Graduation Coverage 2021

"MD Graduation Celebration" | MD program graduates posing in graudation regalia with their families at home

MD Class of 2021 Celebrates Big Changes on the Horizon

Armed with first-hand experience in compassion, resilience, generosity, and bravery, the members of the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) MD program Class of 2021 prepared to take the next steps in their medical education.


Members of the Health Sciences program posing in separate photos

Health Sciences Graduates Encouraged to Take Lessons Forward

Looking to the future and learning from the lessons of the past year were the themes from this year’s Health Sciences Graduation Celebration at the GW SMHS.  on Saturday, May 15.


Paige McDonald and Maranda Ward posing for a portraits

CRL Faculty Members Receive 2021 Bender Awards

GW SMHS Department of Clinical Research and Leadership (CRL) faculty members were among five GW professors to receive the 23rd Annual Morton A. Bender Teaching Awards. GW also announced the Class of 2021 Emeriti Faculty, featuring 16 GW SMHS community members, as well as a pair of SMHS Silver Anniversary Faculty Members.


Graduates throwing their caps into the air

Obstetrical Honor Society Welcomes New Inductees

The Kane King Dodek Obstetrics Honor Society recognized this year’s outstanding faculty, residents, and students during its 84th annual induction and awards reception, featuring Haywood Brown, MD, senior associate vice president of academic affairs at the University of South Florida Health. 


A student wearing graduation cap with a '2021' tassle

AΩA Welcomes New Members During 2021 Graduation Events

The GW SMHS Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, welcomed its newest class of faculty, residents, and the MD Class of 2021 during a weeklong series of events featuring National Institutes of Health Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health Janine Austin Clayton, MD.