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This is the latest installment in our Connect article series “Hope at Work” — showcasing inspiring stories about how our team members contribute to UVA Health’s 10-year strategic plan: “One Future Together Health and Hope for All.” No matter where you work, you have an opportunity to inspire hope in others. These stories show how:

"I never had anything but the utmost confidence in the cardiovascular surgery teams at UVA Health."

As a UVA Health primary care physician, Mark Lepsch, MD, has guided countless patients through diagnoses, decisions, and recoveries for more than two decades.

But when the congenital heart condition he was born with caught up with him, the UVA School of Medicine alum found roles were reversed as he became a patient facing surgery. Read Dr. Lepsch's inspirational story on Healthy Balance, and watch it in this video, which also features UVA Health cardiothoracic surgeon Jared Beller, MD: