Announcements
WVU in the News: WVU Medicine embracing new tools and methods to improve heart health
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine is changing some of its tactics and employing new technology to address cardiovascular disease CVD in view of new findings by the American Heart Association.
WVU in the News: Proposed WVU policy hopes to promote health by banning vaping
"I think that e-cigarettes ought to be treated like a cigarette," said Dr. Mark Olfert, an Associate Professor in Exercise Physiology at West Virginia University.
Department of Emergency Medicine names Goode as chair
Chris Goode, MD, FACEP, has been named the chair of the WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine..
Swisher named recipient of prestigious Linda Crane Memorial Lecture Award
One professor in the Division of Physical Therapy, Anne Swisher, PT, PhD, CCS, FAPTA, was recently named the 2020 lecturer in the prestigious Linda Crane Memorial Lecture series.
How to Effectively Engage in Research in a Community or Practice Based Setting
WVCTSI’s Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series will partner with the West Virginia Practice-Based Research Network to present a series of seminar on community engaged research. In the first entry, William Lewis, M.D., family medicine physician and co-director of the WVPBRN, and Stacey Whanger, MPH, WVPBRN network manager, will present, “How to Effectively Engage in Research in a Community or Practice Based Setting.”
Scholarships available for tobacco cessation continuing education
More than 20 scholarships are available for health care professionals interested in the School of Dentistry continuing education program on tobacco cessation treatment.
Join your colleagues for 2019 White Coat Ceremony
Faculty who are participating in the School of Medicine M.D. White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, March 23, should keep in mind the following event details:
Cardiovascular study uses machine learning to improve treatment of aortic stenosis
A new study by a team of researchers, including Partho Sengupta, MD, chief of cardiology at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, utilized machine learning to predict the clinical presentations and treatment outcomes of patients with aortic stenosis.
January 2019 faculty arrivals
ANESTHESIOLOGY Michael Lyew, MD joins the pediatric cardiology division in the Department of Anesthesiology. He was previously an associate professor of pediatric anesthesiology at New York Medical College with an appointment at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, N.Y.
Blood Drive
Event Location: Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center Atrium (first floor)