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Wehner named associate dean for medical school
HUNTINGTON -- Dr. Paulette S. Wehner has been named associate dean for graduate medical education at Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.
As associate dean, Wehner will coordinate and oversee Marshall's residency and fellowship training programs in cardiology, endocrinology, family medicine, internal medicine, medicine/pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedic surgery, pediatrics, pulmonary medicine and surgery.
"Dr. Wehner is one of our most valued faculty members," said Dr. Dean Charles H. McKown Jr., in a press release. "Her strong leadership over the past 12 years as director of Marshall's cardiovascular residency training program -- the only one within 120 miles of Huntington -- has assured outstanding preparation for cardiologists in training and contributed greatly to Marshall's ability to provide what we consider to be the best comprehensive cardiology services in our expanded region."
Wehner, who will continue as program director for Marshall's cardiovascular fellowship, is director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Cabell Huntington Hospital and medical director of the hospital's cardiac rehabilitation program. She also is medical director of the Women's Heart Institute at St. Mary's Medical Center. An active researcher, she is principal site investigator at St. Mary's for the VIRGO trial, a study being conducted in conjunction with Yale University to evaluate heart attacks in young women.
Since joining the Marshall faculty in 1995, Wehner has repeatedly received awards from medical students for her teaching, and she was named "Outstanding Program Director" in 2001. She is a member of the medical honorary society Alpha Omega Alpha, as well as a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, and the American College of Chest Physicians. She has been a member of Marshall's Academy of Medical Educators since its inception in 2004.
The Kingwood native is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and earned her medical degree at Marshall, where she also did her residency and fellowship training.
