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The WVU Health Sciences Center Simulation Steering Committee has been planning and designing a facility (WVU Simulation Education Center) to meet the needs of students, residents, and faculty. Once completed, the Center will contain advanced high-fidelity simulators, equipment, and space to conduct clinical exams, clinical assessments, teaching and learning clinical skills, structured student practice, and research.
Phase I of the construction of the Center started in January. It is projected to open in August of 2009, and will house:
- 4 high-fidelity mannequins placed in rooms to simulate an Intensive Care Unit, an Emergency Room, a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and a Surgery Simulation Suite
- 2 classrooms, which will include space for physical assessment and skills training
- 2 debriefing rooms; equipment storage and office space.
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The search committee for a new leader of the Health Sciences Center campus at WVU recently released an organization and leadership profile for the position. The new leader’s title will be Chancellor for WVU Health Sciences. For more information on this search or position qualifications, click on the following links. To read the WVU Today article click on this link and to read the WVU healthcare article click on this link. Wendy King has recently been named the chief financial officer of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. Ms. King will oversee the strategic planning and budgeting process for the University-based operations of the Health Sciences Center in addition to managing its day-to-day business operations. For more information on this appointment, click here. C. Peter Magrath, WVU’s Interim President, discusses the new digital health information system in his latest video message. To see the video message click on the link. Community Service Opportunities:
Medical Students are collecting the recycling bins in the HSC on Fridays. Contact Jeff Richmond jrichmo4@mix.wvu.edu for more information. |
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Grand Rounds
February 23rd
5pm - Dr. James E. Brick, Interim Dean’s State of the School Address, Okey Patteson Auditorium. MDTV connectivity to the Charleston and Eastern Campuses will be provided.
March 13th
6pm - White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2011 at the Metropolitan Theater.
April 20th
5pm - Dr. James E. Brick, Interim Dean’s Excellence and Distinguished Teacher Awards Ceremony, Okey Patteson Auditorium. MDTV connectivity to the Charleston and Eastern Campuses will be provided.
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A new study by WVU researchers indicates that doctors need to help smokers quit during their cancer treatment. For more information on this study click on the link. Now through March 24 at 5:00 pm, abstracts for the 2009 Health Sciences Van Liere Memorial Convocation and Research Day are being collected. The Van Liere Convocation and Research Day will be April 28 and 29. For more information on the abstract deadline, click on the link. The Chestnut Ridge Center is asking all not-for-profit organizations in West Virginia to apply for Grassroots grants, which support community projects in the following areas: mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, or family preservation. Click on the link for more information. The Injury Control Research Center is now accepting applications for seed projects with a focus in Injury Prevention and Control. All WVU faculty are eligible to apply. For more information, click on the link. The Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center recently received a three year $120,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to support junior faculty members’ research involving population studies or laboratory based research. For more information click on the link. The N-O-T on Tobacco program that has helped many teens quit smoking is releasing a nationwide one-stop web portal for the program. To see the new portal, click on the link.  Jame Abraham, M.D., associate professor, Department of Medicine, along with other WVU researchers, helped produce one of the 2008 Top 10 most popular articles in the journal Oncology. Click on this link to read the article or on this link for more information on this Top 10 2008 article.  Laura Gibson, Ph.D., professor, Department of Pediatrics, was awarded a five-year, $1.47 million grant to study stem cells in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). For more information on this award, click the link.  Dina L. Jones, Ph.D., assistant professor, Departments of Orthopaedics and Physical Therapy, is helping to inform West Virginians about arthritis through a four year $1.2 million grant. For more information, click on the link. |
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Alpha Omega Alpha would like to welcome its newest resident members: April Baisden, M.D., Charleston Campus; Raveen Raviendran, M.D., Department of Pediatrics; Joel Yednock, M.D., Department of Medicine. |
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That in October of 1998, the Ronald McDonald House opened across from Ruby Memorial’s parking lot to provide a ‘home away from home’ for families of children under 18 who are being treated at the WV Children’s Hospital.
That in 1999 through the support of Hilda Rosenbaum, the Rosenbaum Family House opened providing a place for families of adult patients to stay when a family member was receiving treatment from Ruby Memorial Hospital.
Can you guess who these two faculty members are?
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The answers will appear in next
month’s issue.
Last month’s faculty members were
Rozann Powers, M.D., and Michelle Nuss, M.D. |
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Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) granted initial accreditation to the Sports Medicine fellowship in the Department of Family Medicine. Guy Monteleone, M.D., will serve as Program Director. This is the only accredited Sports Medicine program in the state.
Congratulations to Mahreen Hashmi, M.D., Program Director, and Kim Lanham, Program Coordinator, of the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program at the Morgantown Campus for earning a 3 year re-accreditation from the ACGME.
Young or old, we know the value of our medical system. It’s one of the best in the world. And utilizing a special way to continue that excellence is rewarding.
Including a gift provision in your will, when it’s time to do that, is an option that can be truly satisfying. The wording of “to the West Virginia University Foundation for the benefit of the School of Medicine” is the right start.
Scholarships, faculty support, program support or research funding are beneficial gift choices.
Various support options are available, and the Development Office (304-293-3980) can assist you to make the best one work for you.
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 Alpha Omega Alpha would like to welcome its newest faculty member, Rosemarie Cannarella, M.D., Assistant Dean, Eastern Campus.
 Jeffrey Coben, M.D., professor, Department of Community Medicine, led a study which found that injuries requiring hospitalization occur at much higher rates in rural areas than in urban areas. For more information on the study, click the link.  Ludwig Gutmann, M.D., professor, Department of Neurology, recently wrote a book titled “ The Immobile Man: A Neurologist’s Casebook”, which contains his observations during his career as a doctor.
 Amana Nasir, M.D., associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, Charleston Campus, talks about the importance of children washing their hands thoroughly so they do not get sick. For more information, click on the link.  Anoop Shankar, M.D./Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Community Medicine, has conducted a study that found that adults who regularly sleep seven hours a night have lower rates of coronary heart disease. For more information on this study, click on the
link.  Ruth Kershner, Ed.D., associate professor, Department of Community Medicine, and Mary J. Wimmer, Ph.D., professor,  Department of Biochemistry, are both finalists for the West Virginia 2008 Professor of the Year. Click on the link for more information.
 Jim Helmkamp, Ph.D., director of the West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center, in a recent study says January is the leading month for carbon monoxide poisoning. For more information on how to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, click on the link.
 John Phillips, M.D., assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, says that coronary, artery and valve abnormalities can lead to heart disease. Dr. Phillips also says that the CARDIAC Project helps him and other doctors intervene with children’s lifestyles. For more information on this, click on this link.
 James M. Sheil, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology has been acknowledged for his thoughtful comments and guidance as a reviewer for the newly published Third Edition of the textbook: " The Immune System" by Peter Parham. This is a required textbook for the 2nd-year School of Medicine course MICB 701: Immunity, Infection and Disease. |
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Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the medical honorary, welcomes its newest third year medical student members: Daniel DiGiovine, Joseph Donahue, Roopan Fischer, Matthew Joseph, Sharon Maas, Nicholas Phillips, Michael Ruffolo, and Kevin Walsh. |
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