Stories of Care & Discovery

Girl stands with her lunch tray in a cafeteria.

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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Headshot of Matt Miller

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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Image of painting in the Log-A-Load Kids Play Area

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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Residents at UVA learn from the best. The Department of Neurosurgery is Virginia’s foremost research and treatment center for nervous system disorders.

Celebrating a Legacy

For seven long years, neurosurgery residents hone their craft. They perform more than 300 operations a year, take classes, conduct research, and present at conferences. At UVA, they learn from the best, and it shows. Today, the program’s residents…

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