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MORGANTOWN, W.VA. – People in the Charleston area and southern West Virginia will now have expanded and more convenient access to the advanced cardiac care provided by the West Virginia University (WVU) Heart and Vascular Institute with the acquisition of two Charleston-area cardiology practices – Mountaineer Cardiology and Stanton Cardiology Center – by University Health Associates, the Read More…
Program has welcomed nearly 150 new West Virginians, maintained 98% retention rate. Charleston, WV (November 29, 2022) — Ascend West Virginia, the nation’s premier talent attraction and retention program, today announced its addition of the Greater Elkins community to the program. Founded by West Virginia native Brad D. Smith and his wife Alys, Ascend WV will Read More…
Peer-reviewed research published in Journal of Neurosurgery MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A groundbreaking study led by the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) demonstrating the safety and feasibility of using focused ultrasound technology to open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease has been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Neurosurgery. The RNI team’s research Read More…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Radiation oncologists at the WVU Cancer Institute are the first in the state to implement PluvictoTM (lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan), a new treatment for metastatic prostate-specific membrane antigen-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (PSMA-positive mCRPC), which has spread to other parts of the body and has been resistant to other treatments. “Prostate cancer is the second leading Read More…
