Announcements
Save the date: 2018 WVU Medicine Spine Conference is Oct. 26
The 2018 WVU Medicine Spine Conference is Friday, Oct. 26 at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown.
Cardiac and pulmonary rehab area, new fitness center now open
The cardiac and pulmonary rehab area and the new employee wellness fitness center open on Wednesday, July 18, on the fourth floor of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute (southeast tower).
Dental school connects healthcare partners to help patients stop using tobacco
The tobacco cessation treatment training program at WVU urges collaboration in helping patients kick the tobacco habit and decrease health risks associated with tobacco use.
Joint Commission survey underway
Any and all staff members may be asked questions by a surveyor.
WVU in the News: Counter Stress by Taking a Forest Bath
The Japanese concept of forest bathing is simple - getting out in nature offers numerous calming, restorative benefits. Social and Behavioral Sciences assistant professor Christiaan Abildso and Exercise Physiology professor Sam Zizzi shared insights on forest bathing with WV Public Broadcasting.
Registration has begun for Cancer Institute's Breast Cancer Conference
Registration is being accepted for the WVU Cancer Institute’s fourth annual Breast Cancer Conference, which is being held Friday, Aug. 3, at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown.
Dr. Michael Ost named surgeon in chief at WVU Medicine Children’s
Michael Ost, M.D., M.B.A., pediatric urologist, has been named surgeon-in-chief at WVU Medicine Children’s, effective July 1. He is taking over the role from Robert Gustafson, M.D., pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon, who is stepping down as he prepares for his eventual retirement.
WVU transforms neuroscience research and education with new Department of Neuroscience
In an effort to continue to improve brain health and wellness and understanding of neurological disorders, West Virginia University is bringing together more than 50 of its laboratories and dozens of educators to form a new Department of Neuroscience within the School of Medicine and as a part of the recently established Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.
The challenge and the opportunity of the contemporary opioid epidemic
In the U.S. there have been numerous drug epidemics with different policy responses to each. Author Henry Brownstein will discuss the crack cocaine, methamphetamine and contemporary opioid epidemics, the policy responses to each and their consequences. His talk is planned Wednesday (July 11) at 1 p.m. in 104 Downtown Campus Library. The contemporary opioid epidemic is atypical and offers both a challenge and an opportunity for drug policy. His talk is sponsored by the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the Research Center on Violence and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
June 2018 faculty arrivals
ANESTHESIOLOGY Grigore Toma, MD joins the Department of Anesthesiology. He was previously a clinical assistant professor at Oklahoma University Hospital. He completed anesthesiology residency at the University of New Mexico and a neuroanesthesia fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.