Todd J. Crocco, M.D., has been named chair of West Virginia University’s Department of Emergency Medicine, in
the WVU School of Medicine. Click here
for more information.

WVU has implemented a new campus alert system for faculty, staff, and students as well as a new safety plan. Click here for more information on the alert system and safety plan.

The WVU School of Medicine’s Center on Aging had their Osher Lifelong Learning Institute open house last month. For more information on this open house click here.

The International Health Program has changed its name to the Global Health Program because the new name reflects a more inclusive, community spirit that is needed in today's world.

WVU Urgent Care opened on September 4, 2007. To find the hours and services available at WVU Urgent Care click here.

The WVU Sports Medicine Clinic located on the lower level of Healthworks Rehab and Fitness Center had its grand opening on September 15, 2007. Click the links for more information on the grandopening and the Sports Medicine Clinic.

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

Christian Help, Inc. is looking for dedicated volunteers to help in the free clothing store, Men’s and Women’s Career Closets, food pantry and with special projects. They are open Monday - Thursday
9 - 4, Friday 9 - 2 and the 1st Saturday of the month 10 - 1. For more information on volunteering at Christian Help, Inc. please contact Jessica Hardesty at 296-0221 or chi_vc@comcast.net.

COMING

Hannah Write Hazard, M.D., has joined the Morgantown Division of the School of Medicine in the Department of Surgery as an Instructor. Dr. Hazard specializes in Surgical Oncology.

Joshua Kotouc, M.D., has joined the Morgantown Division of the School of Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Kotouc specialized in urgent care.

Robert Michaels, M.D., has joined the Eastern Division Department of Medicine as a Professor. Dr. Michaels specializes in Rheumatology.

Miriam Perez, M.D., has joined the Morgantown Division of the School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor.

Fariba Rezaee, M.D., has joined the Morgantown Division of the School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics as an Instructor.

Franklin Shuler, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Morgantown Division of the School of Medicine in the Department of Orthopedics as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Shuler specializes in Trauma Surgery.

Tricia Lewis, a graduate student and research assistant in the West Virginia University Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, recently received the fall 2007 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship for Graduate Environmental Study. Tricia received one of the fifteen fellowships that are granted nationwide.

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.

That Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton held a public discussion on the proposed Clinton Health Plan at the Heath Sciences Center in 1993 when she was the First Lady.

In 1996 the Physical Therapy program switched from offering a bachelor to offering a masters degree. In the fall of 2005 the Physical Therapy program went from offering a masters to a doctorate. The first doctorate of Physical Therapy class will graduate in 2008.

Eight members of the M.D. Degree class of 1982 are currently working for the School of Medicine in the Morgantown or Charleston Campus’s today and celebrating their 25th anniversary later this month. They are Thomas Adamskim, Mark Bennett, Stephen Bush, Micheal Cunningham, Norman Ferrari, Mark Polak, Terry Schwartz, and Rosanna Sikora.

In honor of breast cancer awareness month, the Betty Puskar Breast Cancer Center is offering free screening and educational sessions on breast cancer detection and treatment to all women who are interested in attending. To read more about the breast cancer awareness month programs that are offered at the Betty Puskar Breast Cancer Center click here.

Dance Dance Revolution was featured in a ScrippsNews article. Click here to read article.

Fifty years ago, medical imaging was all about x-rays. Fifty years before that, well, there really wasn’t any. Today, we have an array of wondrous tools to diagnose and treat, with more miracles available each new decade.

Developing those tools and using the information they provide combine the best of research and training – and the School of Medicine is at the forefront of both, as you know. But they don’t happen to their best effect without you.

You help make tomorrow’s medicine possible. You can be part of that progress through a gift provision in your will or revocable trust to “the WVU Foundation for the benefit of the School of Medicine.” If you’d like to be part of medicine’s future in any field, just call the Development Office at 304-293-3980.

Julian Bailes M.D., Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, was featured on ABC’s Good Morning America. Dr. Bailes spoke about former professional wrester Chris Benoit and the possible link between his brain damage and the slaying of his family. Dr. Bailes was also quoted in a USA Today article about Chris Beniot’s damaged brain.

L. Clark Hansbarger, M.D., Dean, Charleston Division, is being recognized by First Lady Gayle Manchin on October 15th in Charleston. Dr. Hansbarger will be receiving the “No Greater Legacy Award” because of his life long service to children as a pediatrician.

Tim Nurkiewicz Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, was recently given an NIH grant for 2.1 Million to study the effects of air pollutions on the cardiovascular system. Click here to read more about this study and grant.

George Kelley, D.A., Professor, Department of Community Medicine, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to serve as
a consultant by providing the DHHS with expert advice as it develops the first federal guidelines on physical activity. Click here to read more about this appointment.

Dr. Tad Herzog, Ph.D., received an RO1 5-year grant for $1.6 million dollars from the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Herzog's study is comprised of an intervention trial that challenges a currently dominant model of adult smoking cessation, and proposes new ways of conceptualizing the construct of motivation to quit smoking.

Larry Schwab M.D.,
a 1966 graduate of
the School of Medicine, is showing West Virginia you are never too old to have
fun. Dr. Schwab, an ophthalmologist at Regional Eye Associates, is the oldest member of WVU Marching Band! To read more about Dr. Schwab and his 12 years in the WVU Band click here.

Byron Bair, M.D., Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry resident from 1986-1991, has been named the winner of the Excellence in Geriatric Clinical Care Delivery Award. Dr. Bair has developed creative and innovative model care delivery systems to improve the delivery of health care to aging veterans. Currently, Dr. Bair is the medical director of Home Based Primary and is the Associate Director/Clinical Programs, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA, Salt Lake City Health Care System.