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Dear UVA Health team members,

This week, we are enthusiastically celebrating the dedicated and hardworking nurses who form the backbone of UVA Health. Numbering in the thousands, they deliver quality and compassionate care for our patients and families every day, consistently going above and beyond. In addition, they drive and help set the standard for our UVA Health culture of caring for one other.

As a healthcare organization grounded in education and learning, UVA Health welcomes nurses at every stage of their careers, from School of Nursing students beginning their studies, to nurses with decades of experience sharing their clinical and leadership skills, to accomplished faculty.

To all of our nurses: thank you for your invaluable contributions to our mission. You face challenges with grace and determination. You help create positive outcomes. You support our community activities and education. Your work has impacts far beyond the walls of UVA Health. 

Thank you for all you do!

Mitchell H. Rosner, MD, MACP, FRCP 
Chief Executive Officer, UVA Health 
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Virginia

Marianne Baernholdt, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Dean, UVA School of Nursing
Dean, Professional Nursing, UVA Health University Medical Center

Kathy Baker, PhD, RN, NE-BC, FAAN
Chief Nursing Officer, University Medical Center

Colin P. Derdeyn, MD 
Interim Dean, UVA School of Medicine 

Teresa "Terrie" Edwards, MHA, FACHE 
Interim Chief Executive Officer, University Medical Center 

J. Scott Just, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, UVA Physicians Group

Erik Shannon
Chief Executive Officer, UVA Community Health

Michelle Strider, RN, BSN, MBA, CPHQ
Chief Nursing Officer, UVA Community Health