Medical Alumni Association & Medical School Foundation
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UVAMedAlum.org
With constituent-based navigation, expanded events and alumni content, improved student and housestaff connections, and a dynamic and functional mobile site, your MAA/MSF online experience has never been better.
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
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.
Photography Dan Addison, Barry J. Collins, Luca DiCecco, Dr. Robert Frysinger, 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.
UVAMedAlum.org/LinkedIn
Join the University of Virginia Medical Alumni group for professional networking with colleagues from the UVA School of Medicine. Our group is growing larger every day. This means more meaningful connections in a secure, private group available only to UVA School of Medicine alumni and housestaff.
Deadline for submissions for the Spring 2013 issue is December 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
Facebook.com/UVAMedAlum
Like the UVA Medical Alumni Association and Medical School Foundation on Facebook. With links to groups for current medical school students, alumni and housestaff, the latest School of Medicine and MAA news, and special Facebook-only updates and contests, this is the place to connect socially with classmates and network with fellow medical alumni.
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On the Cover For years John Watterson was not able to write legibly or hold a spoon to eat soup due to his essential tremor. Jeffrey Elias, MD, has treated him and 14 others with new experimental technology at UVA. Photo by Luca DiCecco
