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Paulette S. Wehner
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Paulette S. Wehner, M.D. is currently a Professor of Medicine at Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia. She currently serves as the Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and Sr. Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and has been involved in GME leadership for over 10 years. Dr. Wehner received her BA in Pre-Med and Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, Medical Degree from Marshall University School of Medicine where she also completed her Internal Medicine Residency, Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Training. Dr. Wehner is Board Certified through the ABIM and Subspecialty Boards in Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Wehner’s research interests include gender differences in platelet activation and acute coronary syndrome. She has publications in journals such as the American Journal of Cardiology, Circulation, and the International Journal of Obesity and a book chapter on the Cardiovascular System for the AMA, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment in 2008. She is also an author of the yearly National Board of Medical Examiners/American College of Cardiology In-Training Examination. Teaching awards include Outstanding Clinical Lecturer from the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at virtually every medical student level and the prestigious Local Legends Award through NHLBI. Dr. Wehner also participated in the Academy of Medical Educators Program at Marshall and presented her EKG Curriculum.

Dr. Wehner is presently Governor, West Virginia Chapter, of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). She is also a member of the ACC’s Cardiology Training & Workforce Committee, The Women in Cardiology Council, the West Virginia ACC Council representing Marshall University and is actively involved in the State ACC meeting planning committee. She is the Medical Director of the Women’s Heart Center and Women’s Advisory Board at St. Mary’s Regional Heart Institute, a member of AHA-WV Chapter of the Health Equality Alliance Resource Team “HEART,” and the WV Cardiovascular Health Council Emergency Medicine Services Task Force through the WV Department of Health and Human Services.

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