Announcements
Free healthcare screenings for first responders
WVU Occupational Medicine will be hosting an event in Morgantown this fall for all first responders (fire fighters, law enforcement officers, EMS, and Search & Rescue crews). “Protecting Our Local Heroes” will include free healthcare screenings that will be held at the WVU Health and Education Building September 11-14, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Feyko and Hwang accepted into WVU Vascular Surgery Fellowship
The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, the Department of Surgery and the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery recently announced the newly accredited West Virginia University Vascular Surgery Fellowship. Our goals are to provide a learning and training environment which facilitates the development of expert vascular surgery specialists who will have the tools and abilities to become leaders in both the clinical and academic communities of vascular surgeons.
WVU School of Medicine names prominent surgical oncologist as chair of Surgery
James Wallis Marsh Jr., MD, acclaimed surgical oncologist and transplant surgeon, has been named to lead the Department of Surgery in the West Virginia University School of Medicine.
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute surgeons first in the U.S. to place new aortic valve repair device
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – This week, surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute became the first in the United States to place the HAART 300 Aortic Annuloplasty Device, an aortic valve repair device invented by Heart and Vascular Institute surgeon J. Scott Rankin, M.D.
WVU partners with New River Gorge National River to provide life-saving kits
Park rangers at the New River Gorge National River are now carrying intranasal naloxone rescue kits, thanks to the foresight of park staff and a partnership between West Virginia University and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).
Medical student presents at national American Urological Association meeting
Tyler Overholt, WVU second-year medical student, recently presented a poster at the American Urological Association annual meeting in Boston, Mass. Overholt participated in the Initiation to Research Opportunities (INTRO) Summer Research in 2016, and this presentation was the outcome of her work in the program.
WVU Night at PNC Park
Join your fellow Mountaineers fans for a night of big league action to watch the Pirates as they host the Milwaukee Brewers.
Faculty arrivals - May 2017
ANESTHESIOLOGY Vipul Dhumak, MD joins the Department of Anesthesiology’s Pediatric service. He was formerly an anesthesiology faculty member at the University of Iowa. He completed residency and pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.
WVU School of Medicine inducts students, residents and faculty into Gold Humanism Honor Society
In recognition of their compassion in the practice of medicine, 15 medical students, four residents and two faculty members were inducted into the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Nominations open for the annual School of Medicine Dean’s Awards for Excellence
Nominations are open through June 30 for the annual School of Medicine Dean’s Awards for Excellence.