Katherine Dvorak
Genesis Tackie joined the GW SMHS Upward Bound program to enhance his education and improve in school. He didn’t know he would find a new community, a group of like-minded friends “who want to better themselves.”
The program, coordinated by the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion, works to increase access to health careers and expand diversity in the medical field.
From Vienna, Austria, to Washington, D.C., Irene Tamagna’s journey to medicine was a winding and uncertain path.
Consultation-liaison psychiatry, previously known as psychosomatic medicine, has a long history. And that history, said Thomas Wise, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at SMHS, is important to reflect on to learn how to advance the field.
GW Health Network, the George Washington University’s (GW) new accountable care organization (ACO), will serve two purposes: ensuring that patients receive the highest quality care possible and that students learn how to use population health management.
One message resounded throughout the George Washington University (GW) Health Sciences diploma ceremony: Never stop learning.
Innovation and exploration reigned during the Second Annual Medical and Health App Development Workshop at the George Washington University (GW).
The eighth annual GW Institute for Neuroscience Symposium focused on the science of language and communication, and among the many presentations were discussions on vocal control networks, developmental brain plasticity after pediatric stroke, and neuroscience of autism spectrum disorders.
GW is expanding its clinical enterprise with a recent contract awarded to the GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) by United Medical Center (UMC). The MFA is providing professionals to staff UMC’s adult emergency services, and, in July, will be in charge of its hospitalist services.
For many in the lecture hall during the Marilyn Koering Award ceremony, Marilyn Koering, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a devoted teacher, research scientist, mentor, and patient advocate, was an inspiration.