Announcements
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.
WVU in the News: Are You Sure You Want an Ozempic Pill?
Within the first five seconds of a recent Ozempic commercial, a sky-blue injector pen tumbles toward the viewer, encircled by a big red O. Obesity drugs have become so closely associated with injections that the two are virtually synonymous. Like Ozempic, whose name is now a catchall term for obesity drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound come packaged in Sharpie-like injection pens that patients self-administer once a week. Patients “don’t come in asking for Wegovy,” Laura Davisson, a professor of medical weight management at West Virginia University, told me. “They come in asking for one of ‘those injectables.’”
Dr. Mauger named executive chair of WVU Eye Institute
Tom Mauger, M.D., who serves as professor and the Jane McDermott Shott Chair of the WVU Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the WVU Eye Institute, as well as associate dean for practice plan integration and associate CMO for ambulatory care, will become the executive chair of the WVU Eye Institute.