MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A summer day camp designed to help kids develop resiliency and healthy social-emotional skills returns to five northcentral West Virginia counties this summer. Camp Mindful Warriors, a program presented by the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute’s …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The third class of Project SEARCH interns graduated from the WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital program today (May 19). The cohort of eight students rotated within the organization, gaining real-world experience.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Six nurses and a transport respiratory therapist who supports nursing efforts won the top awards at the WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals (WVUH) 2023 Nurses and Interprofessional Colleague of the Year ceremony held May 12.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Construction has started on a new WVU Medicine Outpatient Rehabilitation Center at University Town Centre in Morgantown. The facility is being built adjacent to the WVU Medicine University Town Centre clinic and is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2024.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted three-year accreditation to the WVU Cancer Institute’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center in Morgantown.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Urologists at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital are among the first to implement intrarenal pressure monitoring technology to reduce the risk of infection during the surgical treatment of kidney stones. The LithoVue Elite Single-Use Digital Flexible Ureteroscope Sy…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Mingo, Logan, Boone, and Kanawha counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Mineral and Tucker counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — When you hear the term “midwife,” does it conjure an image of a home birth by candlelight with no pain relief medications in sight? If so, you might be surprised to learn what today’s nurse midwives are all about. Betsy Miller, C.N.M., M.S.N., a certified nurse midwife at…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Hospitals welcomed its first class of MedEd program interns today (May 11) in a signing day event. The new program provides students with skills, hands-on training, and innovative mentoring experiences through community partnerships for career opportunities in West Vi…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Medicine Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and the Mountaineer Trauma Support Group will host an in-person walk event, called Race to Rebuild, on from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital in Morgantown and WVU Medicine United Hospital Center in Bridgeport have been named to Newsweek’s 2023 list of “America’s Best Maternity Hospitals.”
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Children’s, the state’s only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, has partnered with WVRC Media to host the Cares for Kids Radiothon on Sept. 7 and 8 to raise funds to benefit patients and families in need of life-changing care.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Tucker and Barbour counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Clay, Lewis, and Calhoun counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Dedicated supporters of the WVU Cancer Institute contributed over $750,000 to support cancer care, research, outreach, and more as this year’s Spring Gala celebrated nearly 40 years of history.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kari DiVito, P.T., D.P.T., physical therapist in the Rehabilitation Services Department at WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals, has written a mobility guideline that speaks to the interdisciplinary efforts of physical and occupational therapists, nurses, and the ECMO team to assis…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Radiation Oncology programs at the WVU Cancer Institute’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center in Morgantown and Fairmont Regional Cancer Center have attained reaccreditation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence®.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Children’s Orthopaedics is now offering periacetabular osteotomy (PAO), a surgical procedure that can help patients with developmental hip dysplasia avoid the need for a total hip replacement.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine is joining the American Hospital Association (AHA) in celebrating National Hospital Week May 7-13.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine is joining the American Nurses Association (ANA) in the celebration of National Nurses Month, which is held annually in May.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Cancer Institute Mobile Cancer Screening Program recently received a White Ribbon from Breathe BioMedical for LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Michael Shullo, Pharm.D., WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance vice president of transplant services, led 38 other expert contributors from 11 countries worldwide in the development of the new International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Guidelines for the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Wayne, Putnam, Ritchie, and Marion counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Lewis and Marion counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For the fifth consecutive year, the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) has awarded the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute three stars for its active participation in the Registry Participation Program. SQS VQI logo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Parkinson’s Awareness Month is observed in April to raise awareness about the disease and its symptoms. Parkinson’s is a disorder that affects the central nervous system, causing tremors, stiffness, and difficulty with walking and movements.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Monongalia Pediatric and Youth Associates, Inc., located at 1202 Suncrest Towne Centre Drive in Morgantown, has joined WVU Medicine Children’s Primary Care.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Mercer, Wyoming, Cabell, and Kanawha counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Wayne, Calhoun, and Randolph counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
SPENCER, W.Va. — Roane General Hospital and the West Virginia University Health System, which operates under the brand WVU Medicine, announced today (April 25) a clinical affiliation designed to expand access to specialty care in pursuit of improved patient outcomes and experiences. With thi…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Javier F. Cárdenas, M.D., a leading expert in the fields of sports neurology, concussion, and traumatic brain injury, has joined the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute as chief of the Division of Sports Neurology. Dr. Cárdenas is also professor of Neurology and holds …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Rosenbaum Family House (RFH) is inviting community members back to the facility as the meal program resumes normal operations for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Medicine Allied Health Solutions Specialty Pharmacy has earned URAC reaccreditation, effective until Dec. 1, 2025. Specialty pharmacies serve patients with complex, chronic diseases and are crucial to patient outcomes. Pharmacists working
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Start by believing. This is what Meredith Linger, M.S.N., R.N., S.A.N.E.-A., S.A.N.E.-P., forensic nurse examiner coordinator at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and WVU Medicine Children’s, wants everyone to do this Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For many West Virginians, transportation is the greatest barrier to accessing healthcare. This is why WVU Medicine physicians, like Abbas Ali, M.D., WVU Heart and Vascular Institute cardiologist, travel across the state to bring care to some of the state’s most medically …
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Pendleton and Preston counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. LUCAS
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Hancock and Wetzel counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Cancer Institute is holding a lung cancer screening event May 15-17 in Morgantown.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit McDowell and Logan counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Boone, Mingo, and McDowell counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A collaborative research initiative involving West Virginia University, the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and the WVU Cancer Institute to better treat breast cancer patients with brain metastases is receiving support through a National Cancer Institute grant.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Peak Health, West Virginia’s only provider-led health insurance company, has opened a second office in the state.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Friends of WVU Hospitals Board held its annual volunteer recognition luncheon today (April 13). The group supports patients and their loved ones in many functions across the hospitals and raises funds to support patient care and comfort at WVU Hospitals.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Albert L. Wright Jr. president and CEO of the West Virginia University Health System, announced Monday the appointment of Nicholas “Nick” J. Barcellona as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – WVU Medicine in conjunction with WVU Medicine Children’s held a Pinwheels for Prevention ceremony on Monday. The event brought the annual campaign, started in 2008 by Prevent Child Abuse America, to the J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital campus.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mason Fox was used to battling on the lacrosse field for Davis & Elkins College. But his greatest battle came in October 2021, when he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was airlifted to the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Ritchie, Lewis, Upshur, and Preston counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. LUCAS
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Mercer, Monroe, Greenbrier and Preston counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine is pleased to join the Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) to raise awareness about organ, tissue, and cornea donation and to inspire everyone to register to be an organ donor during Donate Life Month. Donate Life Month graphic
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Lewis, Doddridge, Nicholas, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Putnam, Clay, and Barbour counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tim Casey, 70, of Charleston, has struggled for 20 years with essential tremor (ET), which caused him to lose control over movement in his hands, drastically reducing his quality of life. But his life fundamentally improved after he became the 100th recipient of the WVU R…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — People in the Charleston area and southern West Virginia will now have expanded and more convenient access to the advanced cardiac care provided by the West Virginia University (WVU) Heart and Vascular Institute with the acquisition of two Charleston-area cardiology pract…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Becker’s Healthcare has named WVU Medicine — which employs nearly 30,000 people at hospitals and clinics in West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia — to its 2023 list of Top Places to Work in Healthcare. It is the only health system in the state and regi…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Deep venous thrombosis (DVT), blood clots of the deep veins of the body, affects people of all ages and genders and can quickly become life-threatening if left untreated.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Since it was established in 2018, the WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute Fresh Tissue Training Program has provided opportunities for surgical residents and military medics to train for procedures and hone their skills. Due to its success and the high demand, the prog…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine is one of the first medical centers in the country to offer the Integrum Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA™) Implant System for the treatment of lower extremity amputations.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Medicine Bariatric Endoscopy and Gastroenterology team led by Shailendra Singh, M.D., and Neel Patel, M.D., performed the first endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) and transoral outlet reduction procedures using the Apollo ESG and endoscopic bariatric revision pr…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Monroe, Braxton, Harrison, and Marion counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Kanawha, Nicholas, and Randolph counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine is celebrating Certified Nurses Day, March 19, by recognizing its board-certified nurses for their professionalism, leadership, and commitment to excellence in patient care.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Children’s, the state’s only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, has partnered with Nexstar Media Group to host a Mediathon on Wednesday, March 22, to raise funds that will help patients and families in need of life-changing care.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been recognized for 20 years of echocardiology accreditation through the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC).
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A clinical trial conducted by the WVU Eye Institute for the use of EYELEA, an injection medication, has led to FDA approval for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Berkeley, Tucker, Harrison, and Gilmer counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Hancock, Brooke, Harrison, and Monongalia counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Patients in the Parkersburg, Charleston, and South Charleston areas, as well as Southern West Virginia, will benefit from expanded cardiac services at two WVU Medicine hospitals that serve those regions: WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals in South Charleston and WVU Medicine C…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia KIDS COUNT and WVU Medicine Children’s, in partnership with the Oral Health Coalition of West Virginia, has released an eight-page issue brief that highlights successes and challenges to improving dental care access for children and families in West Virginia.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Greenbrier, Clay, Upshur, and Harrison counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Taylor and Preston counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Representatives from Spirit Halloween costume retail stores recently presented the WVU Medicine Children’s Child Life Program with a check for $108,025, which was donated by store customers last fall.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Medicine Eating Disorder Interdisciplinary Treatment (EDIT) Clinic encourages everyone to educate themselves on the signs, symptoms, and treatment options for eating disorders during Eating Disorders Awareness Week, observed Feb. 27 through March 5.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Friends of WVU Hospitals has raised more than $57,000 to benefit cancer care and research at the WVU Cancer Institute through sales of its limited-edition Bob Huggins bobbleheads.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Cancer Institute, the West Virginia Mountains of Hope State Cancer Coalition, and WVU Medicine are promoting the Colorectal Cancer Awareness campaign during the month of March and Dress in Blue Day on March 3 to raise awareness about the importance of colorectal c…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For many patients facing a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, the fear is of the unknown. For Eric Seachrist, M.D., neurologist at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, the fear came in knowing too much.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Lewis, Ritchie, Marion, Jackson, Harrison, Nicholas, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Lewis, Ritchie, Marion, Jackson, Harrison, Nicholas, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Kanawha, Clay, Lewis, Upshur, Harrison, Preston, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam, and Ritchie counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Kanawha, Clay, Lewis, Upshur, Harrison, Preston, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam, and Ritchie counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – 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.
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