Author Archives: Cindy Young

Orthopaedic surgery faculty member named co-chair of Operation Smile Burns Program

Michael Johnson, M.D., will work to help individuals in developing areas of the world who suffer from correctable burn-related deformities. Continue reading

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Boonshoft School of Medicine student Laura Thornhill awarded MAP International Medical Fellowship

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Thornhill will participate in a two-month-long international rotation at Bongolo Hospital in Lebamba, Gabon. Continue reading

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Yaklic named acting chair of Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Yaklic has been a full-time faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for more than six years, where he has served as medical director for Wright State Physicians Women’s Health Care. Continue reading

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Patch Adams, M.D., to deliver Boonshoft School of Medicine commencement address

Ninety-five graduates will receive their hard-earned medical degrees at 32nd commencement this evening

The 95 members of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine class of 2012 will be awarded M.D. degrees during the school’s commencement ceremony on May 25. Continue reading

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BSOM to host advance screening of HBO’s “The Weight of the Nation”

Four-film documentary series and panel discussion addressing national obesity epidemic

Free and open to the public, this four-film series addresses our country’s obesity epidemic. Continue reading

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Area dermatologists to offer free skin cancer screenings May 7-11

Free screenings offered by appointment only at locations throughout the region

Morning and afternoon appointments will be available at several locations throughout the region. Continue reading

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Calamityville to host national AFRL Engineering Challenge Competition

Three service academies and 17 universities will compete to build and demonstrate device to scale 60 ft. wall

Students from 17 universities and three service academies will design, fabricate and demonstrate a system to scale buildings or mountain faces under a variety of conditions. Continue reading

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BSOM students to hold food drive April 7-14

Students will collect items on campus; visit area neighborhoods to support The Foodbank
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Wright State University medical students are supporting the local community by organizing a food drive for The Foodbank, Inc. Continue reading

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Peter K. Lauf, M.D., professor emeritus, physiology & biophysics, pathology, has been selected by the American Physiological Society to participate in its “Living Legends in Physiology History” project. The Society encourages its members to interview senior physiologists at their institutions … Continue reading

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“Sister M.D.” to speak at the Boonshoft School of Medicine March 30

Sister Mary Diana Dreger, O.P., M.D., will discuss the practice of virtue in the practice of medicine
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Sister Mary Diana Dreger 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. Continue reading

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