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A p u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e U VA M e d i c a l A l u m n i As s o c i a t i o n a n d M e d i c a l S c h o o l Fo u n d a t i o n
2 Reunion Weekend 2016
4 Grand Rounds
News & Notes in Research, innovation,
and technology
10 accolades
24 student Perspectives
White Coat Ceremony and Graduation
26 alum Q&a
Melissa Wu, MD '92
27 alum News & Notes
28
life after Med school
Maanasi Mistry, MD '15,
Neema shah, MD '15
& Emily trauernicht, MD '15
28 a lasting Gift
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Being the BeSt
Wilkes Paves a Way to Excellence
since his appointment a year ago, Dean
David s. Wilkes, MD, has infused the
school of Medicine with passion and
enthusiasm, creating a vision that is
already moving toward making the
school the place where people want
to be. By mapping a plan that includes
initiating leadership development in the
curriculum, creating new clinical programs
and reinvigorating the school's research
mission, Wilkes is operating on a simple
premise: anything is possible.
By Linda J. Kobert
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cutting the riSkS
Gamma Knife Revolutionizes
Brain surgery
a diagnosis of malignant melanoma sent
larry Clark and his wife, laura, on a
journey that included visits to nearly every
major cancer center east of the Rockies.
When it was suggested that he get a brain
scan, Clark's MRi showed he had brain
metastasis. that led him to neurosurgeon
Jason sheehan, MD '98, PhD, director of
UVa's Gamma Knife Center, who is among
the most respected authorities on Gamma
Knife surgery in the country.
By Linda J. Kobert
1 Vitals Fall 2016
