John McCabe | Apr 7, 2021
Meet Albert Wright Previously chief operating officer of WVU Medicine, CEO of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Senior-level administrator at UPMC in Pittsburgh and Ohio Health in Columbus Master’s degree in health administration from the Ohio State University Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Florida Married, four children
WHEELING The wait was worth it for Albert Wright.
As president and CEO of WVU Medicine in Morgantown, the “academic health system of the land-grant university of the state of West Virginia,” Wright said it’s long been a goal of the health system to gain entry into the Northern Panhandle and Upper Ohio Valley markets. That initially came to fruition a few years ago with the acquisition of WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, and was further cemented with the addition of WVU Medicine Wetzel County Hospital.
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Looking around Wheeling Hospital, its inclusion into the West Virginia University Health System is obvious.
The “Flying WV,” the logo synonymous with WVU, can be found prominently and abundantly. Yet, Wheeling Hospital CEO Douglass Harrison said that the hospital joining the WVU team is much more than a cosmetic change. It’s a change that he feels will benefit Wheeling and the Ohio Valley immediately and well into the future.
“You’re joining a world-class academic health center and health system,” Harrison said. “As a part of that, WVU medicine will provide the resources necessary to make sure Wheeling Hospital is successful. If you look around our system, every hospital that we’ve brought in, if you look from day one and look through a three-year scope, you’ve seen growth.
March 12, 2021
Phoebe Tham, a 4th year medical student in the Elson. S Floyd College of Medicine, talks to a standardized patient.
The WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is hosting its first Match Day ceremony for the inaugural class of medical students that will graduate this spring at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 19.
Match Day is a major milestone for 4
th year medical students in which the National Resident Matching Program notifies graduating medical students across the country about which residency program they have been “matched” to. For several months, students have been applying and interviewing for these coveted spots in their medical specialties of choice. At exactly 9 a.m. PST on the third Friday in March, every medical student across the nation learns where they will spend the next 3–7 years of their medical training.
WSU research shows COVID-19 impacting eastern Washington more than rest of state
January 22, 2021 1:15 PM Erin Robinson
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Mikala Compton
SPOKANE, Wash. Coronavirus morbidity and mortality data compiled at Washington State University show apparent inequities among people of color and those in rural areas, including eastern Washington.
Now, WSU Health Science experts want to offer their assistance and expertise to ensure equity in distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Experts want state leaders to prioritize vaccination for underrepresentated minority populations with the intent of saving lives, reducing health disparities and easing the burdern on health care systems. Advocates also want rural populations to be given the same consideration.