University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville).
UVA Hospital Medical Center includes more than 25 physicians who specialize in spine surgery, pediatric orthopedics, orthopedic trauma, sports medicine, reconstructive surgery and other subspecialties. A Level I trauma center and part of UVA Health System, the hospital takes on some of the most severe orthopedic cases in Central Virginia and furthers research in the wider orthopedic specialty. For instance, in May, UVA geneticists identified two genes that play critical roles in the regulation of bone mineral density — an important insight into the development of osteoporosis.
