Announcements

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The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is one of 12 top medical research centers to collaborate with the Scleroderma Research Foundation to launch CONQUER: the first-ever national, longitudinal patient registry for those suffering from scleroderma.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new endowed lecture series – the Stuart S. Kassan, MD ‘72, Lecture Series – hosted by the Division of Rheumatology. 

The GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce that Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, was awarded a prestigious grant from The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.

Anton Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS, Lewis B. Saltz Chair and Professor of Surgery, served as editor of the definitive reference for the diagnosis and treatment of circulatory diseases, Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 9th Edition.

Mary Ann Stepp delivered the Keynote Award Lecture at the 21st Annual International Ocular Society Meeting

William Borden, MD, associate professor of medicine and health policy, published commentary in the journal JAMA Cardiology calling for more accessible outcomes data for patients. 

Emily Balog, a Translational Health Sciences PhD student, received the Pat Tillman Foundation Scholarship, which provides academic support for military service members and their spouses.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences has joined more than 35 organizations to form the National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Crisis.

Harold A. Frazier II, MD, has been tapped to serve as interim associate dean for graduate medical education at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.