, outreach librarian for Southwest Virginia with the University of Virginia Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, win the National Library of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award. The award is given annually to honor a health sciences librarian assisting an underserved community.

Released: 16-Dec-2011 4:00 PM EST
Peanut Allergies: Breakthrough Could Improve Diagnoses
University of Virginia Health System

Roughly three million Americans suffer from peanut allergies; yet current diagnostic methods don’t detect every case. New findings by University of Virginia scientists, however, may allow for the development of more sensitive diagnostic tools and a better understanding of nut allergies.

Released: 18-Nov-2011 3:00 PM EST
Stopping “Superbugs” in Their Tracks
University of Virginia Health System

UVA Researchers are the first in the world to develop a new, faster method for monitoring dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Released: 14-Nov-2011 3:30 PM EST
Mammograms: How Often Should Women Have Them?
University of Virginia Health System

While most women already undergo mammograms to check for breast cancer, there has been considerable debate about how frequently women need to be screened. To help answer that question, researchers at the University of Virginia Health System are developing a personalized risk model to recommend how often a woman should have a mammogram based on her unique risk factors.

Released: 21-Oct-2011 7:00 AM EDT
Online Tool Helps First Responders ID Hazardous Chemicals
University of Virginia Health System

Exposure to hazardous chemicals can cause serious illness quickly, but emergency medical providers often don’t know the key piece of information that determines treatment: Which of the tens of thousands of toxic chemicals is making patients sick? A new online tool will help paramedics, nurses, emergency physicians and other first responders more rapidly identify the group of chemicals causing patients to become ill. This will allow them to begin treatment sooner during large-scale toxic chemical exposures caused by accidents or terrorist attacks.

Released: 12-Sep-2011 8:10 AM EDT
Telemedicine Grant Will Help Improve Healthcare Access
University of Virginia Health System

To help patients in the mid-Atlantic access specialty care and reduce the burden of travel for healthcare, the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth will collaborate with a coalition of healthcare providers to expand telemedicine services with support from a federal grant.

Released: 1-Sep-2011 1:10 PM EDT
Pioneering Research Illuminates Breast Cancer, Like You’ve Never Seen it Before
University of Virginia Health System

University of Virginia researchers have developed a revolutionary three-dimensional model that allows them to visualize how breast tissue grows in its earliest stages, giving them the closest look ever at the very beginnings of breast cancer. The new model represents a major scientific milestone – it’s the first time scientists have been able to successfully and accurately replicate the early growth of human breast tissue outside of the body.

Released: 15-Aug-2011 11:00 AM EDT
UVA Neurology Stroke Researchers Win $25 Million NIH Grant to Reduce Debilitating Effects of Stroke in Diabetic Patients
University of Virginia Health System

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have received a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead a 50+-center national clinical trial investigating a promising new treatment that could greatly benefit thousands of acute ischemic stroke patients every year.

Released: 10-Aug-2011 10:30 AM EDT
Major Discovery Helps Explain How the Adult Brain Cleans out Dead Brain Cells and Produces New Ones
University of Virginia Health System

UVA Health System researchers have made a pivotal discovery in understanding the complicated process of neurogenesis, and their findings could one day help scientists devise novel therapies to promote neurogenesis in the adult brain and re-establish its function in patients suffering from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental disorders, in which adult neurogenesis is impaired.

Released: 1-Aug-2011 12:00 PM EDT
UVA Health Services Foundation Has New Name: UVA Physicians Group
University of Virginia Health System

Effective Aug. 1, the University of Virginia Health Services Foundation will change its name to the UVA Physicians Group.

Released: 19-Jul-2011 7:25 AM EDT
Five UVA Health System Specialties Honored by U.S. News
University of Virginia Health System

Five medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System are ranked among the top in their field in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” guide.



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