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West Virginia State University and WVU School of Medicine partner to offer pre-medical track program
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Friday, July 29, 2016
College students in the Kanawha Valley considering a health care career will have a new program to help guide them as they navigate the road to medical school. -
Dr. Luke Higgins joins WVU Medicine Interventional Radiology
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Luke J. Higgins, M.D., Ph.D., has joined WVU Medicine’s Interventional Radiology Department.Read Dr. Luke Higgins joins WVU Medicine Interventional Radiology full story
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DHHR develops plan to transform West Virginia’s health care system with support from WVU
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the WVU School of Public Health today released a major plan to improve the state’s health care system. -
WVU Medicine Occupational Medicine specialists to see black lung patients in Kanawha County
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
When Donald Rasmussen, M.D., who was described by the New York Times as a “crusader for coal miners’ health,” passed away in July 2015, the many patients who sought him out for diagnosis and treatment of black lung disease in southern West Virginia lost their champion. As of yesterday (July 25), three WVU Medicine Occupational Medicine specialists are beginning to pick up where he left off by seeing patients at the Cabin Creek Health Center in Dawes. -
Dr. Bill Rose awarded Hero of Public Health
Monday, July 25, 2016
Dr. Bill Rose awarded the first "Hero of Public Health" as awarded by the Monongalia County Health Department. He received this award for his thoughtful and timely notification of a possible food borne outbreak. Because of his immediate efforts and astute clinical skills, a larger healthcare threat was avoided.