James P. Boland, M.D., 80, of Charleston passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at home.
He was a surgeon, professor, and chairman of the Department of Surgery at West Virginia University Medical Center, Charleston, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
James was a member of the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston.
He retired as a captain from U.S. Navy Reserve in 1996.
James graduated from St. Joseph University and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa. He did his residency in surgery at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, followed by his fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery in Dallas, graduating in 1963.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Kathryn W. Boland; children, Helen Beatrice Boland of Williamsburg, Va., James P. (Madhulika) Boland of Aldie, Va., Kathryn B. "Kay" Hill of Raleigh, N.C., Sara B. (Joseph) Trepanier of Raleigh, N.C., M. Angela Boland (Brian Kreydatus) of Williamsburg, Va., and Genevieve M. Boland (Michael Steigman) of Boston, Mass.; brother, the Rev. Monsignor John P. Boland of Philadelphia, Pa.; and nine grandchildren. They had one deceased son who died as an infant, John Cleal Boland.
Those wishing to honor Dr. Boland may send donations (made payable to WVU Foundation) to James P. Boland, M.D., Department of Surgery, Endowed Research Fund, Attn: Jackie Rosencrance, WVU Robert C. Byrd, HSC, 3110 MacCorkle Ave. SE, Charleston, WV 25304, or email
jrosencrance@hsc.wvu.edu. Contributions will be matched dollar for dollar by the WV Research Trust Fund. Condolences may be sent to the family at
mangelaboland@gmail.com.
Dr. Boland will be greatly missed by all whose lives he touched. This picture was taken of the WVU Charleston Division Building showing Dr. Boland’s office lights on late into the evening. So often this is what was seen early in the morning or late into the evening as Dr. Boland was in his office reading or working. This photo says so much about his work ethic and his commitment to medicine and to medical education. In the foreground is the Hippocrates tree that was a gift to the campus from Dr. Boland. The tree is a direct descendant of the tree that Hippocrates, typically referred to as the father of medicine, planted on the Greek Island of Kos about 2,400 years ago. Hippocrates considered the tree sacred and reportedly taught medical classes under it.
Allen Chauvenet, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at West Virginia University, Charleston Division has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). The executive committee is the 19 member primary governing body of the COG chaired by Dr. Peter Adamson of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
“It’s both a great honor and responsibility to have been elected to the COG Executive Committee,” Dr. Chauvenet said. “It is especially meaningful to realize that those elected were chosen by our peers around the country and the world. It is also a recognition of the quality of the pediatric oncology program at WVU/CAMC.”
The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) is the world’s largest, cooperative children’s cancer research entity. It brings together treatment centers, physicians, laboratory scientists, nurses, psychologists and others working to beat cancer in children, adolescents and young adults. Through collaborative research, the Children’s Oncology Group has improved rates for children’s cancer at a pace much faster than any one individual or single institution could accomplish alone. The Children’s Oncology Group research has turned children’s cancer from a virtually incurable disease 40 years ago to one with an overall cure rate of 78% today.
Children’s Oncology Group was formed in 2000 from four pediatric cancer clinical trials groups. It is comprised of 210 treatment centers in the North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. There are more than 6,500 individual members. COG receives funding from CureSearch for Children’s Cancer. CureSearch receives grants from the National Cancer Institute and raises funds through philanthropic donations from individuals, special events, corporations and private foundations.
Children’s Oncology Group hospitals treat 90 percent of children in the United States with cancer, providing the unmatched combination of global expertise and local care. This means that every child and care team has complete access to the latest research and world-class treatments at hospitals within their region.
Amanda Stephens Dye, MD will be joining the Department of Pediatrics in September in the Pediatric Endocrinology Section.
Dr. Safina Kureshi will be joining the Department of Pediatrics at the end of July in the Pediatric Pulmonology Section
Smoking in Pregnancy in West Virginia: Does Cessation/Reduction Improve Perinatal Outcomes?
by: Dara Seybold, Mike Broce, Eric Siegel, Joseph Findley, Byron Calhoun
Maternal and Child Health Journal (21 January 2011), pp. 1-6. doi:10.1007/s10995-010-0730-4 Key: citeulike:8744294
Kevin Lewis, of the WVU Charleston Division Pediatrics Department has been published in the PENS column of the April 2011 edition of the Journal of Pediatric Nursing “Autoimmune Diseases Associated With Type 1 Diabetes” Kevin R. Lewis MSN, RN, PNP, CDE Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Charleston Division, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV
Brett A. Faulknier, DO, FACC, Assistant Professor of Medicine at WVU Charleston Division Cardiology and Electrophysiology is being published in the West Virginia Medical Journal
“Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in West Virginia” Faulknier B, Trotter C, Navarengom K.
2010 West Virginia Medical Journal. 107;2011:30-36.
Dr. Faulknier was also involved with an abstract that was just accepted to the 2011 Heart Rhythm Society meeting in San Francisco in May. It will be presented as an oral presentation by Dr. Villafane from the University of Kentucky.
Mid to Late Follow-up of Children and Young Adults with Short QT Interval
Villafane J, Maury P, Anttonen O, Hamilton R, Gebauer R, Faulknier B, Yound ML
Heart Rhythm Journal. IN PRESS. 2011.
A Controversy: Linking Atypical Femoral Fractures to Bisphosphonate Therapy
Christopher C. Trotter, MD, Alfred K. Pfister, MD, Brant A. Whited, MSIII, Todd H. Goldberg, MD, Steven A. Artz, MD West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston, WV
The following links access documents that list the recent publications and presentations of our faculty, residents, and students, as well as some CAMC researchers.