Department of Psychiatry assistant professor recognized with highest award in aerospace medicine

The Aerospace Medical Association named Col. Kent McDonald, M.D., the recipient of the Raymond F. Longacre Award, the highest award in aerospace medicine, for advancing the understanding of aviator personality, unique environmental stressors, and their impact on optimal performance.

The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) has honored Gary L. LeRoy, M.D., with its 2014 Family Medicine Educator of the Year Award.

LeRoy has been practicing medicine for 22 years. He serves as associate dean for student affairs and admissions and associate professor of family medicine at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, and as a staff physician at Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton/East Dayton Health Center.

Alan P. Marco, M.D., M.M.M., FACPE, president and CEO of Wright State Physicians, was one of three new members to be elected to the 2014-2015 board of directors of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE).

Marco also serves as associate dean for faculty and clinical affairs at the Boonshoft School of Medicine.

The ACPE's board nominating committee reviewed more than 60 applications. The nominating committee selected Marco and two other candidates, and APCE members overwhelming approved the nominees in an online election in March.

Timothy Broderick, M.D., has been named chief scientist at the Wright State Research Institute (WSRI), where he will be responsible for growing the institute’s portfolio for basic and applied research and development.

A massive stroke at age 28 gives neuroscientist Debra Ann Mayes unique insight into recovering from nerve damage

When she was seven years old, Debra Ann Mayes found a daddy longlegs with a couple of legs missing. She kept it alive in the backyard of her home in the Ohio River town of Jeffersonville, Indiana, feeding it flies. When the insect’s legs grew back, she was amazed.

The largest Ebola epidemic in history began with the death of a small boy named Emile in southern Guinea near the borders of Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa.

The culmination of four intense years of sacrifice, sleepless nights, dedication, and just plain hard work pay off in an instant when the Match Day envelope is opened, Kimberly Grannis and her husband, Mike, react when they learn where she will spend the next years of her life as a resident physician. Photo by Will Jones

A year ago, Melanie Raffoul, M.D., was the chief resident of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Family Residency Program. But today, she is working on health policy and teaching at Georgetown University as one of two people nationwide selected for the 2014-15 Robert L. Phillips Jr. Health Policy Fellowship, a joint research and clinical fellowship program between the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care and Georgetown University.

From fixing cars to fixing people: Aaron Palmer learns auto repair to pave the way to medical school

Aaron Palmer never dreamed he would be at the Boonshoft School of Medicine studying to become a surgeon.

Ruth Jocelyn Claros, a second-year medical student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, was one of 12 medical students nationwide selected for the American Society of Hematology 2014 Minority Medical Student Award Program.

In March 2014, 102 graduating Boonshoft School of Medicine students learned where they will pursue their residency training.

Gathered with family and friends at the Wright State University Student Union, the students took part in the national event that has become a rite of passage.

Wright State students match in outstanding programs in Dayton, throughout Ohio, and across the country, including the Cleveland Clinic, University of California at San Francisco, Duke University, the Mayo Clinic, University of Pennsylvania, and New York Presbyterian-Columbia.

The Boonshoft School of Medicine welcomed 110 new students during the Convocation and White Coat Ceremony last July, formally marking the start of their medical education.

During the ceremony, students took their first oath of professional medical ethics, concluding with the words, “I commit myself to a lifelong journey of learning how to cure, relieve, and comfort with humility and compassion.”

Each student also received a white coat—a traditional symbol of the medical profession—personalized with his or her name and the medical school patch.

Jane Lynch, M.D., '84, on the frontlines attacking type 2 diabetes in children, youth

When Jane Lynch attended Oakwood High School in Dayton, a friend of hers had type 1 diabetes. She knew when her friend needed insulin. She would look for signs of low blood sugar—sweating, shakiness, weakness, hunger, or confusion.

Her friend’s diabetes sparked her interest in the disease. As an undergraduate at Indiana University, she majored in microbiology and genetics. Her advisor persuaded her to apply to medical school to become a medical researcher.

W.J. “Jack” Lewis, M.D., clinical professor emeritus of family medicine at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, died on April 5, 2014. He was 89.

He was part of a group of people who were involved in the development of the medical school in the early 1970s. Passionate about medical education, he was thrilled to be a part of a new kind of medical school— one that emphasized primary care education. He enjoyed teaching ethics to medical students.

Robert (Bob) Weisman, Ph.D., passed away on July 2, 2014, at age 77. As a department chair, associate dean, interim dean, and consummate faculty member, Weisman served the university and the medical school for more than 30 years.

Weisman was recruited as the inaugural chair of the Department of Biochemistry, joining Wright State as professor and chair of the department in January 1977. Previously, he held faculty positions at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Dieter E. Nevels, M.B.A., has been appointed executive director and chief financial officer of the Boonshoft School of Medicine. He replaced John Bale, M.Acc., who retired after 28 years of service to the medical school.

Nevels has almost 30 years of broad-based experience in all aspects of corporate and medical school finance and business operations, ranging from strategic planning and analysis to valuations of merger/acquisition targets.