Three WVU Medicine Leaders Among State’s ‘Wonder Women’
Congratulations to Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, MD, Jennifer Knight Davis, MD, and Amy L. Bush, BSN, MBA, RN, CNOR on being named 2021 West Virginia Wonder Women by WV Living Magazine.
Dr. Hazard serves as the director of the WVU Cancer Institute; Dr. Knight-Davis, director of the WVU Medicine Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center; and Bush, chief operating officer at WVU Medicine Children’s.
According to the magazine, “Since 2014, WV Living magazine has been honoring West Virginia Wonder Women, amazing women who are raising the bar in their communities, serving as beacons of light in their industries, and forcing change for the greater good. WV Living is proud to celebrate these Appalachian mothers, millennials, and mavens proving that in a time full of uncertainty, divisiveness, and hate, love for one another is all we really need. No need for bulletproof bracelets or a golden lasso of truth – these women are creating a better West Virginia with their can-do attitudes and Mountain State spirit.”
Equipment donation offers non-opioid pain relief for WVU Cancer Institute patients
The WVU Cancer Institute is exploring an innovative non-opioid alternative to relieve chronic pain caused by cancer treatments thanks to a generous equipment donation from The American Foundation for Opioid Alternatives (TAFFOA).
TAFFOA’s Sarah Dickinson and Chaz Jannuzi (from left) delivered non-opioid pain management equipment to Dr. Richard Vaglienti to benefit patients at the WVU Cancer Institute. Match One Medical Territory Manager Matt Royle (far right) joined them to demonstrate how the equipment is used.
TAFFOA Executive Director and WVU alumna Sarah Dickinson worked with Richard Vaglienti, M.D., clinical director of the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management, to provide a generator and 20 compression therapy devices – equipment valued at nearly $14,000. Dr. Vaglienti said the devices offer variable hot, cold, and compression therapy that will be used to treat peripheral neuropathy in cancer patients.
Chemotherapy drugs, radiation, and other cancer treatments can cause peripheral neuropathy by damaging nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms may include pain, tingling, burning, cramps, weakness, and other uncomfortable sensations in the hands and feet.
The donation is particularly meaningful to Jannuzi and Vaglienti because it supports the Dr. Rodney B. Dayo Cancer Pain Research Fund at WVU. Vaglienti and Yeshvant Navalgund, M.D., established the fund to support better pain treatment for cancer patients after Dayo, a friend and colleague, lost his battle with brain cancer in 2013.
Lemonade Stand Supports the Comfort Fund
Keisha Bullough, a physician's assistant who addresses pain management issues with oncology patients wanted to encourage her daughter to give back. So they worked together on a neighborhood lemonade stand raising $70 for the Comfort Fund at the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center. This fund provides short-term financial assistance on a temporary basis for qualifying patients who are undergoing treatment at the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center. Keisha’s daughter Anna, along with Anjali and Maya Manahan participated in the event.
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