WVU Medicine Children’s names new surgeon-in-chief: 5 notes

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Children’s appointed Michael Ost, MD, surgeon-in-chief, effective July 1.

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Here are five notes:

1. Dr. Ost is a pediatric urologist and a professor of surgery in the WVU School of Medicine in Morgantown.

2. He was previously chief of the pediatric urology division at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and vice chairman of the urology department at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

3. He serves as pediatric urology sectional editor for the Journal of Endourology and is the primary author of “Robotic and Laparoscopic Reconstructive Surgery in Children and Adults.”

4. In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Ost holds an MBA from Ann Arbor-based Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

5. He succeeded Robert Gustafson, MD, who is preparing for his retirement.

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