Eric Swensen is a Public Information Officer at UVA Health. With a background in journalism spanning over a decade, he focuses on corporate communications and major events, particularly in the areas of medicine, healthcare, and health and wellness. Eric's work has been featured in the University of Virginia and UVA Health.
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UVA Cancer Center, Appalachian Community Cancer Alliance and Buchanan General Hospital (BGH) have teamed up to make getting screened for lung cancer easier for residents of rural Virginia and West Virginia. By simplifying the referral process and expanding community outreach, the newly formed Rural Appalachian Lung Cancer Screening Initiative (RALCSI) aims to increase screening access and improve early detection rates across the region.
Newsweek’s Best-in-State Hospitals 2025 list ranks UVA Health University Medical Center as Virginia’s No. 1 hospital.
By: Eric Swensen
UVA Health Children’s and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital are opening a new pediatric behavioral health and neurodevelopmental care clinic.
UVA Health’s Neeral Shah, MD, is one of 12 recipients of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s 2025 Outstanding Faculty Awards.
Becker’s Hospital Review has named UVA Cancer Center to its 2024 list of 100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs.
By: Eric Swensen
UVA Center for Diabetes Technology and Tandem Diabetes Care have signed an agreement to advance research on fully automated insulin delivery systems.
By: Eric Swensen
American soldiers are 10 times more likely to use nicotine pouches that can cause serious health issues than average American adults.
The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® is the highest credential a healthcare organization can achieve. A Magnet designation indicates to patients and the public that these organizations have met the most stringent, evidence-based standards of nursing excellence in patient care delivery. UVA Health University Medical Center was designated as a Magnet organization in 2015 and 2020 by the ANCC Magnet […]
To make it easier for patients who have trouble accessing traditional healthcare facilities to receive the care they need, UVA Health has launched a mobile care unit to bring care to communities that have challenges accessing care.
UVA Health Prince William Medical Center. John Boal Photography
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