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Every member of our UVA Health team is essential to achieving our mission, so we honor their commitment to: working as one UVA Health team; super quality, patient safety, and outcomes; easy access and experience of care; value-based care; community engagement; enabling discoveries for better health — and much more.

To support our mission of transforming health and inspiring hope — in October, we recognize these team member and health awareness months, weeks, and days:

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Children's Health Month
• Cybersecurity Awareness Month
• Dysautonomia Awareness Month
• Liver Cancer Awareness Month
• Medical Librarians Month
• Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
• Pharmacists Month | Pharmacy Week Oct. 19-25 | Pharmacist Day Jan. 10
• Physical Therapy Month
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
• Oct. 5–11 Emergency Nurses Week | Emergency Nurses Day Oct. 8
• Oct. 5–11 Healthcare Food Services Week
• Oct. 5–11 Healthcare Supply Chain Week
• Oct. 5–11 Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week
• Oct. 6–10 Pediatric Nurses Week
• Oct. 6–12 Physician Assistants Week
• Oct. 10 World Mental Health Day
• Oct. 10–15 Perinatal Nurses Week
• Oct. 12–18 Case Management Week
• Oct. 12–18 Healthcare Safety and Security Week
• Oct. 12–18 Sterile Processing Week
• Oct. 13 Metastatic Breast Cancer Day
• Oct. 19–25 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Week
• Oct. 19–25 Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week
• Oct. 19–25 Healthcare Quality Week
• Oct. 19–25 Infection Prevention Week
• Oct. 19–25 Respiratory Care Week
• Oct. 20–24 Certified Medical Assistants Week | CMA Day Oct. 22
• Oct. 20 Diwali
• Oct. 27–31 Orthopedic Nurses Week | Orthopedic Nurses Day Oct. 30

Thank you to all our team members who support our UVA Health vision to be the nation’s leading public academic health system and a best place to work — while transforming patient care, research, education, and community engagement.