12/20/2005
WVU Lists Top Health Sciences News Stories
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - This has been a landmark year for WVU’s Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. Advances in education, patient care and research were noted on a regular basis throughout the year.
Some highlights:
January - Formation of WVU Hospitals-East
January - Jeff Neely named CEO of University Health Associates
January - National study ranks WVU high in educating rural physicians
January -- Hilda R. Heady of WVU becomes president of the National Rural Health Association
March - WVU acquires $1.75 million PET/CT for cancer and other diagnostic work
March - WVU Childrens Hospital Champion Child Richard Tinney visits the White House
March - WVU Geriatric Fellowship in Eastern Panhandle earns accreditation
March - ’WVUs stroke treatment featured on NBCs “ER”
April - Julian Bailes, M.D. publishes “When Winning Costs Too Much”
April- WVU inaugurates LeVar Burton Vision Enhancement Technology Center
April - Ruth Kershner named Health Education Professional of the Year
May - Gary Loyd, M.D., appointed chair of Department of Anesthesia
June - Childrens Miracle Network broadcast
June - Susie Frum Jimisons bequest of $2 million to BRNI announced
July - WVU recruits two top scientists, names biomedical research leaders
July - WVU Dept. of Emergency Medicine staffs United Hospital Center Emergency Department
July - Roger Eitelman named CEO of WVU Hospitals-East
August - Wyeth commits $12 million to WVU biosciences research
August - WVU Hospitals named to AARP “Top Employers” list
September - James G. Arbogast, M.D., named Family Medicine chair
September - NIH Awards $10 million to WVU Sensory Neurosciences researchers
September - WVU establishes temporary clinic at Camp Dawson for Katrina evacuees
September - WVUH named to “Working Mothers” best employers list
October - WVUH earns “Magnet” recognition from national nurses group
October - Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute study of bryostatin released by National Academy of Sciences
October - WVU and state agencies finalize $24 million funding plan for research space
October - National Institutes of Health, Benedum Foundation fund $800,000 in end-of-life care research and programs
November - WVU Hospitals opens $75 million clinical expansion including new surgical suites and intensive care units
November - WVU and National Kidney Foundation launch Kidney Early Evaluation Program
November - WVU Childrens Hospital Radiothon sets donation record
November - Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center marks renewal of level one status
December - Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center acquires DNA sequencer
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For more information:
Bill Case, HSC News Service, (304) 293-7087
casew@rcbhsc.wvu.edu
bc:12-20-05
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