Dr. Yen is utilizing minimally invasive procedures to treat patients with degenerative spine disease, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, spinal deformities like scoliosis and more.
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Know the signs of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), a rare type of diabetes frequently misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes.
Only approximately three percent of U.S. hospitals have a ranked specialty. UVA Health System has three.
Endocrine surgeon Philip Smith, MD, specializes in the treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal gland, including problems of function, as well as problems of mass effect resulting from a nodule or goiter.
Read a case study on the PRECICE® Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System, now being used at UVA to treat select patients with congenital short femur.
UVA researchers used a smartphone’s accelerometer to assess the forces acting on blood samples during transit in the hospital's pneumatic tube system.
UVA Cancer Center has launched a social network that will build a community of informed, proactive individuals who want to leverage the knowledge and resources available to make the best decisions possible regarding their healthcare.
Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion extends the period of time lungs can remain viable outside of the body, giving lung recipients access to lungs in locations beyond the region in which they are listed.
High-grade glioma patients at UVA now have the opportunity to participate in Toca 5, an international clinical trial of a new, virus-based procedure that activates therapeutics selectively within the brain tumor, leading to fewer side effects.
University of Virginia Children’s Hospital is partnering with Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to expand its pediatric liver transplant program.