Announcements
Virginia interprofessional Summit for Addiction Education set for March 29 in Charlottesville
The first Virginia Interprofessional Summit for Addiction Education will kick off on Thursday, March 29, in in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Marsh to speak at South by Southwest Conference in Texas
Clay B. Marsh, M.D., WVU vice president and executive dean for health sciences, will be one of four panelists discussing “Hacking the Opioid Epidemic: How Behavioral Science Can Help Us Combat America’s Most Pressing Health Crisis,” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. March 13 in the Austin Convention Center.
New software tool will help clinicians document patient information
New software, called Computer Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD) with M*Modal Fluency Direct tool, will be available for clinicians March 1.
WVU in the News: Is OxyContin Losing Its Luster?
Patrick Marshalek, MD, addiction specialist and co-director of WVU Medicine's Integrative Pain Management Clinic offers insight on Purdue Pharmaceuticals' recent decision to stop marketing prescription opioid OxyContin to doctors in the United States.
WVU doctors and nurses work together to get tonsillectomy patients home faster
After having their tonsils removed, patients often can’t leave the hospital for six hours, even if they bounce back from surgery sooner. Hospital policy commonly mandates a six-hour recovery time. But research led by Habib Zalzal, M.D., a resident in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, suggests that not all tonsillectomy patients have to wait that long.
School of Medicine names Watson as chair of Neurology
David Watson, M.D., has been named to lead the WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Neurology. Dr. Watson, associate professor and headache specialist, has been serving as interim chair of the department for more than a year.
Voting now open for annual Best Hospitals rankings
Each year US News & World Report issues their rankings of best hospitals and children’s hospitals. 2018 will once again include a reputation component in the scoring methodology. Over the past several years, the weight given to the reputation scores has decreased with more emphasis placed on actual quality metrics such as mortality, patient safety, and technologies. In recent years, the survey method has also changed to include an online survey administered via Doximity. Doximity is an online network of over half a million US Healthcare professionals.
WVU in the News: Black Lung Disease Comes Storming Back in Coal Country
Dr. Carl Werntz, associate professor in Occupational Medicine at WVU, offers expertise regarding black lung disease in the New York Times.
Immunology and Medical Microbiology students awarded research internships
The Immunology and Medical Microbiology (IMMB) program recently selected four sophomore students to participate in a research internship program offered by the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology.
CDC to offer continuing education course on vaccine immunization in Morgantown
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering a continuing education course titled CDC Pink Book Training: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases on April 10-11, 2018, at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown, West Virginia.