Announcements
Free health screenings available at WVU’s Healthy Living Fair in Fairmont on Sept. 20
Flu shots, Hemoglobin A1C tests and free health care screenings will be available at West Virginia University’s Healthy Living Fair in Fairmont on Sept. 20 at the Knights of Columbus from 10 a.m.– 2 p.m.
Health Sciences to celebrate LGBTQ+ advocacy, inclusion week October 8–12
SHAPE—the Student Healthcare Alliance for Promoting Equality—along with the West Virginia University Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, the Division of Internal Medicine and the LGBTQ+ Center will be hosting a week-long series of lectures focusing on LGBTQ+ health at the Health Sciences Center.
Orthopaedics receives grant to help better understand post-surgery infections
A new, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health could help researchers discover improved biomarkers and fluorescent dyes to assess and treat infected knee replacements.
WVU Charleston Campus Welcomes Dr. Amdemichael
The West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston campus welcomes Eden T. Amdemichael, MD to the faculty of the department of surgery.
WVU Charleston’s Dr. Albeir Y Mousa Named to Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
CHARLESTON, W.VA. – Albeir Y. Mousa, MD, FACS, RPVI, MPH, MBA, professor of surgery at the WVU School of Medicine Charleston campus, has been selected as part of the inaugural class of the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators, a program created by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to continually advance the science and implementation of education—teaching, learning, assessment, and scholarship—across all specialties of surgery through innovation and promotion of the highest achievements in lifelong learning.
WVU Charleston Campus Welcomes Dr. John Bishara
West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston Campus welcomes Dr. John Bishara as the newest addition to the department of pediatrics faculty and the WVU Physicians of Charleston Pediatric Specialists.
It’s a “Code Blue” at the WVU Health Sciences Center as students train for cardiac arrest patients
Witness WVU Health Sciences students and local emergency services professionals perform a “Code Blue” emergency response to a simulated cardiac arrest situation as part of National Healthcare Simulation Week.
Health Sciences Town Hall to focus on One Mountaineer Family
Meshea Poore, vice president for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at WVU, will be the special guest at a Health Sciences Town Hall during WVU’s Diversity Week celebrations.
Health Sciences community invited to retirement reception for Carol Smith
Carol Smith, long-time executive recruiter in the WVU health sciences vice president's office, will be retiring after 24 years with the University. Carol spent eight years working in administration at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital before joining the health sciences vice president's administrative team.
WVU featured in Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Journal
The June 2018 issue of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine scientific journal included a special section of papers authored exclusively by members of the School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Laboratory Medicine.