Announcements
Updated faculty details for 2018 MD White Coat Ceremony
Faculty who are participating in the School of Medicine MD White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, March 17, please see event details below:
Family Reunification Training to be held April 5
Introduced in 2012, the Standard Reunification Method fills a critical void in school safety planning: How to reunite students with their parents after a crisis.The Monongalia County Health Department will host a Family Reunification Training on Thursday, April 5, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Students, faculty and staff are welcome, but must register.
Cheat Lake Physicians named 'Best Pediatric Clinic' in annual Morgantown Magazine poll
Taylor Troischt, MD, and Cheat Lake Physicians have been named the "Best Pediatric Clinic" in Morgantown Magazine's annual Best of Morgantown issue.
Martin elected President-Elect of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Ian B.K. Martin, M.D., M.B.A., professor and chair of the Department Emergency Medicine and professor in the Department of Medicine, was recently elected President-Elect of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)—the premier organization representing the researchers and educators in Emergency Medicine. He will soon complete a one-year term as Secretary-Treasurer of the Society.
WVU Cancer Institute participates in groundbreaking study on new cancer drug
The WVU Cancer Institute is one of several sites nationwide that participated in a groundbreaking clinical research study of a novel drug proven very effective in the treatment of pediatric and adult cancers that carry a specific genetic mutation.
“Souper Day” lunch raises more than $500 for Relay
Dozens of WVU Cancer Institute faculty, staff and healthcare providers enjoyed a variety of soups, desserts and beverages this past Friday in the atrium for a worthy cause. The “Souper Day” lunch was organized by the Cancer Crushers, a Cancer Institute team at the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center that is fundraising for the American Cancer Society Monongalia County Relay For Life in June.
School of Medicine to host investiture ceremony for Larry Rhodes, M.D.
Larry A. Rhodes, M.D., professor and pediatric cardiologist, has been named the James H. Walker, M.D. Chair in Pediatric Cardiology in the WVU School of Medicine. An investiture ceremony will be held at on April 2 at 3 p.m. in the Pylons Lobby of the WVU Health Sciences Center. A reception will follow.
Boyd and Lewis named WVPBRN co-directors
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Jennifer Boyd, PA-C, clinical coordinator with the West Virginia Primary Care Association and family practice physician’s assistant at the New River Health Association, and William Lewis, M.D., family medicine physician with Harpers Ferry Family Medicine and associate professor at West Virginia University Easter Division, have recently been named co-directors of the West Virginia Practice-Based Research Network (WVPBRN).
Science advocate, author to speak at WVU
Paul A. Offit, M.D., a physician-scientist who is an expert in infectious diseases, immunology, virology and vaccine and the founding director of the Autism Science Foundation, will speak on “Scientific Misadventures: Learning from the Past,” at noon, Friday, March 23 in the Patteson Auditorium at WVU’s Health Sciences Center.