WVU Healthcare Year-end Review

As we reflect on another productive year, we would like to thank all of our patients and friends for their confidence and support in our work and growth.
 
We would also like to recognize our team of faculty and staff for their extraordinary efforts to serve the people of West Virginia.
 
Below is a recap of some important stories from 2012:
 
WVU Healthcare

• WVU Healthcare named state’s first MDA/ALS center 03/07/2012
• WVU Healthcare surgeon implants diaphragm pacemaker in quadriplegic pediatric patient 04/27/2012
• U.S. News ranks WVU Hospitals #1 in West Virginia 07/17/2012
• Dr. Sanford Emery named one of the Top 28 Spine Surgeons in America 07/05/2012
• WVU Hospitals only hospital in state to hold national stroke honor 08/08/2012
• Chestnut Ridge Center celebrates 25 years of service with open house on November 15 11/13/2012

WVU Health Sciences Center and WVU Healthcare Research Teams

• American Cancer Society awards research grant to WVU 03/05/2012
• WVU researchers identify several new genetic markers for repeat lung cancer 04/19/2012
• WVU Eye Institute researchers restore vision with gene replacement therapy 06/13/2012
• WVU Injury Control Research Center receives $4.1-million grant from the CDC 08/08/2012
• WVU Health Sciences gets $19.6 million research grant from NIH 08/15/2012
• WVU researcher awarded $2.19 million in NIH grants for lung cancer studies 10/29/2012 
• WVU Cancer Center’s Dr. Jame Abraham to lead a national research study on breast cancer 10/03/2012