David Michael Callender, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine
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Bio & Overview
David Callender, MD, is a general internist with a focus on public health and medical education. He is an associate professor of medicine, board-certified in internal medicine, and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is the medical director at the University Medical Associates in Charlottesville, where he provides personalized primary care to his patients and supervises internal medicine residents. He joined the University of Virginia faculty in 2018.
Callender is a former military and state department physician. He has been recognized for clinical care and teaching multiple times, receiving the Clinical Excellence Award for the Department of Medicine from the University of Virginia, the James J. Leonard Award for teaching internal medicine from the Uniformed Services University, and Moser Award for best Army internist from the American College of Physicians.
A Virginia native, Callender attended James Madison University, where he was valedictorian of the College of Math and Sciences. He earned his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School where he was elected into Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society. Callender served more than seven years as an active-duty physician reaching the rank of major. His training includes an internal medicine residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii and additional graduate study at the University of Massachusetts, where he received a Master of Public Health degree and a Global Health Certificate.
Callender has two children. He enjoys UVA sports, running, soccer, and hiking.
Academic Information
- Department
- Medicine
- Academic Role
- Associate Professor
- Division
- General Internal Medicine
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Portuguese, English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Residency
- Tripler Army Medical Center
- Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
- Appointment
- Medical Director - the University Medical Associates
Highlights
David Callender, MD
My name is David Callender and I'm a general internist at the University of Virginia. I am attracted to general internal medicine because I love everything about all my patients. I really love getting to know them as people, as more than just what they are when they present in the office. I like to start by introducing myself and what I've been through in my life and learning a little bit about what they've been through in their life. And I feel like in primary care and general internal medicine you have that opportunity to really treat the entire patient. So I served as a United States Army physician up to the rank of major for about eight years in active duty and I also served for three years with the State Department as a physician serving our diplomatic community at the U.S. embassies abroad. That service I provide to people around the world really put a strong foundation for me and my clinical and academic practice. I would say that I'm known for a focus on vaccinations, immunizations and preventative measures like colonoscopy, prostate cancer screening, mammography, things like that where I really focus on what we can do to prevent disease and pick up disease when it first happens. Someone should come to The University of Virginia because they know they will be getting world class care from a world class system that includes physicians, ancillary staff members and an infrastructure where they will get the cutting edge care and the kindest people around.
Awards
- UVA Health Martin Luther King Jr Award, Health Equity through Behavioral Health Integration at University Medical Associates, 2025
- Virginia’s Top Doctors – Internal Medicine, 2024, 2025
- UVA Health Charles L. Brown Award for Patient Care Quality, Enhancing Colorectal Cancer Screening: A 5-year Multi-Faceted Quality Improvement Initiative, 2024
- Clinical Excellence Award for the Department of Medicine from the University of Virginia, 2021
- James J. Leonard Award for teaching internal medicine from the Uniformed Services University, 2015
- Moser Award for best Army internist from the American College of Physicians, 2014
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