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With the first semester over and students considering their options for the end of the academic year, many are enrolling as volunteers to gain valuable experience and improve their prospects for the competitive university and postgraduate application process. (PRWEB) January 09, 2013 It’s no secret the admissions procedures for medical schools across North America are becoming ever more testing and students are now facing tougher competition for places on their desired courses. An...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth has expanded its New Jersey presence through the acquisition of Northern Valley Anesthesiology, P.A. (NVA), and its related entities. TeamHealth recently commenced services at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, N.J., as well as five ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in northern New Jersey where NVA provides comprehensive anesthesia and pain management services through 33 anesthesiologists. "The...
MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Select Medical today announced that Samuel Hammerman, M.D., MMM, FCCP, has been named Chief Medical Officer for the company's division of 110 long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals. The LTAC hospitals operate as Select Specialty or Regency hospitals. Having previously served as medical director for two Select Specialty hospitals in Pennsylvania, as well as on the company's National Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Hammerman is...
On Thursday, November 15, the Florida Rural Health Association (FRHA) presented Dr. Udayashree Nune board-certified family practitioner of Quorum Health Resources (QHR) client hospital Hendry Regional Medical Center in Clewiston, Florida with the “2012 Rural Physician of the Year” at the FRHA Educational Summit event. Brentwood, TN (PRWEB) January 02, 2013 On Thursday, November 15, the Florida Rural Health Association (FRHA) presented Dr. Udayashree Nune board-certified family...
HAMDEN, Conn., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mark F. Yeckel has been appointed to the founding faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As an associate professor of medical sciences, Yeckel will coordinate the neuroscience curriculum and teach first and second-year students about the brain. He also will serve as co-coordinator for the basic, translational and clinical research capstone concentration. He also will chair the medical...
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nova Southeastern University's medical school recently expanded its international medical outreach programs to serve more developing nations with medical and humanitarian aid from medical students. Countries such as Vietnam have been added to the list of nations that already receive medical outreach from NSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM). Those nations include Jamaica, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina. In December,...
CLEVELAND, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals Case Medical Center has announced the recipients of the inaugural grant program focused at supporting the nation's best physician-scientists and their efforts to accelerate promising drug discoveries into novel treatments for patients. For the last decade, American medicine has been challenged in developing new drugs. Lacking government funding or adequate industry support, many...
ATLANTA, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, Dec. 6, Morehouse School of Medicine will unveil Georgia's first mobile clinical research unit at a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Louis M. Sullivan National Center for Primary Care upper plaza parking lot, located at 720 Westview Drive in Atlanta. This mobile unit is the first of its kind for the State and offers an opportunity for MSM researchers to access individuals in rural areas who would otherwise have...
HAMDEN, Conn., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Douglas McHugh has been named to the founding faculty of the Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As an assistant professor of medicine, McHugh will teach courses in pharmacology, neurosciences and statistics. Before coming to Quinnipiac, McHugh was an assistant scientist and visiting assistant professor of neurosciences in the Psychology Department at Indiana University. A native of Paisley, Scotland, he...
