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WVU Medicine celebrates West Virginia Donor Day

WVU MEDICINE WVU Medicine joined Donate Life West Virginia and organizations around the state in celebration of West Virginia Donor Day on Monday. Hundreds of West Virginians are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. In West Virginia and across the country, there is a critical shortage of registered organ donors. West Virginia Donor Day is celebrated on Aug. 1 each year in recognition of the eight lives that can be saved by one organ donor. With about 500 West Virginians and more than 100,000 individuals nationally currently on the transplant waiting list, the need for ...

Mon Health Medical Center appoints new chief administrative officer

Mon Health Medical Center has announced that Krystal Atkinson, chief nursing executive and senior vice president of Mon Health System, has assumed the role of chief administrative officer. Atkinson is replacing previous chief administrative officer, Mark Gilliam. “I wish to personally ...

New addition to Mon Health’s Pulmonary Team

Mon Health System announced the addition of Dr. Jamil Ahmed to its team of physicians. Dr. Jamil Ahmed Ahmed will be practicing at the Mon Health Pulmonary locations in Morgantown and Fairmont. “Access to high quality medical care is paramount at Mon Health System. We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Ahmed as an essential addition to our medical staff and to our local communities,” said David Goldberg, president and CEO of Mon Health System. Ahmed graduated from Rawalpindi Medical College at Punjab University Lahore in Pakistan before completing his internal medicine ...

Preston Memorial Hospital celebrates 3 years of employee awards and service

KINGWOOD — Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital employees gathered to celebrate three years of employee awards and service at their annual employee banquet earlier this month at Alpine Lake Resort. Due to COVID-19 cancellations, employee service and awards from 2019, 2020 and 2021 were honored in the combined ceremony. Brandon McGinnis Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital Administration presented the 2021 Employee of the Year ward to Brandon McGinnis, Information Technology. Also announced was the 2021 ICARE Recipient of the Year, Donald Harmon, Physical Therapy. ICARE is ...

WVU student pharmacist recognized nationally for mental health research

A West Virginia University student pharmacist is one of 29 college students in the country to receive an award for her research. The American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education presented Michelle Grose, a third-year student at the WVU School of Pharmacy, with the Gateway to Research ...