MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) – Mon Health is making historic strides as the first hospital in West Virginia to offer a dual chamber leadless pacemaker.
According to Mon Health officials this new technology will provide a new minimally invasive option to treat the near 80 percent of people who require pacing in two chambers of their heart.
“Pacemakers have been around for 70 years now,” said cardiologist Dr. Salam Sbaity.
“They have changed and saved the life of many. They have also evolved a lot over the years both in terms of function and size. However this is the first revolutionary change in their function that will set the pace to the future.”
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“With a new device we have both chambers with dual chamber capability,” said Dr. Matthew Gaskill.
“We go in through a groin and implant pace makers which are just about the size of a triple A battery through the groin so that involves a functional pacemaker just the same so no need for incision and very low risk of infection. They still have a very long battery life. With a leadless pacemaker a single chamber alone they can last up to 20 years.”
The cardiology duo says this new technology will expand just another option for a pacemaker for patients with a higher risk of infection.
“Sometimes the veins in people’s chests are not that amendable,” said Dr. Gaskill.
“This immediately gets rid of that difficulty with being able to plant the pacemaker and no risk of infection and no incisions will be needed.”
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“We want to continue to set the gold standard for heart rhythm care in the state and serve our patients with the best technology,” said Dr. Sbaity.
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The West Virginia Mountaineers football program has landed a commitment from Danville (Ky.) Boyle County 2025 athlete Montavin Quisenberry.
Quisenberry, 5-foot-8, 166-pounds, picked the Mountaineers over other scholarship offers from Michigan, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisville and Virginia Tech.
However, his final choices came down to West Virginia and Louisville after visiting each of those programs on back-to-back weekends for official visits. Kentucky also was heavily involved but he did not make that trip.
Secondary coach ShaDon Brown served as the lead recruiter for Quisenberry, and that connection proved critical to keep the Mountaineers in the mix throughout the course of the process. Quisenberry was an early target for the West Virginia coaches and that persistence helped to land him in the class.
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A jack-of-all-trades type of athlete, Quisenberry is slotted to play inside wide receiver for the Mountaineers and is coming off a season where he recorded 43 catches for 864 yards and 12 touchdowns while rushing 82 times for 800 yards and 18 more scores. He also had five touchdowns on special teams returns.
Quisenberry becomes third wide receiver to commit to West Virginia in the 2025 class behind Hurricane (W.Va.) wide receiver Tyshawn Dues and Cheshire (Ct.) Academy 2025 wide receiver Teriq Mallory.He is the 17th commitment overall for the Mountaineers this cycle.
WVSports.com breaks down the commitment of Quisenberry and what it means to the West Virginia Mountaineers football program both now and in the future.
Skill set:
Quisenberry is the type of athlete that you find ways to get the football in his hands given what he can do with it. He possesses plus speed and excellent vision which he uses to get up field in a hurry. While he isn’t the biggest option as a pass catcher, Quisenberry more than makes up for it with his athleticism and explosion.
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Has good contact balance and is able to keep his feet to generate big plays. Quisenberry is comfortable both taking hand-offs or catching the football and is a threat to score anytime he gets the football at the high school level. Those skills should allow him to become effective at several different positions and even be an asset for the Mountaineers in the element of the return game.
Fitting the program:
Quisenberry has been to West Virginia on multiple occasions and there is a trust level with the coaching staff that has been forged over time. He is from an area where the Mountaineers have strong ties on the coaching staff and good connection with the high school coaches.
Kentucky has become more of an area of emphasis since head coach Neal Brown took over the football program and Quisenberry is a strong addition from an area that has been difficult to crack into.
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Quisenberry is an all-purpose type of athlete that could be used in a variety of roles but is slotted to start his career on the inside where he will be a natural fit for what West Virginia wants to do there. The Mountaineers have 12 scholarship wide receivers on the roster, but the bulk of those are more outside oriented. That’s not to say that there won’t be competition but given all he can do with the football in his hands it opens the door for him to try to work his way onto the field earlier if he proves capable.
Recruiting the position:
West Virginia is still involved with several key options at the wide receiver position with Coconut Creek (Fla.) Monarch 2025 wide receiver Samari Reed and Drexel Hill (Pa.) Monsignor Bonner 2025 wide receiver Jalil Hall. The Mountaineers have now added several key pieces to the room, but the program still is very much in the mix for that list and it’s likely that they could still in the class.
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INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia University State Board of Governors gave approval Friday to BOG Chairman Mark Kelley to enter into a new contract with State President Ericke Cage.
It’s a five-year deal and will need final approval from the state Higher Education Policy Commission before June 30 when Cage’s current contract expires.
Ericke Cage
Cage has been president at WVSU for two years. He told MetroNews Friday the five-year contract is a great vote of confidence from the BOG.
“I’m just excited to have the opportunity to continue as the university’s president, to continue to advance the great work we have done to move West Virginia State forward,” Cage said.
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Cage said the success of the last two years has included adding new academic programs, bringing new resources and relationships WVSU and helping to raise the university’s profile in the state and across the country.
Gov. Jim Justice and several legislative leaders were on the State campus earlier this week for a ceremonial bill signing that will bring a $50 million new state Agriculture lab to the WVSU campus that will coincide with university establishing a School of Agriculture.
“That is going to be a game-changer not just for West Virginia State University but for the entire state of West Virginia,” Cage said.
State will face the challenges that other colleges and universities face over the next five years but Cage said he believes the HBC, land-grant institution, has positioned itself to be able to grow during that time.
“I believe the future of higher education is very much focused on the needs of our clients, our customers, and in this case our customers are the students, the taxpayers, the businesses,” he said.
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Cage expects growth in State’s doctorate degree programs, agriculture research and training and cyber security in connection with a partnership involving Marshall University.
Cage said WVSU will also lean into what he calls “tailor-made industry solutions.”
“We’re going to partner with industry, sit down with them, and shape programs and solutions to the workforce challenges they face,” Cage said.
WVSU is currently in discussions with Nucor Steel to develop an operators training program.
“I think the future at West Virginia State University is very bright,” Cage said. “Most importantly, we are never going to lose sight of our connection to this community.”
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A native of Halifax County, Virginia, Cage was previously serving as the university’s chief operating officer and managing the day-to-day operations of the university for then president Nicole Pride. Pride resigned July 30, 2021. Cage received the permanent appointment in March 2022.
The state Higher Education Policy Commission will likely meet next week to approve the new five-year contract.
