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• Bravo! rolls out week's worth of festivities for Friday's Employee Apprecation Day

  Friday, March 3, 2023

  In recognition of Employee Appreciation Day, which is Friday, March 3, WVU Hospitals employees can enjoy numerous opportunities throughout the week, including:

• Tuesday Talks - Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) Clinical Trial

  Thursday, March 2, 2023

  The most devastating complication a patient can face after total knee or hip replacement surgery is contracting a prosthetic joint infection or “PJI.” PJIs are very difficult to treat, but a new clinical trial at WVU Medicine is raising hopes for a breakthrough in successfully treating these stubborn infections. Matt Dietz, MD, discusses PJIs in this latest edition of Tuesday Talks.

• WVU Heart and Vascular Institute receives six Healthgrades’ national recognitions

  Tuesday, February 28, 2023

  The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital has received six national recognitions from Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients.

• WVU Medicine Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit joins the BPD Collaborative

  Friday, February 24, 2023

  The BPD Collaborative recently voted to make the WVU Medicine Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) its 36th member.

• J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital earns Blue Distinction Center Designation for Cardiac Care

  Friday, February 24, 2023

  WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital has received a Blue Distinction® Center for Cardiac Care designation by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.

• Rosenbaum Family House seeks groups, individuals to donate meals for guests

  Tuesday, February 21, 2023

  Rosenbaum Family House is looking for departments, groups, and individuals from WVU Medicine to provide dinners for its guests.

• Zane Webber named 2023 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® Champion Child

  Tuesday, February 21, 2023

   WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital patient Zane Webber, 4, of Rices Landing, Pennsylvania, has been named the 2023 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® Champion Child for West Virginia.

• WVU Medicine nephrologists hit the road to improve access to care

  Tuesday, February 21, 2023

  WVU Medicine Nephrology, led by Section Chief Beth Pellegrino, MD, is continuing a nearly 30-year tradition of breaking down barriers to care for kidney patients.

• Dr. Alper Toker named chief of Thoracic Surgery

  Tuesday, February 21, 2023

  Alper Toker, MD, has been named professor and chief of Thoracic Surgery at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in the WVU School of Medicine.

• Department of Medicine names new chair

  Tuesday, February 21, 2023

  Nathan “Nate” Lerfald, MD, assumes the position after serving as the vice chair for education and the associate chief quality officer since 2017.