Dr. Alyssa Mixon:
My name is Dr. Alyssa Mixon. I am a cancer rehabilitation physician with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. I have always been drawn to helping people and also fascinated with how the body works, how it moves, and how it heals. As a cancer rehabilitation physician, I focus on helping patients optimize their quality of life and their function. There are several issues that can arise when patients are diagnosed with cancer. This can be before, during, and after treatment. And I'm able to help ensure that these patients are able to get into the correct rehabilitative programs to improve their range of motion, reduce their pain, improve their stability, their posture, providing exercises, as well as medical management and interventions that can assist in their recovery. In addition, I am an osteopathic medical physician, which means I offer osteopathic manipulative treatment to help improve any complaints that patients have from a musculoskeletal or muscle and bone, soft tissue standpoint. The University of Virginia is not just a hospital system. It is a network of experts in so many different fields coming together to encourage diversity, inclusivity, as well as communication and collaboration.