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Marshall University Joan C . Edwards School of Medicine
Intermed Labs and Marshall Health Network Introduce Kneedle LLC
Kneedle is an innovative medical device designed to significantly enhance the detection of infections in joint replacement surgeries . The patent-pending device was co-invented by Ali Oliashirazi , MD , professor and chair of orthopaedic surgery at the Marshall University Joan C . Edwards School of Medicine ; Alisina Shahi , MD , an orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; and Intermed Labs . Kneedle addresses the persistent challenge in orthopaedic surgery of false negatives in infection detection post-joint replacement surgeries . Traditional methods can miss low-grade periprosthetic infections in up to 40 % of cases , leading to delays in treatment and higher complications , according to Oliashirazi . including two other rural residencies in psychiatry and surgery and fellowship programs in various specialties . To learn more about the rural internal medicine residency , visit jcesom . marshall . edu / rural-internal-medicine .
Image : Left to right , Stephen Roy , MD , program director and assistant professor ; Jennifer Calafato , DO , associate program director ; Paulette Wehner , MD , vice dean for education ; and Brittani Ruiz , program coordinator .
Marshall University Launches Latest Clinical Trial Cohort for Non-Opioid Treatment of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal
Image : Ali Oliashirazi , MD , Marshall Health orthopaedic surgeon and professor and chair of orthopaedics at the Marshall University Joan C . Edwards School of Medicine , showcases the knee joint area where the patent-pending device he co-invented will be used to more efficiently detect infections after joint replacement surgeries .
Marshall Rural Internal Medicine Residency Earns Accreditation
A new rural internal medicine residency program between the Marshall University Joan C . Edwards School of Medicine and Holzer Health System in Gallipolis , Ohio , has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ( ACGME ). This program is the first of its kind in West Virginia and third in the United States . ACGME has approved the three-year training program for four trainees per year , with a full complement of 12 residents once the program is fully implemented . The first cohort of trainees will begin in July 2025 .
The Joan C . Edwards School of Medicine and the Consortium now host a combined 28 residency and fellowship programs ,
A new clinical trial at the Marshall University Joan C . Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health Network aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral lofexidine , a non-opioid investigational medication , in newborns who suffer from neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome ( NOWS ) or neonatal abstinence syndrome due to prenatal exposure to opioids . Hoops Family Children ’ s Hospital , a member of Marshall Health Network , is the first hospital in the country to offer this non-opioid investigational treatment option for NOWS . For more information about the trial , please visit clinicaltrials . gov / study / NCT06047834 .
Marshall University Awarded $ 21 million NIH Grant for WV-INBRE to Advance Biomedical Research Across West Virginia
The Marshall University Joan C . Edwards School of Medicine has been awarded a five-year , $ 21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) to continue the West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence ( WV-INBRE ), now entering its 24th year . Since its inception , WV-INBRE has secured more than $ 92 million in funding for West Virginia , significantly strengthening the state ’ s biomedical research infrastructure and capacity . Marshall University serves as the lead institution , collaborating with West Virginia University and 14 other colleges and universities across the state to implement this initiative . With this new funding , Marshall University and its WV-INBRE partners
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