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Lateef to oversee UVA Health, look for expansion opportunities in Northern Virginia

Prince William County School Board Chairman At-large Dr. Babur Lateef [Photo: Uriah Kiser]
Dr. Babur Lateef will oversee the University of Virginia Board of Visitors -- Health System Board of the University of Virginia.

Lateef will serve as the Board's chairman of the Board overseeing operations at UVA Prince William Medical Center in Manassas, UVA Haymarket Medical Center, outpatient clinics in our area, as well as other large UVA medical centers, UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, and the School of Medicine and Nursing.

Lateef is a board-certified ophthalmologist and has owned Advanced Ophthalmology, Inc., since 2002, in Manassas and Woodbridge. He's also served as the Prince William County School Board Chairman At-large since 2018, and he's expected to seek another four-year term in 2023.

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