Announcements
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute physicians first in state to introduce new therapy for leaking heart valve
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A team of physicians at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute became the first in the state to implant a new minimally invasive device for the treatment of a leaking mitral valve, called mitral regurgitation. Three patients who were otherwise unable to undergo open heart surgical repair had the MitraClip device inserted using a catheter by a team that included Vinay Badhwar, M.D., Mohamad Alkhouli, M.D., James Mills, M.D., Wissam Gharib, M.D., and Bradford Warden, M.D.
WVU Cancer Institute health educator honored for cancer prevention work
A WVU Cancer Institute health information specialist who devotes her professional life to sharing her cancer journey to help save the lives of others recently was honored with the 2016 Immunization Advocate Award from the West Virginia Immunization Network. Shelly Dusic, who works for the Cancer Institute’s Cancer Prevention and Control Division under its West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program grant, was recognized for her work in advocating human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines throughout West Virginia.
School of Medicine Dean’s Excellence Award recipients announced
The recipients of the 2016 Dean’s Excellence Awards have been announced. School of Medicine Executive Dean Clay Marsh will present awards Monday, August 29 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Okey Patteson Auditorium.
WVU to mark Morgantown Overdose Awareness Day with panel discussion
Makalynn, a WVU student in a 12-step recovery program, is among the WVU and Morgantown representatives who will take part in a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Mountainlair.
The Market@WVU to open Thursday, August 25
Market@WVU – the new Health Sciences cafeteria – will open at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, August 25. The new dining space will bring new food and beverage options to the campus.
Reminder: Sign up for WVU emergency alerts
West Virginia University recently conducted tests of its emergency alert system.
West Virginia Code amendments help protect providers who decline to prescribe controlled substances
An amendment to West Virginia Code §30-3A-2 will provide protections, under certain circumstances, to providers who decline to prescribe, or decline to continue to prescribe, controlled substances to certain patients.
Faculty and staff urged to opt in to emergency alert system
To improve communication in the event of a campus emergency, faculty and staff are urged to opt in to the WVU emergency alert system.
Students inducted in the newly created Van Liere Research Society
For more information on the program, please visit: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/RESOFF/