Announcements
MAP, Applaud and related services will be offline Saturday
MAP, Applaud and related services such as Web Clock, Leave Request and MyReports will be unavailable from 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 6) for important system updates.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Patel to give presentation on cardiotoxicity
Brijesh Patel, D.O., will give a presentation on cardiotoxicity during the Department of Medicine grand rounds on Friday, Jan. 5, at 8 a.m.
Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics announces speakers for seminar series
The WVU School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is pleased to announce two speakers for its 2023-24 seminar series.
Internet connectivity will be unavailable on 1st Floor South 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3
Internet connectivity will be unavailable from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 on 1st Floor South of the WVU Health Sciences Center.
WVU Medicine, Quality Insights offer diabetes self-management program
WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center are partnering with Quality Insights to offer a new diabetes self-management program workshop in Martinsburg starting in 2024.
Drs. Nestor Dans and Nathaniel Kister to join WVU Heart and Vascular Institute
Cardiothoracic surgeons Nestor Dans, M.D., and Nathaniel Kister, M.D., are joining the WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Dans will join the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute at WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals in South Charleston and WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg. Dr. Kister will join the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and Camden Clark Medical Center. Kister will begin caring for patients in Parkersburg starting in January and Dans in February.
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds: Dr. Clavell to give presentation on surgical retina
Christine Clavell, M.D., will give a presentation on surgical retina during the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences grand rounds on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 7 a.m.
WVU Commencement celebrates student successes, new beginnings
Resilient and fueled by passion and purpose, nearly 2,700 West Virginia University graduates are ready for the next chapters in their lives following two Commencement ceremonies Saturday (Dec. 16) at the Coliseum.
Elswick named Farnsworth Chair in Educational Psychiatry
Daniel E. Elswick, M.D., vice chair of education for the West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, has been named the Dana L. and Peggy M. Farnsworth Chair in Educational Psychiatry.
WVU in the News: Deaths from heart valve infections drop across U.S. overall, but surged among young adults
( NewMediaWire ) - December 13, 2023 - DALLAS — Death rates related to infective endocarditis declined in most adults across the U.S. within the last two decades, yet accelerated among young adults ages 25 to 44 years old, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.