Three new transplant surgeons expand transplant services and research at Miami Valley Hospital

Three new transplant surgeons have joined the Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) Transplant Center and the faculty of the Boonshoft School of Medicine.

The new Wright State Physicians (WSP) medical office building recently constructed on the Wright State campus has opened ahead of schedule, with the first tenants moving in in June. The facility will provide much-needed medical care for the residents of Clark, Montgomery, and Greene Counties.

To become excellent physicians, medical students must master the science of medicine. But they also must learn the art of healing, which is a much more subtle skill.

The patient presented with vague symptoms of fatigue.

“I was running three miles, three times a week,” the soft-spoken man explained. “Now after about a mile, I’m ready to cash it in. I just don’t have the stamina, I guess.”

Larry Lawhorne’s Patient-Centered Medical Home pilot project takes a team approach to managing care for patients with dementia

For the caregiver of someone suffering from dementia, help can seem far away in the middle of the night.

So it was recently for a woman whose husband, instead of sleeping, suddenly decided he had to go somewhere. Larry Lawhorne, M.D., described the episode involving an unnamed patient and his wife.

The class of 2012 kicked up their heels following this year’s Match Day celebration, casting off their white coats to dance to the music of Nicki Minaj, Kelly Clarkson, and Outasight—during the first ever Match Day flash mob dance at the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Photographer: Will Jones

In February, the Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State Research Institute, and Premier Health Partners announced a new clinical trials initiative to increase medical research opportunities for physicians and clinicians and boost access to clinical trials in the Dayton region.

School was out for the day. The children slumped around a tiny television, its flickering images dancing on their vacant faces.

It was just another afternoon at the St. Vincent de Paul Gateway Shelter for Women and Families.

But there was one difference that day. A student in the Wright State University biomedical sciences Ph.D. program was touring the Dayton shelter. And the image of children idle and listless would burn in his brain, clawing at his conscience.

So Eric Romer brought it up with Wright State medical student Adam Deardorff one day during lunch.

On March 16, 95 graduating Boonshoft School of Medicine students joined medical students nationwide to learn where they will pursue residency training.

Gathered with family, friends, and other supporters in the Student Union Apollo Room on the Wright State campus, the students took part in a national event that has become a rite of passage for those on the brink of becoming physicians.

Robert Fyffe, Ph.D., Jerome Yaklic, M.D., and Kenneth J. Gaines, M.D., M.B.A. take new positions.

Career success can sometimes sabotage a happy marriage — and vice versa. But for Dominic Bagnoli, M.D., and Vivian von Gruenigen, M.D., the two go hand in hand.

We’re proud of our alumni and want to spread the word about your achievements. If you have professional news or personal updates to share—or simply want to stay in touch—please contact the Office of Advancement at som_adv@wright.edu or (937) 775-2972.

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Herman Hobohm, M.D., is now the medical director and plant physician for General Motors in Parma, Ohio.