Cabell Huntington Hospital Welcomes Al-Joyoussi to Staff

Randa Nazem Al-Jayoussi, MD, a fellowship-trained and board-certified endocrinologist, has joined Cabell Huntington Hospital, Marshall Internal Medicine and the Chertow Diabetes Center at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Al-Jayoussi is an experienced endocrinologist who earned her medical degree at Jordan University in Amman, Jordan and completed residency training at Lincoln Medical…

Charleston Program Joins in National Week to bring Awareness to Eating Disorders

The West Virginia University Disordered Eating Center in Charleston, W.Va. is joining the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) this week as it marks National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAwareness Week), Feb. 23 – March 1, in an annual campaign to bring public attention to the critical needs of people with eating disorders and their families. During NEDAwareness…

Interprofessional Education Helps Marshall University Health Care Students Learn Team-Based Approach

Several hundred health care students at Marshall University, including students at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine as well as the schools of Pharmacy and Physical Therapy and the College of Health Professions, are learning collaborative team skills through a series of interprofessional education sessions aimed at introducing them to team-based health care. “We…

COPD Topic of Community Seminar

University Healthcare and the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division will sponsor a community mini-medical school program on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, commonly referred to as COPD. The seminar will be held on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. in the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center on the Berkeley Medical…

WVSU Creators Program Workshops Target Filmmakers, Musicians

The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Economic Development Center (EDC) announces the latest Creators Program workshops targeting filmmakers and musicians. On Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7:15 p.m., filmmaker and author Eric Douglas will screen his documentary “West Virginia Voices of War” and discuss the tools and skills needed for “backpack” documentary production. Backpack production is…

Thomas Health System Welcomes Ellertson

Thomas Health System would like to introduce David Ellertson, M.D., specializing in general and vascular surgery. Ellertson is a Board Certified Thoracic and General Surgeon specializing in all aspects of general, thoracic and vascular surgery, including endovascular procedures. In addition to endografts, he is trained in all areas of peripheral stenting. Ellertson is now accepting…