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Simulation Day

WVU Health Sciences Center recently hosted 'Simulation Day'. There were infant, child, adult, pelvic exam, and two partial task simulators. They are all computer controlled and can change to make it easier or more difficult to perform standard medical tasks. The vital statistics of the "simulated people" can be monitored by machine as well as taken by hand. The "simulated people" are as life like as machines can get and they have all the pulse points; lung, heart, bowel sounds; the ability to close their mouth, and can be male or female. Some of the procedures that can be simulated on them are intubation of the nasal passage or the mouth, chest tubes insertion, cardiocentesis, and catheter insertion just to name a few.

The August edition of E-news will have WVU’s simulation plan.

WVU Names Scot Remick as the New Cancer Center Director.
Click here for more details.

Last month the School of Medicine announced its medical student award winners, including the first ever winner of the Fedeles Award for Compassion in Physical Diagnosis award. To see the winners, click here.

Last month the Van Liere Awards convocation for excellence in research was held. To see who the winners are click here. To see photo’s from the event click here.

MS4’s investiture photos are now available. Click here to see them. Also the investiture rehearsal and graduation luncheon photos are now available. Click here to see them.

UHA is excited to announce that the blue jean fundraiser that occurred in April raised $ 796.00 for the Ronald McDonald House of Morgantown. This fundraiser aloud UHA employees to wear jeans on three Fridays in April with a $5 donation that would go to the Ronald McDonald house. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Community Service Opportunity:

Relay for Life of Mon County is having a walk on June 15, 2007 at the WVU Track Field. For more information on this event click here.

MS2’s are collecting the recycling bins in the HSC on Tuesdays contact Elliot Palmer epalmer1@mix.wvu.edu for more information.

The Morgantown Thrift Store for Hospice Care Corporation is open Monday through Friday 10am-5pm and Saturdays from 10am-2pm. They need volunteers to help them with simple tasks, if you are interested please contact Tracey Mascola at 599-4200 or at tmascola@hospicecarecorp.org for more information.

The Salvation Army has several on going projects and they need your help. Their Feeding Program operates every weekday from 4pm-5:30pm. The volunteers are needed to be there from 3pm-6pm. Their Thrift Store is open Monday through Saturday from 11am-5pm and volunteers are also need from those hours. If you are interested in either of those projects please contact Sarah Hansen at 296-3525 for more information.

New Faculty :

George Ranier, MD has joined the Morgantown division of the School of Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Rainier specializes in Cardiac Anesthesia.

Terrence Julian, MD has joined the Morgantown Division of the School of Medicine in the Department of Neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Julian specializes in Neuro-Oncology.

June 1st

GME reception is at 6 pm in the Pylons Lobby of the HSC Learning Center.

June 2nd

Concert to benefit cancer patients is being held on June 2 at Chestnut Ridge Park in Bruceton Mills. Click here to read more.

June 15th

Relay for Life of Mon County is having a walk at the WVU Track.

That in 1985 the Physician Fee Office (now called UHA) opened WV’s first Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which was the beginning of the Center for Advanced Imaging.

In 1989 the May Babb Randolph Cancer Center named Fred Butcher, PhD as the founding director. Dr. Butcher currently serves as the interim Vice President of the Health Science Center.

In the month of May, the following websites were launched:

Pathologists' Assistant Program

International Health Program - Student International Electives Photo Galleries

National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Camtasia Update:

Camtasia Studio 4 was used to re-record old Impacticized lectures into a more usable Flash movie. In turn these files will become part of a large repository for use in the Path 751 DE online course. This is the only online remedial course offered in the nation!

Courtney Cuppett is attending the 3rd Annual Summer Institutes Maternal-Fetal Pharmacology Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology Conference. Courtney is one of 20 applicants that was chosen to attend this conference.

WVU Students Earn Honors for Research

WVU Focuses Research on Inflammatory Bowel Disease

ACGME granted full accreditation with no citations to the Neonatal/Perinatal fellowship in the Department of Pediatrics. Professor Mark Polak, MD will serve as Program Director.

Congratulations to Dr. Charlton and the Department of Ophthalmology on earning a 5 year re-accreditation decision from the ACGME.

Congratulations to Mary Warden the program director and the Transitional Residency program for earning another 5 years of re-accreditation from the ACGME.

Tomorrow’s results are created by today’s dreamers. Many dream of a way to help the School of Medicine grow in the future. Some find that a good way to accomplish that is to set up an income-producing gift for retirement income that will later provide support for the School.

Using cash, stocks, corporate bonds or mutual funds, it’s easy to build up more retirement security while also receiving an income tax deduction. The income can begin at any age chosen by the donor. The best part is choosing how the remaining funds will benefit the School after the income payout ends.

Learning more about this support option happens when you call the Development Office at 304-293-7086. They can assist you to make it work.

Magnets May Stimulate Brain and Movement.
To read the article click here.

Dr. Julian Bailes, chair of Neurosurgery, was featured on an ABC web cast last month.
Click here to read about it.

Dr. Abnash Jain has been recognized for his accomplishments to the Cardiology program at the WVU School of Medicine. Click here to read more.

Johns Hopkins named George Spirou to their "Society of Scholars" at the JHU commencement last week.
Click here to learn more.

Judy Fast, Residency Coordinator in Radiology, was part of the Long Range Planning committee of the Association of Program Coordinators in Radiology (APCR) which recently developed a national handbook for program coordinators. Click here to read it.

V.M. Rajendran, Ph.D., and Uma Sundaram M.D. were both selected as committee chairs for the 2007 Digestive Disease Week Conference (May 19-24) of more than 16,000 scientists and researchers from across the globe.

The 2nd Annual Stepping Stones WVU School of Medicine Softball Tournament was held on April 29th at Mylan Park. This event was coordinated by Evan Dougherty, MS2 and members of the Classes of 2009 and 2010 helped raise $ 280 for Stepping Stones.

Medical Students will be coaching and playing alongside the players in the Stepping Stones leagues throughout the summer, which is held at Miracle Field at Mylan Park.

Class officers have been selected for next year for the class of 2008, the class of 2009, and the class of 2010. Click the links to find out who the new officers are!

Another SAFE clinic was held last month and well. There were three students who participated and they saw three patients. The students who participated gained valuable experience in dealing with patient care on more of a one on one experience than rotations in the hospital. There three students signed up for the next clinic on July 11th at 5pm at Health Right.

If you are interested in participating in the next SAFE clinic please contact Matt Thomas at mthomas7@mix.wvu.edu or at 292-8231 ext. 126.

Editor: Liz Ferrari | Graphic Design: Matt Visyak
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