WSU College of Medicine adds new deans
By Doug Nadvornick, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine SPOKANE, Wash. – The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has hired two new administrators.
Medical Health
WSU program ensures bodies for medical study
By Doug Nadvornick, College of Medicine SPOKANE, Wash. – The new Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University is procuring the resources it will need once it receives permission to admit students.
FDA ruling on folic acid could reduce anencephaly
RICHLAND, Wash. – A Washington State University nursing instructor says the recent announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowing folic acid to be fortified in corn-masa flour may help reduce the number of infants born without brains.
Advisor helps nurse practitioner serve small community
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC MONTESANO, Wash. – One day Laura Raykowski, a nurse practitioner and owner of Hometown Family Health, walked out of an exam room to see her office manager talking to an indigent patient about billing.
WSU medical college notified of upcoming accreditation visit
By Doug Nadvornick, College of Medicine SPOKANE, Wash. – The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has been granted “candidate” status by its accrediting agency, which will send representatives to visit Washington State University Spokane this spring or summer.
Feb. 1-March 11: African American surgeons focus of exhibit
By Lorraine Nelson, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – A traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine featuring the contributions of African American academic surgeons to medicine and medical education will be at the Washington State University Spokane library Feb. 1-March 11 for Black History Month in February.
College of Medicine hires new administrators
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has hired three new administrators to the Washington State University Spokane campus.
WSU submits materials to medical accreditation agency
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University took a huge step toward accreditation today. College administrators uploaded foundational documents to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, or LCME, the national accrediting agency for allopathic medical schools in the U.S. and Canada.
Avista Corp. gives to Floyd medical education fund
By Terren Roloff, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – Avista Corp. has contributed $25,000 to the Dr. Elson S. Floyd Medical Education Founders Fund to honor the memory of the late Washington State University president’s vision and courage.
WSU Regents to hold regular meeting in Pullman Sept. 17, 18
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Board of Regents of Washington State University will hold a regularly scheduled meeting Sept. 17 and 18 on the WSU Pullman campus, Compton Union Building, Room 204, to consider action items, including a proposal to re-name the WSU College of Medical Science, a proposal to approve formation of a presidential search […]