Announcements
Former WVU Department of Radiology resident receives Gold Medal Award
David H. Epstein, M.D., F.A.C.R. was presented with the Gold Medal Award on Saturday, August 6 at the Florida Radiological Society’s Annual Meeting. Dr. Epstein was recognized for outstanding meritorious achievements that have contributed significantly to the practice of radiology in Florida.
West Virginia State University and WVU School of Medicine partner to offer pre-medical track program
College students in the Kanawha Valley considering a health care career will have a new program to help guide them as they navigate the road to medical school.
Dr. Luke Higgins joins WVU Medicine Interventional Radiology
Luke J. Higgins, M.D., Ph.D., has joined WVU Medicine’s Interventional Radiology Department.
DHHR develops plan to transform West Virginia’s health care system with support from WVU
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the WVU School of Public Health today released a major plan to improve the state’s health care system.
WVU Medicine Leadership Scholarship winners announced
Three graduates of Morgantown High School are the recipients of the 2016 WVU Medicine Leadership Scholarship.
WVU Medicine Occupational Medicine specialists to see black lung patients in Kanawha County
When Donald Rasmussen, M.D., who was described by the New York Times as a “crusader for coal miners’ health,” passed away in July 2015, the many patients who sought him out for diagnosis and treatment of black lung disease in southern West Virginia lost their champion. As of yesterday (July 25), three WVU Medicine Occupational Medicine specialists are beginning to pick up where he left off by seeing patients at the Cabin Creek Health Center in Dawes.
School of Medicine’s Rashida Khakoo selected for 2016 Clinical Teacher Award
Rashida Khakoo, M.D., WVU Medicine infectious disease specialist and professor and section chief in the Department of Medicine, was selected to receive the 2016 Clinical Teacher Award by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
Global health rotations provide health sciences students with international experience
Every year, teams from West Virginia University’s Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Pharmacy participate in clinical rotations at locations across the world.
WVU offers free opioid use disorder training to West Virginia healthcare providers
WVU is offering a free American Society of Addiction Medicine buprenorphine course, along with a one-day continuing education event, in two different locations in West Virginia – August 20 in Morgantown and September 17 in Charleston.
Pirates to host WVU Day at PNC Park August 10
Faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees and their families are invited to West Virginia University Day at PNC Park when the Pittsburgh Pirates take on the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, August 10.