2012 News Releases from Boonshoft School of Medicine
Advance Screening of HBO’s “The Weight of the Nation” at the Boonshoft School of Medicine
(May 10, 2012) By 2030, 42 percent of adults in the United States will be obese, up from 36 percent today, according to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health departments in the United States. To bring this topic to light, the Boonshoft School of Medicine Physician Leadership Development Program and the Gamma Alpha Chapter Delta Omega public health honor society are presenting an advance screening of the HBO documentary series “The Weight of the Nation.”
Dayton Pediatricians present at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
(April 27, 2012) 20 representatives from Children’s Medical Center of Dayton and WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine will showcase their original research to 7,500 pediatricians at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2012 Annual Meeting in Boston, April 28-May 1.
Area dermatologists offer free skin cancer screenings May 7-11
(April 11, 2012) Local dermatologists will offer free skin cancer screenings to promote early detection and prevention of skin cancers during the week of May 7-11. Morning and afternoon appointments will be available at several locations throughout the region. Because space is limited, appointments are required.
Former Dean William D. Sawyer, M.D., has died
(April 2, 2012) William D. Sawyer, M.D., the second dean of Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, died in Georgetown, Texas, on March 20, at the age of 82. Dr. Sawyer served as medical school dean at Wright State from 1980 to 1987.
NCMR-Calamityville to host AFRL's University Challenge
(April 2, 2012) Military forces have been looking for new ways to scale fortress walls since the Greek army laid siege to the city of Troy during the Trojan War in the twelfth century B.C. And for one week in April, engineering students from the three service academies and universities across the nation will descend on Wright State’s Calamityville to take up the challenge.
Peter K. Lauf, M.D., named 'Living Legend'
(April 1, 2012) Peter K. Lauf, M.D., emeritus professor of pathology and University Professor, has been selected by the American Physiological Society to participate in its "Living Legends in Physiology History" project. Lauf, who served as chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics from 1985 until 2003, will be interviewed for the project this fall.
Boonshoft School of Medicine students to hold canned food drive April 7-14
(March 30, 2012) Wright State University medical students are supporting the local community by organizing a food drive for The Foodbank, Inc. Student volunteers will visit neighborhoods near the Wright State campus beginning Saturday, April 7, to hand out flyers and inform residents about the event. They will return on Saturday, April 14, from noon to 6 p.m., to collect donations of non-perishable food items.
Sister Mary Diana Dreger, OP, M.D., to speak at Boonshoft School of Medicine March 30
(March 27, 2012) In a world in which the secular and sacred seem increasingly polarized, Sister Mary Diana Dreger, OP, M.D., a Dominican nun and practicing physician, will show how a return to Judeo-Christian virtues in medical practice is essential if medicine is to retain its historic spirit of life-affirmation and healing. She will speak on Friday, March 30, from 6 to 8 p.m., in the Gandhi Auditorium of White Hall on the Wright State campus.
Boonshoft School of Medicine class of 2012 participates in Match Day
(March 16, 2012) Graduating medical students learned today which residency programs they will enter after receiving their medical degrees in May. The number of Wright State graduates choosing to enter primary care jumped substantially, with those choosing family medicine up nearly 78 percent over 2011. More than one third of the Wright State graduates will remain in Ohio during residency, and more than half will enter a primary care field.
NCMR partners with USAF School of Aerospace Medicine to conduct training and research
(March 1, 2012) Wright State University’s National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, U.S. School of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Expeditionary Medical Skills Institute (USAFSAM/ETS) signed an Education Partnership Agreement today agreeing to collaborate on civilian/military disaster preparedness.
Boonshoft School of Medicine accepting applications for Horizons in Medicine
(Feb. 17, 2012) Wright State University is now taking applications for its 2012 Horizons in Medicine program, which will run June 11 through July 18. This unique program offers high school students, mostly from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds, the opportunity to see firsthand the science and delivery of health care that forms the foundation of a career in medicine.
National Center for Medical Readiness partners with state agency to ensure emergency preparedness
(Feb. 6, 2012) The National Center for Medical Readiness Tactical Laboratory will become the alternate site for the state of Ohio's emergency operations center as a result of an agreement signed today by the Ohio Department of Public Safety, the Ohio Emergency Management Agency and NCMR.
WSU and Premier Health Partners announce clinical research initiative
(Feb. 1, 2012) Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State Research Institute and Premier Health Partners today announced the formation of the Wright State University & Premier Health Partners Clinical Trials Research Alliance to increase medical research opportunities for physicians and clinicians and boost access to clinical trials in the Dayton region.
Larry Lawhorne, M.D., selected for new Innovation Advisors Program
(Jan. 24, 2012) Larry Lawhorne, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Geriatrics, has been selected to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Advisors Program. The initiative, launched by the CMS Innovation Center in October 2011, will help health professionals deepen skills that will drive improvements to patient care and reduce costs.
Kenneth J. Gaines, M.D., M.B.A., to chair new Department of Neurology
(Jan. 18, 2012) Following a nationwide search, the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine has named Kenneth J. Gaines, M.D., M.B.A., chair of its new Department of Neurology, effective May 1, 2012. He will also serve as professor of neurology in the Boonshoft School of Medicine and as director of special projects: clinical neuroscience development at Premier Health Partners.
Three new transplant surgeons expand transplant services and research at Miami Valley Hospital
(Jan. 17, 2012) Residents of the Dayton region needing organ transplants will now have access to even more organ transplantation services with the addition of three new transplant surgeons to the Miami Valley Hospital Transplant Center and the faculty of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.
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