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• WVU in the News: WVU Heart and Vascular Institute Division of Thoracic Surgery receives highest rating from surgeons organization

  Tuesday, February 25, 2020

  The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute Division of Thoracic Surgery has earned a distinguished three-star (highest) rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its esophageal cancer patient care and robotic esophagectomy outcomes.

• WVU in the News: U.S. drug deaths dipped in 2018, but cocaine and meth overdoses rose

  Tuesday, February 25, 2020

  The stories that Judith Feinberg hears from people with substance use disorder are riddled with loss: of jobs, opportunity, security, dignity. “People really are struggling to see that they have a viable future,” Feinberg says. “Then you take a drug … and you don’t care until you need the drug again.”

• Mauger named associate chief medical officer for ambulatory care

  Thursday, February 20, 2020

  Thomas Mauger, MD, who leads the WVU Eye Institute and is the chair for the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has agreed to take on an additional role at WVU Medicine, serving as the associate chief medical officer for ambulatory care.

• About 8 percent of West Virginia babies are exposed to alcohol shortly before birth

  Thursday, February 20, 2020

  About 8 percent of West Virginia newborns are exposed to alcohol two to four weeks before birth, according to a new study.

• Unique ultrasound competition slated at the WVU School of Medicine

  Tuesday, February 18, 2020

  The West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine is hosting Ultrafest – a fun, informative and competitive event where students can hone their skills in using ultrasound to help them with future patient care.

• WVU in the News: Rural Community Health Scholars at WVU give back, learn about area needs

  Monday, February 17, 2020

  More than 30 West Virginia University students are getting a chance to learn about the needs of and offer a positive impact to rural and underserved West Virginians in need of health care.

• WVU in the News: WVU Intersectional Health Fair brings light to diversity in health care

  Monday, February 17, 2020

  Dianne Techwai, Vice President of Multicultural Association for Students in Healthcare, said discrimination in the medical system has caused minorities to become a statistic.

• In rural hospitals, telemedicine may promote faster, noninvasive stroke treatments

  Thursday, February 13, 2020

  West Virginia University’s telestroke program connects rural hospitals throughout West Virginia—and across the Maryland border—with neurologists at WVU, who can offer insight into stroke cases. New research suggests that since the program’s launch in 2016, more patients at those hospitals are receiving prompt, noninvasive stroke treatments there, rather than being driven or flown somewhere else.

• Breaking a sweat — and new ground for physical activity across West Virginia

  Thursday, February 13, 2020

  WVU Medicine Walk with a Future Doc: Encourage patients to walk for 60 minutes through organized group walks in which patients can talk with medical students and physicians.

• WVU announces music and health degree

  Thursday, February 13, 2020

  Students who have a passion for music but also want a career in healthcare can now study both disciplines with a new degree program at West Virginia University. WVU will be one of the first universities in the nation with a music and health undergraduate program.