Announcements
WVU Day of Giving includes donor opportunities for WVU Medicine programs
The second annual WVU Day of Giving is Wednesday, Nov. 14.
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute surgeons perform minimally invasive surgery for epilepsy
Surgeons at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute have performed the state’s first laser interstitial thermal therapy (LiTT) procedure for drug-resistant epilepsy caused by focal seizures.
October 2018 Faculty Arrivals
Anesthesiology Kevin King, DO joins the Department of Anesthesiology. His most recent position was with UPMC.
WVU in the news—10 spine surgeon leaders to know: Dr. Sanford Emery
Sanford E. Emery, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Morgantown-based West Virginia University School of Medicine.
Two new restaurants to open at The Market
BurgerShop and Mindful will open Nov. 12 at The Market in the WVU Health Sciences Center.
Saturday's home football game will affect patient, visitor, employee parking on campus
On Saturday (Nov. 10), No. 7 WVU hosts Big 12 foe TCU at Milan Puskar Stadium. Kickoff is set for noon. The game is True Blue and Military Appreciation Day, presented by GoMart, with 60,000 Mountaineer blue shakers being handed out at stadium gates.
Nancy Sanders Memorial Faculty Research Abroad Grant winners announced
The Global Engagement Office at WVU Health Sciences has announced winners of the annual pilot grant and student travel awards.
Global health expert to discuss health challenges
Keith Martin, M.D., executive director of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, will dicuss global health challenges at WVU Health Sciences on Thur., Nov. 15 at noon in Fukushima Auditorium. Complimentary box lunches will be provided for the first 50 attendees.
WVU in the news: New techniques employed at WVU Medicine make use of the latest technology to correct the long-time bane of the human foot: bunions.
A bunion, or hallux valgus, is a deformity of the big toe that appears as an enlargement of the bone or tissue around a joint where the toe meets the foot. Bunions are often inherited as a family trait, however, wearing high heels and pointy-toed shoes will make the deformity worse. Because of this, bunions are much more common in women.
WVU in the news: West Virginia doctors perform promising new Alzheimer's therapy
Doctors at the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute in Morgantown have performed a procedure that they say may slow the progression of Alzheimer's, which currently has no effective treatments. "The procedure involves the patient laying down on a MRI table, and then a helmet comes over their head that delivers ultrasound waves into the brain. When you couple these ultrasound waves into the brain with an injection, of what we call micro bubbles, these micro bubbles start oscillating, and they open up the blood-brain barrier," says Dr. Ali Rezai, executive chair of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. The goal of the procedure is to reduce the build-up of germs and toxins inside that blood-brain barrier, and to hopefully allow the clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's to be improved as well. The first patient to take part in the non-invasive trial is a 61-year-old nurse who has early-stage Alzheimer's. Additional patients are expected to participate in the study soon. Doctors said the potential benefits of the treatment will take several years to fully evaluate. Read more: http://bit.ly/2pewuef