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 The organization, Best Doctors, has recently published a list of some of the best doctors in the United States. This list included many physicians practicing at WVU as well as alumni. Best Doctors maintains a worldwide database of more than 50,000 top medial specialists, who have been chosen by their peers, and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Best Doctors was founded in 1989 and is affiliated with Harvard’s Medical School.
Congratulations to the WVU doctors and alumni who are considered the best among their peers.
Click here to see the full list of the current faculty members that are on West Virginia Best Doctors 2007-2008 list.
Click here to see the full list of School of Medicine Alumni members that are on West Virginia Best Doctors 2007-2008 list.
To see all the WV doctors on the Best Doctors list click here.
For more information on Best Doctors visit their website www.bestdoctors.com. |
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WVU physicians advise students to get a flu shot. Students can contact Student Health at 304-598-5100 to make an appointment to get the flu shot. UHA and WVUH employees can get their no appointment needed flu shot at employee health located on the second floor of Ruby Memorial Hospital. For more information on the flu shot click here. MS2’s are collecting the recycling bins in the HSC on Tuesdays. Contact Elliot Palmer at epalmer1@mix.wvu.edu for more information.
Volunteers are needed for Christian Help’s 26th Annual Toy Give-Away at the Armory on the Mileground. The volunteers are needed December 10-12 from 8am-8pm to help sort toys and on December 13 from 8am-4pm to help distribute toys to the families. For more information or to sign up for this community service activity please contact Margaret Puderbaugh at 599-4462 or Kathy Keefover 296-7422 send an e-mail to mkkeefover@cs.com. COMING
Matthew Jones, M.D. has joined the Eastern Division, Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Jones specializes in Hematology Oncology.
Dennis Allen, M.D. has joined the Morgantown Division, Department of Anesthesiology as an Assistant Professor.
Vanessa Urban, M.D. has joined the Morgantown Division, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry as an Instructor.
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Bhavani Kone, M.D., Morgantown Division, Department of Anesthesiology.
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Grand Rounds
December 9th
Convocation at 1:30pm at the Coliseum
December 12th
SAFE Clinic at 5pm at Healthright |
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 Jennifer Knight, M.D., Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, recently won first place in the WV State Trauma Resident Competition with the abstract “Is the Broselow Tape a reliable indicator for
use in all pediatric trauma patients? A look at a rural trauma center.” |
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 Julian Bailes, M.D., Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, was featured in part four
of the CNN Special Investigations Unit program, “Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling.” Click here to watch this CNN SIU program. Dr. Bailes is also featured in a USA Today article on the dangers of athletes using drugs. Click here to read this article.
 James Boland M.D., Chair, Department
of Surgery, Charleston Division, was honored earlier this year by the State of West Virginia Department of Education
and Arts for 30 years of public service
with the State of West Virginia.
 Alan Ducatman, M.D., Chair, Department of Community Medicine, is featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on the
I-68 chemical spill that occurred last month. Click here to read the article.
 Norman Ferrari, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, has been reappointed by American Board of Pediatric President James Stockman, M.D. to serve another term as a member of the general pediatric certifying examination committee. Dr. Ferrari was first appointed to the Board in 1996, and served as Chair of the examination committee in 2002.  James Helmkamp, Ph.D., director
of the West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center, has focused on ATV injuries and accidents for 10 years. His job is to identify the number of deaths occurring in the state and determine the factors that lead to injuries. Click here to read the article.  Ruth Kershner, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, gave a lecture sponsored by the WVU National Center of Excellence
in Women’s Health last month. The lecture was titled “The Birds and the Bees” and contained information for young girls and their parents about women’s reproductive health. For more information on Dr. Kershner’s lecture click here.  John C. Linton, Ph.D., Chair, Department Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Charleston Division, will
begin a two-year term as president of
the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers, in January. Jim McJunkin, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Charleston Division, is talking about a rare disease transmitted by mosquitoes that is commonly found in West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. This disease can cause several different medical problems and in some cases even death. Click here to read more about the disease.
Jim McJunkin M.D. and Katherine Snyder M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Charleston Division, presented their poster at the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting in October 2007. Their poster was titled " Shaken Baby Syndrome in West Virginia: Incidence, Victim and Perpetrator Profiles from 1999-2005".
 Mark Polak, M.D., Professor,
Department of Pediatrics,
has an article featured on www.medicalnewstoday.com called
"New Pharmaco-Economic Data at AAP Regarding Infants at High Risk for RSV Presented by MedImmune".
Click the link to read this article.  John Prescott M.D., Dean, has
been elected by the AAMC board to the AAMC Council of Deans Administrative Board until the end of 2008.
 Ian Rockett, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Community Medicine,
has completed a study on how more suicides could be prevented if U.S.
death certificates were more accurate and complete. He is featured in the medical journal “Injury Prevention”. James Shumway, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Medical Education, has been elected chair of the Generalists in Medical Education by the AAMC. Dr. Shumway had been serving as chair-elect for the past year.
Several members of the Department of Pediatrics, Charleston Division presented their poster on Gastrointestinal Norovirus Infection Associated with Exacerbation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the Annual Conference of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition. |
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The State Journal and WBOY recently sent Amanda McCall to make rounds with faculty and students who participate in project MUSHROOM. Click here to read more about Amanda’s trip with them. Last month Lawson W. Hamilton Jr., one of the original supporters of the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, passed away. Click here to read more about Lawson Hamilton and his work with the MBRCC. The Annual WVAQ For Kids Radiothon raised a record amount for the West Virginia University Children’s Hospital this year. Click here to read more about the Radiothon and the WVU Children’s Hospital.
As a medical professional, you’ve likely worked hard throughout your career helping countless others along the way. What you earned along the way should work hard for you, too.
A charitable gift that pays a retirement income can do just that -- both for you and for the School of Medicine. Coming in various forms to meet individual needs, one may help you convert low-yield assets into an enhanced income stream, and create very desirable tax savings as well! Finally, it will create a special gift to further the School’s work, creating your own legacy for medicine’s future.
There are lots of possibilities, and the Development Office is ready to assist you in exploring them. Call 304-293-3980 to learn more. |
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Julian Bailes, M.D., Chair, Department of Neurosurgery and former Chief Neurosurgical Resident Vincent Miele, M.D., performed a computer-assisted video analysis of thousands of rounds to determine predictive factors for fatal
bouts in boxers. Click here to read about this study.
 Lan Guo, Ph.D., Research Assistant, Department of Community Medicine, has helped identify and patent a 35-gene signature to help predict lung cancer recurrence following the surgical
removal of lung tumors. Click here to
find out more information on this lung cancer gene signature.
 Giovanni Piedimonte, M.D., Chair, Department of Pediatrics, has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to serve as a member of its Respiratory Integrative Biology and Translational (RIBT) Research Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. His membership term will last four years. Click here for more information on this appointment.
 Charles Rosen, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery recently received an RO1 grant from the NIH. Dr. Rosen’s RO1 is for his and Dr. Huber's research on the increased fragility of the blood brain barrier in old animals experiencing stroke.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently awarded the West Virginia Prevention Research Center at West Virginia University a $1.5 million grant to evaluate childhood obesity in West Virginia. The money will fund a two year project to assess the impact of the 2005 West Virginia Healthy Lifestyle Bill and to use these findings to update or modify the state policy. For more information on this study click here.
The Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and the West Virginia Prevention Research Center have teamed up to develop new strategies that will help people quit smoking. The Translational Tobacco Reduction Research Program, or T2R2, features a multidisciplinary group of scientists with the common goal of changing West Virginia’s bad habit. Click here to find out more information about the T2R2 program. |
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 Both Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer are West Virginia natives, active philanthropists in the Morgantown community, and are members of the 2008 Master of Occupational Therapy class. Ms. Mountaineer is Sarah Erwin and Mr. Mountaineer is Timothy Luke Jackson who is also President of the Masters of Occupational Therapy class of 2008. Click here for more information on the 2007 Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer. The SAFE Clinic is expanding from one to two clinics a month. If you would like more information or are interested in participating in the next SAFE clinic please contact the Office of Student Services at 293-2408 or send an e-mail to MPHRSAFEClinic@gmail.com. The M.D. Degree Class of 2009’s Charleston Divisions’ students have been making the Charleston community better by working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and participating in a 5K “Pumpkin Race” at Kanawha State Forest. |
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In 1977, the WVU Medical Center Education Building was dedicated on the Charleston Division campus and training began there for one-third of the MD degree students.
In 2002, the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division received its first group of third-year medical students for the fall semester. This created the WVU School of Medicine’s third clinical experience campus for medical students. |
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