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  • WVU Heart and Vascular Institute surgeons first in the U.S. to place new aortic valve repair device

    Wednesday, June 14, 2017

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – This week, surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute became the first in the United States to place the HAART 300 Aortic Annuloplasty Device, an aortic valve repair device invented by Heart and Vascular Institute surgeon J. Scott Rankin, M.D.

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  • WVU partners with New River Gorge National River to provide life-saving kits

    Monday, June 12, 2017

    Park rangers at the New River Gorge National River are now carrying intranasal naloxone rescue kits, thanks to the foresight of park staff and a partnership between West Virginia University and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).

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  • Town Hall to focus on heart care and research Thursday, June 15

    Tuesday, June 6, 2017

    Two WVU Medicine heart specialists will be the special guests at an open forum for Health Sciences and WVU Medicine faculty, staff, and students at noon on Thursday, June 15, in the Okey Patteson Auditorium in the Health Sciences Center.

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  • WVU School of Medicine inducts students, residents and faculty into Gold Humanism Honor Society

    Monday, June 5, 2017

    In recognition of their compassion in the practice of medicine, 15 medical students, four residents and two faculty members were inducted into the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

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  • Professionals focus on West Virginia health

    Thursday, June 1, 2017

    More than 100 health professionals from across West Virginia gathered today (June 1) in Buckhannon to share information on community approaches to the state’s health issues. The Try This for Health Professionals day was held at West Virginia Wesleyan College, one day ahead of the fourth annual Try This West Virginia conference that will take place Friday and Saturday.

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