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Medical Alumni Association & Medical School Foundation STAY CONNECTED Your UVA Medical Alumni Association and Medical School Foundation Online Watch for our newly redesigned homepage uvamedalum.org The UVA MAA/MSF homepage is being rebuilt from the ground up. With constituent- based navigation, expanded events and alumni content, improved student and housestaff connections, and a dynamic and functional mobile site, your online experience will be revolutionized. Check back often for current events, dynamic content, and participate actively online with your Association, classmates, and colleagues. The site, fully integrated with Facebook and Twitter, will be your one stop shop for School of Medicine and MAA/MSF news and information! To visit our website (the URL stays the same and will automatically transfer when the new site goes live), use your smart phone to scan the QR code! (If you don't already have a scanner app, just search for QR code and download a free app today) Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/uvamedalum Become a fan of the UVA Medical Alumni Association and Medical School Foundation on Facebook. Link to groups for current medical school students, alumni and housestaff, follow the latest School of Medicine and MAA news, see event photos and videos, and much more. This is the place to connect with classmates and network with fellow medical alumni. All Facebook fans are eligible to win prizes in our random drawings. Our next drawing (for an iPod Nano) will occur when we reach 1000 fans. "Like" us today! Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/@uvamedalum The staff of the UVA Medical Alumni Association and Medical School Foundation will tweet the latest and greatest news and event details. This feed, which replaces the Executive Director's Blog, will allow the MAA/MSF to share up-to-the-minute information. Stay tuned for special contests and promotions for our followers! Network on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com Join the University of Virginia Medical Alumni group for professional networking with colleagues from the UVA School of Medicine. Executive Director Associate Dean for Medical Alumni Affairs Barry J. Collins Associate Director Linda Weldon Associate Director for Marketing and Communications Christopher N. Spangler Associate Director for Constituent Relations Kristin Roth Associate Director for Constituent Relations Heather McCoy Director of Accounting & Financial Services Allen R. Archer, CPA Constituent Relations Associate Andrea Wasiewski Executive Assistant Harsha Solanki Vitals Managing Editor Christopher N. Spangler Contributors Meghan Bradley, David Foreman, Sally H. Jones, Peter Jump, Linda J. Kobert, Heather McCoy, Lindsay Neese, Kristin Roth, Christopher N. Spangler, Eric Swensen, Andrea Wasiewski, UVA Health System Development, UVA Health System Marketing Photography Dan Addison, Barry J. Collins, Anne Hilton, Alice McCoy, Heather McCoy, Kristin Roth, Jackson Smith, Christopher N. Spangler, UVA Health System Marketing Cover Jackson Smith Volunteer Editor Leah Settle Gibbs Design © Anne Hilton, Anne Hilton Design Vitals is produced twice annually, in the Spring and Fall, by the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association and Medical School Foundation. Deadline for submissions for the Spring 2012 issue is January 15, 2012. The MAA/MSF reserves the right to edit all submissions for length and content. Please send submissions and other correspondence to: Managing Editor Vitals UVA MAA/MSF PO Box 800776 Health System Charlottesville, VA 22908-0776 434-924-1734 medalum@virginia.edu www.uvamedalum.org ©2011 University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association On the Cover Sean Jackson, DMA, MM, Chief Technology Officer at the School of Medicine, and Lori Conklin, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, participate in an exercise during a Leadership in Academic Matters session at the Morven Meeting Barn. Photo by Jackson Smith

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