Announcements
Dr. Garrett Butler receives award
Each year, WVSOM presents two Outstanding Preceptors Awards in each statewide campus region. One goes to a primary care physician and one to a non-primary care specialist. The students in each region nominate preceptors for the awards. Our Region, the Central East Region, includes the central part of WV from Elkins and Buckhannon to Weston, Bridgeport, and Morgantown.
$175K gift established in support of colorectal cancer screenings
A $175,000 gift will support colorectal cancer screenings of patients being treated at the WVU Cancer Institute.
School of Medicine names new leadership roles
Several moves were recently finalized that will strengthen the School of Medicine and continue to reinforce WVU’s commitment to caring for the people of the state and educating the future generation of healthcare providers and scientists.
WVU Medicine breaks ground for WVU Medicine Children’s tower; photo gallery available
On June 4, seven current and former WVU Medicine Children’s patients grabbed a shovel and a hard hat to turn some dirt at a ceremonial groundbreaking for a $150-million hospital that will revolutionize the care of women and children in West Virginia and the region.
Q&A: The Opioid Epidemic and Viral Hepatitis in Appalachia
Judith Feinberg has a joint appointment in the West Virginia University School of Medicine as a professor of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry and Medicine/Infectious Diseases. She is the Vice Chair of the HIV Medicine Association and a nationally-recognized expert on the opioid epidemic in West Virginia, Appalachia and rural America.
Betty Puskar honored at WVU Cancer Institute Gala
Friends and family members of Betty Puskar, founder of the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center at WVU, are featured in a new video that serves as a tribute to the Morgantown philanthropist.
WVU researchers identify four factors that predict chronic opioid use
Four factors increase the odds that a patient will wind up on chronic opioid therapy, suggests research conducted by a team of researchers led by Nilanjana Dwibedi, assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.
Cancer Institute clinical team and transplant patients celebrate life at 25th annual patient reunion
The WVU Cancer Institute Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program has reached a significant milestone – 25 years of providing lifesaving transplants to West Virginians with blood and marrow diseases. The first transplant was performed in October 1992 and since then more than 1,350 patients have received the procedure and hundreds of non-transplant patients have received the latest treatment close to home.
Neuromodulation restores essential tremor patient’s independence
For 25 years, Jim Hudson, 68, of Moundsville, West Virginia, struggled with basic tasks that required the use of his hands. A movement disorder had taken control of his life.
Joseph P. Ornato, MD, to lead Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
The WVU Department of Emergency Medicine will host a Grand Rounds lecture with Joseph P. Ornato, MD, FACP, FACC, FACEP, as the 2018 John E. Prescott Visiting Professor.