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    • Celebrating Our Employees — Appreciation Week, March 6–10, 2023
    • 2023 Blue Ridge Rankings
    • Celebrating Heart Month
    • Black History Month: A Conversation for Our Time
    • Working together to make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of respect, equity and justice for all a reality
    • Greetings for the New Year, 2023!
    • Wishing you a peaceful and restorative holiday season
    • Learning Environment and Professionalism
    • Sanger Hall Repairs Complete
    • A Reflection on VCU’s Common Book The Organ Thieves
    • School of Medicine reaccreditation preparation
    • Record-breaking fundraising propels our people and programs
    • Congratulations to our award-winning faculty
    • Welcome to our new academic year
    • Welcoming the Class of 2026
    • Showcasing faculty student and alumni impact in spring issue of 12th Marshall
    • Welcoming our new residents and fellows to our School of Medicine
    • Celebrating and reflecting on Juneteenth
    • Celebrating with Pride
    • Reflections on the latest shooting at a Tulsa hospital
    • Congratulations to our 2022 graduates
    • Our responsibility to condemn racism and address injustice
    • Congratulations to our presidential award winners
    • Welcoming the Class of 2024 to our clinics and wards
    • Reunion Weekend 2022 promotes alumni connection
    • The impact of scholarships for our students
    • Alumnus and Richmond community member to speak at this year’s Hooding Ceremony
    • Congratulations Class of 2022 on your stellar match!
    • Celebrating March 8 as International Women’s Day and National Women’s History Month
    • Celebrating Employee Appreciation Week 2022
    • Ukraine Situation
    • Transformative Gift Announced Today for the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health at VCU
    • Dr. Shari Barkin named chair of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief of Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
    • Celebrating Black History Month
    • Working together to make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of respect, equity and justice for all a reality
    • 2022 – A time for gratitude, resolutions and reflections as we move forward
  • SOM Profiles
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    • SOM Profiles 2021
      • J. Christian Barrett, M.D.
      • Barry V. Kirkpatrick, M.D., FAAP
      • Michelle N. Brooks, M.D.
      • Amir A. Toor, M.D.
      • Megan S. Lemay, M.D.; Sara Wilson McKay, Ph.D.; and John E. Nestler, M.D., MACP
      • Kelley M. Dodson, M.D., FACS
      • Vanessa B. Sheppard, Ph.D.
      • Todd Gehr, M.D.
      • Brandon K. Wills, D.O. Medical Toxicology Fellowship
      • Kelley M. Dodson, M.D., FACS Otolaryngology Residency Program
      • Allison S. Dubinsky, M.Ed. - Internal Medicine Residency
    • SOM Profiles 2020
      • Peter Avery Boling, M.D.
      • Ray W. Shepherd, M.D., FCCP
      • John W. Bigbee, Ph.D.
      • Jason M. Kidd, M.D.
      • Ananda B. Amstadter, Ph.D.
      • Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, M.D.
      • Georgia N. McIntosh, M.D.
      • Joyce A. Lloyd, Ph.D.
      • Mark H. Ryan, M.D.
      • Danielle M. Noreika, M.D.
      • Emma C. Fields, M.D.
      • Kevin D. Keller, M.S.
    • SOM Profiles 2019
      • Lisa K. Brath, M.D.
      • Alice Coombs, M.D., M.P.A., FCCP
      • Frank A. Fulco, M.D.
      • Josephina A. Vossen, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Steven H. Crossman, M.D.
      • Michael F. Miles, M.D., Ph.D.
      • VCU CT Technologists
      • Sudha Jayaraman, M.D., M.Sc.
      • Susan R. DiGiovanni, M.D.
      • Robin L. Foster, M.D.
      • Vigneshwar Kasirajan, M.D.
      • Paula A. Ferrada, M.D.
      • Rahul J. Anand, M.D.
      • Pamela Adams-Lewis, Ed.D., M.B.A.
    • SOM Profiles 2018
      • Stephanie Call, M.D., M.S.P.H.
      • Virginia Pallante, M.S.
      • Phoebe Ashley, M.D.
      • Sarah Spiegel, Ph.D.
      • Steven Bishop, M.D.
      • Joel Moll, M.D.
      • Huiping Zhou, Ph.D., M.S.
      • R. Wesley Shepherd, M.D.
      • Ravi Vachhani, M.D.
      • Joel Moll, M.D.
      • Jennifer Quinney
      • Arun J. Sanyal, M.D.
      • Paul H. Wehman, Ph.D.
      • Stephanie Ann Call, M.D., M.S.P.H.
    • SOM Profiles 2017
      • Kimberly W. Sanford, M.D.
      • Duane C. Williams, M.D.
      • Alpha A. (Berry) Fowler, III, M.D.
      • S. Murthy Karnam, Ph.D.
      • Michael Joyce, M.D. and Sammy Pedram, M.D.
      • Harold F. Young, M.D.
      • Saba W. Masho, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
      • Uma R. Prasad, M.D.
      • John Christian Barrett, M.D.
      • Cindi Phares
      • Christopher Kogut, M.D.
      • Harinder S. Dhindsa, M.D.
      • Michael C. Neale, Ph.D.
      • Michael S. Donnenberg, M.D.
    • SOM Profiles 2016
      • Beth K. Rubinstein, M.D.
      • Paula A. Ferrada, M.D.
      • James Levy, M.D.
      • Antonio Abbate, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Michael S. Ryan, M.D., M.E.H.P.
      • Paula A. Ferrada, M.D.
      • William B. Moskowitz, M.D.
      • Cheryl S. Al-Mateen, M.D.
      • Vikram S. Brar, M.D.
      • Kim Christman
    • SOM Profiles 2015
      • Diane M. Biskobing, M.D.
      • Rahul J. Anand, M.D.
      • Clifton C. Lee, M.D.
      • Hamid I. Akbarali, Ph.D.
      • Peter A. Boling, Alan W. Dow, III, Joel D. Browning, and Christopher L. Stephens
      • Mary Helen Hackney, M.D.
      • Amelia C. Grover, M.D.
      • Elizabeth “Betsy” Ripley, M.D., M.S.
      • Harry D. Bear, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Nicole W. Karjane, M.D.
      • Jennifer Rew
    • SOM Profiles 2014
      • Susan D. Roseff, M.D.
      • Catherine E. Grossman, M.D.
      • Diomedes E. Logothetis, Ph.D.
      • John (Christian) Barrett, M.D.
      • Gonzalo M. L. Bearman, M.D., M.P.H. and Michael P. Stevens, M.D., M.P.H.
      • Steven H. Crossman, M.D.
      • Cathy J. Bradley, Ph.D., M.P.A.
      • PonJola Coney, M.D.
      • Alpha A. (Berry) Fowler, III, M.D.
      • Jay H. Shapiro, M.D.
      • Beth C. Marshall, M.D.
      • Rachel Ferguson Van Hart
      • Mark G. Malkin, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.A.A.N.
      • F. Gerard Moeller, M.D.
      • Francesco S. Celi, M.D., M.H.Sc.
      • Shin-Ping Tu, M.D., M.P.H.
    • SOM Profiles 2013
      • Clive M. Baumgarten, Ph.D.
      • Fidelma B. Rigby, M.D.
      • Mary Ann Turner, M.D.
      • Aron H. Lichtman, Ph.D.
      • Ellen L. Brock, M.D., M.P.H., and staff of the Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety
      • Susan E. Wolver, M.D.
      • Suzanne E. Barbour, Ph.D.
      • Betty Anne Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Stephen A. Cohen, M.D., M.B.A.
      • Amber Cox
      • Charles (Chuck) V. Clevenger, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Charles (Chuck) E. Geyer, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.P.
    • SOM Profiles 2012
      • Wilhelm A. Zuelzer, M.D.
      • Suzanne R. Lavoie, M.D.
      • Catherine M. Kelso, M.D., M.S.
      • Margaret M. Grimes, M.D., M.Ed
      • Angela Gentili, M.D.
      • Therèse M. Duane, M.D.
      • Marjolein de Wit, M.D., M.S.
      • Louis J. De Felice, Ph.D.
      • Lelia E. Brinegar, M.Ed. and Christopher M. Woleben, M.D.
      • Donna Barrett
      • Egidio G. Del Fabbro, M.D.
      • Joseph Landry, Ph.D.
      • Ananda Amstadter, Ph.D.
      • Rebecca Etz, Ph.D.
      • Leon Avery, Ph.D.
    • SOM Profiles 2011
      • April Kimmel, Ph.D.
      • Leslie Cloud, M.D., M.Sc.
      • John F. Butterworth, IV, M.D.
      • Bob Diegelmann, Ph.D.
      • Wilhelm A. Zuelzer, M.D.
      • Susan R. DiGiovanni, M.D.
      • Mark A. Wood, M.D.
      • Lenore M. Buckley, M.D., M.P.H.
      • William O. McKinley, M.D.
      • Pawan Suri, M.D.
      • Daniel H. Conrad, Ph.D.
      • Frank A. Fulco, M.D.
      • Craig E. Cheifetz, M.D.
      • Abir Mukherjee
      • Sarah Norton
      • Beth Zha
      • David Chelmow, M.D.
      • Unsong Oh, M.D.
      • Lindsay Sabik, Ph.D.
      • Samuel A. Taylor Jr., M.D.
      • Esther Johnston
      • Charles Chalfant, Ph.D.
      • Jeffrey Kreutzer, Ph.D.
    • SOM Profiles 2010
      • Alan Dow, M.D., M.S.H.A.
      • Mark H. Ryan, M.D.
      • Paul H. Ratz, Ph.D.
      • Richard M. Costanzo, Ph.D.
      • Barry V. Kirkpatrick, M.D.
      • Evan R. Reiter, M.D.
      • Samuel M. Jones, M.D.
      • Diane M. Biskobing, M.D.
      • Peter A. Boling, M.D.
      • Joann N. Bodurtha, M.D., M.P.H.
      • Molecular Diagnostics Unit
      • Danielle Dick, Ph.D.
      • David Gibb
      • David Cifu, M.D.
    • SOM Profiles 2009
      • Augustus L. Warner (1807-1847)
      • Baruj Benacerraf (1920-2011)
      • Jean Harris (1931-2001)
      • Mary Baughman (1874-1956)
      • Scott A. Vota, D.O.
      • Stephanie A. Call, M.D., M.S.P.H.
      • Domenic A. Sica, M.D.
      • Mary Helen Hackney, M.D.
      • Edward James Read, Jr., M.D.
      • Raphael J. Witorsch, Ph.D.
      • Richard G. Moran, Ph.D.
      • Thomas Palliative Care Program
      • Clive M. Baumgarten, Ph.D.
      • Douglas S. Franzen, M.D., M.Ed.
      • Tomasz Kordula, Ph.D.
      • Shawna Perry, M.D.
      • Alison Kuchta
      • James Bennett, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Bruce Rubin, M.D.
      • Robert Balster, Ph.D.
      • Devanand Sarkar, Ph.D., MBBS
      • Adam Klausner, M.D.
      • Kyle Eliason
      • Jemilat Badamas
      • Jamal Zweit, Ph.D., D.Sc.
      • Norbert Voelkel, M.D.
      • Michael Miles, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Rick Zimmerman, Ph.D.
      • Ann Miller Wilson
      • David Buxton
      • Branden Engorn
      • Trio of structural biologists join physiology
    • SOM Profiles 2008
      • Bella Gabice, M.D.
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Message from the Dean
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Celebrating Our Employees — Appreciation Week, March 6–10, 2023

2023 Blue Ridge Rankings
Message from the Dean
17 February

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Celebrating Heart Month
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14 February

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Black History Month: A Conversation for Our Time
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Black History Month: A Conversation for Our Time

Working together to make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of respect, equity and justice for all a reality
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12 January

Working together to make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of respect, equity and justice for all a reality

Greetings for the New Year, 2023!
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Sanger Hall Repairs Complete
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Sanger Hall Repairs Complete

A Reflection on VCU’s Common Book: The Organ Thieves
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31 October

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School of Medicine reaccreditation preparation
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12 September

Record-breaking fundraising propels our people and programs

Congratulations to our award-winning faculty
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Welcome to our new academic year
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23 August

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Welcoming the Class of 2026
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Showcasing faculty, student and alumni impact in spring issue of 12th & Marshall
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11 July

Showcasing faculty, student and alumni impact in spring issue of 12th & Marshall

Welcoming our new residents and fellows to our School of Medicine
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Welcoming our new residents and fellows to our School of Medicine

Celebrating and reflecting on Juneteenth
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17 June

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Celebrating with Pride
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Celebrating with Pride

Reflections on the latest shooting at a Tulsa hospital
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