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Shifting weather patterns could contribute to worsening allergic symptoms in Hampton Roads.

Gideon Smith, MD, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named chair of Dermatology at Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University. He will also hold an appointment in the School of Public Health. Dr. Smith will begin his new duties this summer.

On Friday, March 21, the MD Class of 2025 joined medical students across the nation in celebrating Match Day by opening their envelopes and learning where in the country they will spend their residency.

Judette Louis, MD, M.P.H., has been named dean of Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University effective Sept. 2, 2025. She is a widely regarded physician-scientist with extensive leadership experience in an academic health center and is a national leader in her field of maternal-fetal medicine.