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Establishing Expertise in Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant
Inova’s advanced lung disease and transplant team has performed about 150 lung transplants over the past five years. And the Medical Director of the Lung Transplant Program at Inova, Shambhu Aryal, MD, knows every one of those patients. “We develop a very intimate relationship with our patients,” Dr. Aryal says. “That kind of personalized care is…
Read MoreInova Offers Robotic-assisted Minimally Invasive Heart Bypass Surgery
Ramesh Singh, MD, is a cardiovascular surgeon at the Inova Schar Heart and Vascular. He is board-certified in cardiac and thoracic surgery and is the surgical director of Inova’s Mechanical Circulatory Support Program. He is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. Recently a patient came to my office with a blockage in…
Read MoreDon’t Delay Your Colonoscopy
Raymond Wadlow, MD, is an oncologist at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. He is board-certified in Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine and has a special interest in gastrointestinal oncology. You may have seen last week’s headlines questioning the importance of colonoscopies as a cancer screening test that saves lives. Yes, a recent study of nearly 85,000…
Read MoreSurprising Symptoms of Depression and When to Talk with Your Provider
Chandni “Chunnu” Bhatia, MS, LPC, NCC, CMHIMP, is a licensed clinical professional counselor, she serves as an Integrated Behavioral Health Therapist with Inova Behavioral Health Services. When we think of the word “depression,” often times many of us get a certain picture in our minds of an individual closed off from the world in a…
Read MoreDomestic Violence Awareness: How FACT Services Help Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Ariel Ward, RN, is the director of the Inova Ewing Forensic Assessment and Consultation Team (FACT). She is a registered nurse with clinical training as a forensic nurse examiner. The statistics on domestic violence in the United States are both sobering and alarming: Each year, more than 10 million men and women are physically abused…
Read MoreEndurance Sports and Colorectal Cancer: Is There a Connection?
Timothy L. Cannon, MD, is board certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine. He serves as the Sheridan Director, Molecular Tumor Board and Co-Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program. After treating three ultramarathoners who had developed colorectal cancer in recent years, I had a suspicion: This could be more than a coincidence. I found…
Read MoreInova Saville Cancer Screening and Prevention Center Joins an International Effort to Fight Pancreatic Cancer
Raymond Wadlow, MD, is an oncologist at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. He is board-certified in Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine and has a special interest in gastrointestinal oncology. We know the realities of pancreatic cancer. It is a disease that caused 48,220 deaths in the United States in 2021, and 466,003 worldwide in 2020. It…
Read MoreInova’s Thyroid Nodule Clinic Aims for Seamless, Expedited Care
Jina Kim, MD is a general surgeon and fellowship-trained in endocrine surgery. She is a member of the Inova Endocrine Tumor Program team at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. One message I emphasize when I talk about thyroid cancer is that it is very treatable. The outcome for most patients with papillary and follicular thyroid cancers…
Read MoreImproving Outcomes for Peripheral Artery Disease
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is a common circulation problem where buildup of plaque in arteries causes reduced blood flow in the toes and legs. Left undiagnosed or untreated, PAD can lead to the more severe disease known as critical limb ischemia, or CLI. Without diagnosis and intervention, CLI may result inamputation. Risk Factors One of…
Read MoreMen and Suicide: A Quiet Crisis
James Murphy, MD, MBA, LSSBB, is board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychiatry. He serves at the Division Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Inova Behavioral Health Services. Who is at greatest risk of dying by suicide? The answer may surprise you. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, of the approximately…
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