Announcements
Congratulations to Jim Scott, M.D., professor of emergency medicine and former dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, who received the 2013 Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine.
Stuart Kassan, M.D. ‘72, member of the George Washington University (GW) board of trustees and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Dean’s Council, was named a ‘Distinguished Clinical Professor of Medicine’ at the University of Colorado (CU) Denver School of Medicine.
Christina Puchalski, M.D. '94, RESD '97, director and founder of the George Washington University Institute of Spirituality and Health and professor of medicine, has received a $558,502 grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
William D. Gaillard, M.D., professor of neurology and pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected treasurer of the American Epilepsy Society.
Elizabeth Ruckert, DPT, NCS, GCS, assistant professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Ithaca College this fall.
Kabir Yadav, MDCM, MS, MSHS, associate professor of medicine, was named as one of the first board-certified clinical informaticians in the country.
Professors Ferid Murad and Akos Vertes recognized for "outstanding inventions" by the National Academy of Inventors. Murad leads a lab program in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences' Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Emergency Health Services program is now taking applications for the spring 2014 semester for the bachelor’s degree in Emergency Health Services Management.
Christina M. Puchalski, M.D. '94, RESD '97, founder and director of the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health and associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected to a director-at-large position on the American Academy of…
The Rodham Institute, named in honor of the late Ms. Dorothy E. Rodham, was the recipient of the Dr. Walter M. Booker Health Promotion Award, given out by The Association of Black Cardiologists, Sept. 28.