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UVA Health Advanced Practice Providers

Happy NP Week!

The NP profession started in 1965 as a way to provide advanced training and skills to nurses to meet the increasing demand for healthcare services in the face of decreasing provider availability. Here at UVA, NPs are present in both our inpatient and outpatient settings and provide services in almost every clinical department.

In recognition of NP Week, Lisa Letzkus is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, specializing in developmental pediatrics. Lisa embodies our four pillars of advanced practice—clinical excellence, research, education, and leadership.

 

 

Happy Genetic Counselor Awareness Day!

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On November 9th we celebrated Genetic Counselor Awareness Day! Genetic counselors (GC) are licensed and board-certified healthcare providers who practice in many different specialty areas, providing clinical care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. UVA Health currently employs 14 genetic counselors who practice in cancer, cardiovascular, neurology, pediatrics/general genetics, and prenatal settings.

Genetic counselors have specialized education in both medical genetics and psychosocial counseling and are collaborative members of an individual’s healthcare team. Genetic counselors fill a crucial role in healthcare — identifying key information and assessing risk based upon an individual’s personal and family health history, helping patients better understand the genetic testing process, ensuring informed consent and navigating the complexities of possible results, and supporting individuals and families upon receiving a genetic diagnosis.

As healthcare moves toward personalization, genetic testing is more frequently being requested from patients and providers in all areas of medicine. Genetic testing may help to elucidate an underlying cause for disease, illuminate potential health risks for patients and family members, inform medical management and treatment, and connect patients and families facing a rare disease with resources and community.

In addition, genetic-testing results are increasingly being used to guide selection of chemotherapy and determine eligibility for gene therapy and/or clinical trials. GCs are valuable members of the healthcare team, helping to increase access to genetic testing and empower patients in making informed healthcare decisions.

Genetic Counselor Awareness Day is an opportunity to highlight the unique expertise genetic counselors at UVA bring to patient care, and their dedication to ensuring that clinicians and patients have access to genetic counseling and testing at our institution. 

APP Fellowship Programs


The University of Virginia’s Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship program is a rigorous professional development experience for the novice APP bridging into advanced practice.  This is a comprehensive program including content across critical and acute care subspecialties, including but not limited to the clinical, technical, procedural, psychosocial, leadership, and professional development domains.  Competitive salary and full benefits provided.
 

Fellowship Programs Adult Critical Care Outpatient Neurosciences
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Advanced Practice Provider Center of Excellence

Leading With Purpose

Our Advanced Practice Providers are paving the way by delivering quality, evidence-based health care, leading with purpose, and serving as a fundamental building block of patient care at UVA Health.

Bill Lombardi, DNP

APP Administrator for the Center for Advanced Practice
William Lombardi, DNP, AGACNP-BC, RN

Our Vision: Supportive Resources for all APPs

  • APP Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
  • APP Recognition
  • APP Fellowship Programs
  • APP Recruitment & Retention
  • APP Research
  • APP Council
  • APP Twitter

APP Recognition Corner

Meet Our Team:  Learn More About Advanced Practice Providers at UVA Health

 

Evan Turnbull, PA-C
Neurosurgery

Recent Highlights of APPs at UVA Health

  • Many graduates from Doctoral prepared programs
  • Successful DNP Capstone defense(s)
  • Accepted presentations at National Conferences
  • Current research on APP Retention and Recruitment
  • Successful launch of APP Twitter
  • APP Council Executive Board and expansion 
  • Expansion of UVA Fellowship Program