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 Cookout for the Cure is May 22 — The
14th annual Cookout for the Cure, scheduled for
May 22 in Fleet Recreation Park, combines a
barbecue grilling competition and musical
entertainment to benefit the EVMS Diabetes
Center.
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Dr. William Magee to speak at graduation —
William P. Magee Jr., D.D.S., M.D., co-founder
of Operation Smile, will give the keynote
address at EVMS commencement exercises May 17,
at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk. The ceremony begins
at 10 a.m. EVMS will award graduate or doctoral
level degrees to 283 medical and health
professions students. The school also will
present an honorary degree to Paul Schellhammer,
M.D., a pioneer in prostate cancer research..
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Norfolk hosts national surgical
assistants meeting — Surgical assistants
from around the country converged on Norfolk
April 25-26 for the annual conference of the
National Surgical Assistant Association (NSAA).
On hand for the opening night awards banquet were
EVMS surgical assistant (S.A.) students, in
front, from left: Patrick Bojanowski, Melissa
Alverson, Michael Brasko, Jessica Burns, Amanda
Burnette, Janneise Davis, Wesley Mitchell and
Brooke Lane. At far right is Ruth Helein, NSAA
executive director. In the back row, from left,
are: David Jennette, president of the Virginia
Association of Surgical Assistants, faculty
member and graduate of the EVMS S.A. program;
Carl Yaeckel, faculty preceptor and a founder of
NSAA; Karen Owen Powell, faculty member; Daniel
Baird, NSAA president; and Clint Crews, EVMS
S.A. program director. The first National
Certified Surgical Assistant Week was celebrated
April 20-26.
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Physician Assistant student Amanda Boyd
talks with a child at Chesterfield
Academy about the importance of wearing
a helmet.
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EVMS programs hold community health events —
Students and faculty from two EVMS programs
recently held events aimed at boosting community
health and safety awareness. The first- and
second-year M.D. students organized the annual
Community Care Day, and the Physician Assistant
program put on its first-ever Children's Health
Fair at Chesterfield Academy.
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EVMS M.D. students Patrick Cronyn (left),
Branden Reid (front) and Patrick Finlea
were some of the race's pacesetters from
the start. They finished second overall.
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EVMS program hosts wilderness medicine race
— Thirty-six teams from along the East Coast
spent a dreary Saturday trudging the woods of
Newport News for the third annual MedWAR
(Medical Wilderness Adventure Racing) held in
Hampton Roads. The EVMS emergency medicine
residency program sponsored the race, and six of
the three-person teams included EVMS students or
residents. Other teams came from schools such as
Johns Hopkins University, New York Medical
College, Duke University and the University of
Virginia, among others.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences’ Christian Medical Association team
finished the grueling race with a final time
just over 7 hours, 15 minutes including penalty
time. EVMS’ “Not Sure Yet” trio of Branden Reid,
Patrick Finkley and Patrick Cronyn came in a
close second.
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