@UvaDOM

Twitter account for the University of Virginia Department of Medicine.

 Charlottesville, VA
med.virginia.edu/dom/
Joined August 2019
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29news.com/2026/10/14/uva-he… Dr. Costi Sifri is featured on TV stations discussing flu shots and reports of pneumonic plague in Russia. #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #DrCostiSifri #PneumonicPlague #plague

UVA Health doctor urges flu shots and addresses fears of Russian plague case

A doctor is urging people to get their flu shots now, while also addressing a death in Russia linked to a possible plague exposure.

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29news.com/video/2026/10/15/… Dr. Kyle Enfield is featured on TV stations discussing pneumonic plague. "What is Pneumonic Plague?" #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #DrKyleEnfield #PneumonicPlague #plague

What is Pneumonic Plague?

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intranet.med.virginia.edu/ne… Congratulations to Dr. Judith Woodfolk, a recipient of the 2026 Awards honoring alumni and faculty of the UVA School of Medicine for their professional accomplishments, leadership, and service. #DrJudithWoodfolk #UVAMedicine #UVAallergy
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youtu.be/kMqsHgcjhjA?si=SYea… Dr. Jan de Buer investigates the molecular underpinnings that drive rare metabolic bone disorders to create new therapeutics. #UVAMedicine #DrJandeBuer @UVA_Endocrine #UVAEndocrine #UVADoM

Suzanne Jan de Beur, MD

Suzanne Jan de Beur, MD is a Professor in the Department of Medicin...

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UVA Health' Dr. Andrew Parsons stresses human role as AI advances | News | cbs19news.com #DrAndrewParsons #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #AImedicine #AI #medicine #UVA

cbs19news.com | CHARLOTTESVILLE NEWS FIRST CBS19 NEWS

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UVA Department of Medicine retweeted
MediByte | Medical Learning
@MedibyteappOct 19
Replying to @andrewparsonsMD @pmeded @UvaDOM
The abstract’s distinction between generating a plan and executing it is useful. I’d ask a learner to explain the plan, then observe how they prioritise the next tasks. Could paired observations help educators choose support without prematurely labelling the learner “disorganised”?
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UVA School of Medicine@MedicineUVAOct 13
AI can name a condition. Deciding what to do next, and answering for it, still takes a clinician. 📙 @UVA’s Dr. Andrew Parsons & @harvardmed's Dr. Adam Rodman in @AnnalsofIM: bit.ly/4yaSDJ3
The image shows a person with folded arms standing outdoors, wearing a shirt and tie. Text on the image reads "University of Virginia School of Medicine" and "Commentary on Responsibilities Doctors Must Never Delegate to AI" under the heading "Research."

ALT The image shows a person with folded arms standing outdoors, wearing a shirt and tie. Text on the image reads "University of Virginia School of Medicine" and "Commentary on Responsibilities Doctors Must Never Delegate to AI" under the heading "Research."

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news-expressky.com/news/coal…. Drew Harris at the UVA School of Medicine explains the need to protect coal miners from silica dust, which can cause black lung disease. @UVA_PCCM #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #DrDrewHarris #blacklung #coalminers #stonemountain #silicadust #uvahealth
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latimes.com/world-nation/sto… Dr. Jeffrey Wilson talks with the Los Angeles Times about the meat allergy caused by alpha-gal syndrome. #UVAMedicine #UVAAllergy #UVADoM #DrJeffreyWilson #AlphaGal #allergies #meatallergy #lonestartickallergy #lonestartick #tickbites #allergy

How the aggressive lone star tick unleashed a hidden meat allergy on millions of Americans

Once confined to the Southeast, aggressive lone star ticks have expanded across North America due to warming climates and growing deer populations. Their bites can transmit alpha-gal, a severe...

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medscape.com/viewarticle/pho… Dr. Todd Villines talks with Medscape about photon-counting CT scanners. @CardioUva @UVACVRC #UVACardiovascularMedicine #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #DrToddVillines
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news.virginia.edu/content/qa… UVA Health cardiologist Dr. Patricia Rodriguez-Lozano explains how revised definitions could guide more personalized care. #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #UVACardiovascularMedicine @CardioUva @UVACardsFellows @PRodriguezMD @ChrisKramerMD

Q&A: How can new heart attack definitions improve care for women?

UVA Health cardiologist Dr. Patricia Rodriguez-Lozano explains how revised definitions could guide more personalized care.

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bbc.com/future/article/20260… Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills talks with the BBC about how allergies can develop later in life. #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #DrThomasPlattsMills #alphaGal #allergies #tickbites #tickrelateddiseases @BBC

'Confusion in the immune system': How allergies can develop later in life

We often think of allergies as the result of an unlucky hand dealt in childhood, or even before birth. But "any person, at any point in their life, can develop a new allergy".

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29news.com/2026/09/18/wastew… Dr. Amy Mathers discusses the value of wastewater testing for disease surveillance. #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #DrAmyMathers @UVA_ID #UVAinfectiousDiseases #wastewaterTesting #wastewater #infectiousdiseases

Wastewater testing and surveillance continues after the COVID pandemic

Virginia joined a CDC wastewater surveillance program in 2020 to track COVID-19 outbreaks.

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cbs19news.com/news/doctors-c… Dr. Taison Bell discusses new sepsis treatment guidelines. #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #DrTaisonBell @TaisonBell #Sepsis #sepsistreatment #sepsisguidelines

Doctors create new sepsis diagnostic and treatment guidelines

As part of an effort to prevent deaths associated with the condition sepsis, a UVA Health doctor and other experts have created new guidelines to improve care for patients.

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Zhenqi Liu, MD@DrZhenqiLiuSep 24
The Ozempidemic — is social media telling the full story? cavalierdaily.com/article/20…

The Ozempidemic — is social media telling the full story?

To strain the surplus of information about GLP-1 medication circulating on social media, The Cavalier Daily spoke to those on the frontlines of the phenomenon — University medical professionals and a...

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heart.org/en/news/2026/09/09… Can a tick bite create a meat allergy and increase heart disease risk? "There is a growing body of evidence linking allergic diseases and inflammation with heart disease," said Dr. Jeffrey Wilson #UVAMedicine #UVADoM #UVAallergy #tickbites #alphagal

Can a tick bite create a meat allergy and increase heart disease risk?

A tick bite can trigger a delayed meat allergy called alpha-gal syndrome. What scientists know so far.

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cbs19news.com/news/uva-healt… Dr. Oliver Monfredi is featured locally, across Virginia, and on TV stations nationally, discussing a new leadless pacemaker. #UVADoM #UVAMedicine #UVAcardio @CardioUva

UVA Health among first to implant new leadless pacemaker

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- UVA Health is among the first medical centers in the nation to implant a new leadless pacemaker in patients experiencing abnormally slow heart rhythms.

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theconversation.com/must-i-t… Dr. Amy Mathers’s article for The Conversation on whether patients always have to finish their antibiotics. @UVA_ID #UVADoM #UVAMedicine #DrAmyMathers #antibiotics #infectiousdiseases

‘Must I take all my antibiotics?’ Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding...

For some illnesses, shorter courses of antibiotics work just as well as longer ones, but researchers are still working out the ideal timescales for many infections – and it may not line up with when...

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healio.com/news/cardiology/2… Dr. Christopher Kramer talks with Healio about a potential treatment for transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy. @CardioUva #UVADoM #UVAMedicine #UVACardio #DrChrisKramer @ChrisKramerMD
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intranet.med.virginia.edu/ne… Congratulations to Justin Taylor, PhD (Division of Infectious Diseases), who has been named one of three Pinn Scholars for 2026. @UVA_ID #DrJustinTaylor #UVADoM #UVAMedicine #PinnScholar #scholarship #UVAresearch
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