Cabell Huntington Hospital Breast Health Center Adds Next Level of Breast Imaging with 3D Mammography

Women who undergo routine mammograms at the Cabell Huntington Hospital Breast Health Center now have the latest screening and diagnostic technology available to them. Cabell Huntington Hospital’s Breast Health Center now offers patients the Selenia® Dimensions® 3D digital mammography system from Hologic. The Cabell Huntington Hospital Breast Health Center is Huntington’s only breast center accredited…

Cabell Huntington Hospital Again Ranked #1 in Quality in WV and the Tri-State for Hip and Knee Replacement

Cabell Huntington Hospital has once again been ranked #1 in West Virginia in quality for hip and knee replacement surgery and is the only hospital in the Huntington/Ashland/Ironton area to receive top joint replacement ratings with five stars out of five from Healthgrades, the nation’s leading independent hospital quality ratings organization. These continued successes in…

Dr. Roberto Kusminsky Named Chair of WVU Charleston Division Department of Surgery

Dr. Roberto Kusminsky MD, FACS, MPH has been named chairman of the West Virginia University Charleston Division department of Surgery. A board certified general surgeon, Dr. Kusminsky received his medical degree at the University of Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He completed a surgical internship and residency training at the Hospital of the University…

Poison Center Director Selected for National Award

Elizabeth Scharman, PharmD, professor in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Department of Clinical Pharmacy –Charleston, was selected as the recipient of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology’s (AACT) 2012 Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Scharman received the honor at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology meeting in early…

Dr. Ahmed Dahshan Named to U.S. News and World Report “Top Doctors” Listing

Dr. Ahmed Dahshan, MD, FAAP, FACG of the WVU Charleston Division department of pediatrics has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 listing of “Top Doctors” by U.S. News and World Report. Compiled through a peer nomination process and review, U.S. News and World Report’s Top Doctors was developed in collaboration with Castle Connolly Medical…

Dr. Safina Kureshi Receives Honors at CHEST Conference

A poster presentation, entitled, “Respiratory Distress Secondary to Toxocariasis” by Ravdeep Kaur, MS IV, Keyur Patel, PGY IV, and Safina Kureshi, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary, (with acknowledgements to Kevin Maupin, M.D., Raheel Khan, M.D. and Matthew Thomas, PGY III, Chief Resident in Pediatrics) was awarded 1st place for best case presentation in…