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.