SUMMER CME SEMINAR WRAP-UP
     Nearly 140 alumni attended the 2010 WVSOM Summer Seminar June 16-19 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. 
     The WVSOM Foundation "Double Dollar Donors" campaign drew 45 donations from WVSOM alumni. Acting President Michael Adelmen, D.O., J.D., and his wife Cheryl Adelman, D.P.M, J.D., matched each donation up to $250. The campaign raised more than $20,000 for student scholarships during the seminar. For more information about this and other donation opportunities, contact Sally Cooper at (304) 647-6374 or scooper@osteo.wvsom.edu.
     Several WVSOM Alumni spoke at the CME portion of the event. Dona Leskuski, D.O. (Class of 2002), Heather Ratliff, D.O. (Class of 2004), Dave Pucci, D.O. (Class of 2004), Adrienne Coopey, D.O. (Class of 2001), Jason Genin, D.O. (Class of 2007), Jim Lebolt, D.O. (Class of 2001), Mark Waddell, D.O. (Class of 1990), and Tom Asher, D.O. (Class of 1987), spoke in sessions.
     WVSOM faculty members David Beatty, D.O., Craig Boisvert, D.O., and Andrea Nazar, D.O., taught sessions. Clinical Evaluation Center employees Sabrina McKinney, Angie Amick and Teddy Hamrick also were on hand to demonstrate the WVSOM human patient simulators.
     The next WVSOM Summer CME Seminar will be June 15-18, 2011. For more information about future WVSOM Alumni Association events, contact Shannon Warren at (304) 647-6382 or swarren@osteo.wvsom.edu.
 
LIFE SAVING MEASURES
    Kevin Ragosta, D.O., Class of 1981, is featured in an episode of "Monster Inside Me" on the Animal Planet television network.
     The episode, called "Cold Blooded Killers," details how Dr. Ragosta saved the life of a nine-year-old boy who contracted encephalitis from the Acanthamoeba parasite after swimming in a lake. To learn more, visit the Animal Planet page on Discovery.com. 
     The often fatal condition was reversed after Ragosta induced a coma in the boy for 30 days and successfully treated the infection.
     Ragosta is a pediatrician in Syracuse, N.Y.

NEW EMPLOYEES
     Wayne Miller, Ph.D., is the new Director for the Center for Obesity and Related Diseases. He began work at WVSOM on June 28.
     Dr. Miller holds a Master's degree in Exercise Physiology from Utah State University and a Doctorate in Exercise Physiology from Brigham Young University.  Dr. Miller comes to WVSOM from George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where he served as professor and chair of the Department of Exercise Science in the School of Public Health and Health Services. 
    

     Jill Cochran, MSN, RN-C, FNP, is a new faculty instructor in the Department of Clinical Sciences. She began work at WVSOM on July 1. 
     A nurse practitioner and educator for many years, Cochran is in the process of completing her doctoral education in clinical research with the West Virginia University School of Nursing in Morgantown, W.Va.  She has been an employee of the Robert C. Byrd Clinic for 10 years and was the first nurse practitioner hired by the RCB Clinic.