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         <title>International Experience Shapes Perspectives on American Health Care</title>
         <description>Back in the U.S., Sikka is now training in the Department of Emergency Medicine residency program. When Veronica Sikka, M.D., returned from a month&apos;s rotation in Chandigarh, India, she told me that she had a new appreciation for how the...</description>
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         <title>Roll Call</title>
         <description> On Monday at Roll Call, their names were read one-by-one. And one-by-one, they stood to take their place in the Class of 2013. As the week progressed, I watched them get to know one another and get to know...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>A Magician Leads Peds</title>
         <description><![CDATA[No doubt about it. One of the first things to catch your attention when you look over Bruce Rubin&rsquo;s CV is his affinity for all things magical. Not only does he work it into his patient exams, he teaches it...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:59:53 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>Goodbyes are Bittersweet</title>
         <description><![CDATA[ Graduation Speaker Enrique Gerszten, M.D., it has been said, perhaps more than any other faculty member, helps students to understand and appreciate the honor and responsibility of being a physician. At this time of year, we&rsquo;re accustomed to saying...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:05:26 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>Opening a new Door to Discovery</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Some say that good things come to those who wait. I&rsquo;m glad to be able to say that&mdash;in this instance&mdash;we didn&rsquo;t have to. As it happens, the Molecular Medicine Research Building is opening ahead of the original schedule set forth...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:06:32 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>The Sholley Trolley Departs</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Have you ever heard of the Sholley Trolley? If, at some point in the past 33 years, you have studied for your medical degree on the MCV Campus, then you know exactly what I&rsquo;m talking about. Professor of Anatomy and...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:19:15 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>Match Day 2009!</title>
         <description><![CDATA[One of my favorite milestones in the academic calendar is the day that our fourth-year students learn their residency destinations. The excitement is palpable&mdash;and the room&rsquo;s noise level is nearly so!&mdash;when students gather with family and friends to learn where...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:33:41 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>COWs in Hospital Hallways</title>
         <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s the largest construction project ever undertaken at the VCU Medical Center. The new Critical Care Hospital has 15 floors, each nearly half the size of a football field. But it&rsquo;s the little things that catch my attention. Behind Dean...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:39:22 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>Step I Board Scores Bring Good News to Medical School</title>
         <description>A major milestone for our students has brought some outstanding news to our school. The National Board scores are rolling in for the Class of 2010. And it is shaping up to be our best year ever on the crucial...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:18:29 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>School Receives Good News from LCME</title>
         <description>This summer our medical school received good news in the form of an official notification from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education that the school has received an eight-year accreditation, which is the maximum amount of time that can be...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:29:10 -0500</pubDate>
         
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         <title>Announcing the Dean’s Blog</title>
         <description><![CDATA[One of the best things about being Dean is that I get to learn of the accomplishments &ndash; both big and small &ndash; of our students, faculty and alumni. These bragging points don&rsquo;t always make the headlines and may go...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:56:06 -0500</pubDate>
         
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