12th & Marshall, Spring 2024 issue
The twice-yearly magazine for alumni as well as faculty and friends of our medical school
Jesse D. Spangler, M.D., H’15, kayaks down the James River in Richmond, Virginia, the only U.S. city with Class IV river rapids. Time spent in nature serves as a form of self-care for the emergency medicine physician and many of his colleagues. Photo by Dave Parrish Photography.
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Spring 2024 feature stories
Liver institute grows in global influence
As many as 10% of veterans diagnosed with dementia may suffer instead from reversible cognitive decline caused by advanced liver disease. Read this and more from the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health.
Match Day 2024
Coming to a medical center near you! Find out where our graduating students are headed for residency training.
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We sat down with Department of Neurosurgery Chair David D. Limbrick, MS'95 (PHIS), MD-PHD'01 (PHTX), and his mentor and former chair, Harry F. Young, to discuss leadership, the importance of good teachers and the future of neurosurgery at VCU.
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What could be more thrilling for aspiring physicians than finding out they have been accepted to medical school? Learning that those four years will be tuition-free. Thanks to a generous gift from James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin, 12 students from the Class of 2027 received that life-changing news as they prepared to begin their journey into a career in medicine.
High marks on Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination used to be a way for students to differentiate themselves on their residency applications. When it changed to a pass-fail exam, many medical students turned to summer research opportunities to improve their chances in the residency match process, including the Class of 2026's Cecelia Hembrough.
The 1963 death of President John F. Kennedy's son at 34 weeks gestation spurred the creation of the neonatology field. In 2023, the NICU celebrated 50 years of saving the littlest lives on the MCV Campus.
Louis Kuritzky, M'72, has 1,500 sets of bookends in his collection and has come to see them as art objects — things of beauty — instead of strictly functional pieces. “I grew up in a generation where books are valuable treasures. I owe my past, present and future to books.”
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Spring 2024 expanded stories
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