Announcements
West Virginia’s first pediatric urologist Dr. William Fred Tarry remembered
Dr. William Fred Tarry, who joined the School of Medicine as a general surgery and urology resident in 1982 and became West Virginia's first pediatric urologist, died on February 8, 2018.
WVU’s Brumage named new director of state Office of Drug Control Policy
Dr. Michael Brumage, assistant dean for public health practice and service at the West Virginia University School of Public Health, will lead the effort against West Virginia’s opioid drug crisis.
Charleston Surgeon Bryan Richmond Appointed as Chair of Research Trust at WVU Health Sciences Charleston Campus
Bryan K. Richmond, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., vice-chair and professor of surgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston campus and section chief of general surgery at Charleston Area Medical Center, has been appointed to an endowed position as the inaugural William J. Maier, Jr. Chair of Research at West Virginia University’s Charleston campus.
Newly established Mountaineer Medical Scholarship to partially fund medical education
A $20,000 scholarship has been established to support a medical student at the West Virginia University School of Medicine.
Study of brain pacemakers aimed at slowing decline of Alzheimer’s
A study published this week (Jan. 30) in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease found that a brain pacemaker may slow the progression of the disease.
Free children’s dental exams to be offered Feb. 9
WVU Dental Care will celebrate National Children’s Dental Health Month by offering free examinations, screening X-rays if needed, and fluoride treatments to children ages one to 17 from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9 in the WVU Pediatric Dentistry Clinic.
Dr. Jim Withers: Bringing “street medicine” to the homeless
For more than two decades, Dr. Jim Withers has been doing street rounds in Pittsburgh, PA, providing medical care to the homeless. Withers, of Operation Safety Net (OSN) and a 2015 Top 10 CNN Hero will be giving a talk on homelessness and street medicine on the WVU Health Sciences Campus on Monday February 12. The public event will be at noon in the Okey Patteson Auditorium. Guests are also invited for refreshments and the chance to speak with Dr. Withers following the talk in the Pylons area.
Public health researchers create safety education guide for post-secondary construction programs
Two to three construction workers die each day on job sites in the United States. To combat these statistics, public health researchers from West Virginia University and the University of California, Berkley have created an innovative, evidence-based safety guide for post-secondary Career Technical Education (CTE) construction programs.
WVU Health Sciences hosts lecture on hospital safety
On Friday, Feb. 16, WVU Health Sciences Center will host Alan Fitch, a physician assistant at VCU Health’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and his wife Cathy Motley-Fitch, a performer and voice teacher. The lecture will be held at noon at the Health Sciences Center, Room1905.
Our physicians are our patients, too: WVU Medicine urologist battles brain inflammation
WVU Medicine urologist Adam Luchey, MD, was on vacation with his family in South Carolina when he began to experience symptoms of a rare brain inflammation called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM).