Author Archives: Heather Maurer

Parents, pediatricians differ on key concepts of partnership

Researchers in the Department of Pediatrics at the Boonshoft School of Medicine reported their findings in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Continue reading

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Seminar to address elder care

The Boonshoft School of Medicine Center for Healthy Communities HealthLink and the Ohio Statewide Area Health Education Centers Region IV will sponsor “Elder Care: A Coordinated Team Approach to Improve Outcomes” on Dec. 9. Continue reading

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Boonshoft School of Medicine approved for an award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Researchers led by the Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine will run a project focused on better understanding the health perspectives of Ohio’s refugee populations. Continue reading

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Wright State Physicians to offer educational session about bariatric surgery

Joon Shim, a fellowship-trained, minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon with Wright State Physicians Surgery, will give her talk on Nov. 15 in the Wright State Physicians Health Center. Continue reading

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Future physician-scientist fascinated by the brain and neurosurgery

Phil Walker, a first-year medical student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, is pursuing an M.D./Ph.D. dual degree. Continue reading

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Researchers study nonpharmaceutical fentanyl abuse

Boonshoft School of Medicine researchers receive $407,814 two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse. Continue reading

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Wright State Physicians Family Medicine offers medical acupuncture services at the Wright State Physicians Health Center

Cynthia Olsen, director of acupuncture services at Wright State Physicians Family Medicine, is accepting new patients. Continue reading

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From Horizons in Medicine program to medical school

The Boonshoft School of Medicine’s Horizons in Medicine Program made medical student Yasamine Edwards believe she could become a doctor. Continue reading

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Boonshoft School of Medicine student receives AMA Foundation Physicians of Tomorrow Award

Kevin Purcell is the fifth Boonshoft School of Medicine student to receive the American Medical Association Foundation award since 2012. Continue reading

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‘In the Shadow of the Reich: Nazi Medicine’ to be presented Oct. 19

Part of the Wright State University Medicine and the Holocaust Community Seminar and Film Series, the documentary examines how medical doctors contributed to the Holocaust. Continue reading

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