Grand Rounds

Cultural identity and the understanding of one’s self play into how the brain processes information and in how violence is motivated by one’s identity, topics discussed at the GW Department of Psychiatry’s most recent Grand Rounds.

Panel sessions and discussions held on Capitol Hill in mid-April as part of George Washington University’s (GW) 17th Annual Health Policy Grand Rounds focused on topics including emergency care’s role in the health care delivery system, pharmaceutical pricing, and physician advocacy.

Emergency medicine residents visited Capitol Hill to hear panels on the Affordable Care Act, budget forecasting for legislation, and prescription opioid misuse.

Inaugural Medical Education Grand Rounds speaker Dan Shapiro, Ph.D., discusses an innovative video project that takes medical students from hospital rooms to home visits.

David L. Porter, M.D., takes aim at Leukemia using targeted cellular therapy during the 7th Annual Alpha Omega Alpha Visiting Professor Grand Rounds.

Darrell Kirch, M.D, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, addressed the effects of political dysfunction on academic medicine during his Jan. 16 psychiatry grand rounds lecture.