West Virginia Medical Journal - 2026 - Quarter 1 | Page 6

CONTENTS

NEWS

10 AMA Delegate Report
14 Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
28 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
30 West Virginia University School of Medicine

SCIENTIFIC

16 Empowering Rural High School Students in West Virginia Through Interactive Preventive Health Modules
22 Complications After Ileostomy Reversal: Internal Hernia and Volvulus in a Gardner Syndrome Patient with Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis
25 Rapid Resolution of Psoriatic Arthritis Symptoms Following Initiation of a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist

INSIDE WVSMA

6 Editor’ s Letter: Reading Deficits in West Virginia Impacting Medical School Admissions
8 Message from the President
32 West Virginia State Medical Association Manuscript Guidelines
* The research included in any editorial labeled“ News” has not been peer reviewed by the West Virginia Medical Journal Publications Committee.