Stories of Care & Discovery

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Letter from the Executive Director

Amy Karr shares the latest developments in UVA Health.

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A Lifeline for Struggling Families

When your five-year-old daughter is diagnosed with cancer, paying your electric bill is the last thing on your mind. When you are spending every night at the hospital with a premature infant, you don’t have time to think about how to pay for lunch.…

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A group of JMU students hold up signs reading how much they've raised during a dance marathon supporting UVA Children's Hospital.

Dance the Night Away

A lot can be done in 12 hours—including dancing non-stop to support patients and families at UVA Children’s Hospital.

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The Road Forward: From Tragedy to Medical Residency

Only a small tracheotomy scar hints at how close Matt Miller, MD, came to losing his life in a bicycle accident nine years ago. Today, he channels his energy into a demanding medical residency in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. He’s putting…

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A Home Away From Home

If a child has been admitted to a hospital's intensive care unit, the only place a family wants to be is not far from his or her bedside.

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