Announcements

Congratulations to Elizabeth Robinson, MD, PGY-III, in the Department of Dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, on receiving two research awards.
The GW Center for Healthcare Innovation and Policy Research at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is now accepting submissions for the 2017-18 GW Hospital Leadership in Innovation Practice Awards. 
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, associate clinical professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was named the executive vice president and CEO for the Council of Medical Specialty Societies.
Sharad Goyal, MD, professor of radiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and chief of the Division of Radiation Oncology at GW Hospital, on receiving the 2017 Health Policy Fellowship from the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) partnered with Research!America to participate in its “Reasons for Research” campaign.
James Gehring, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected to the board of directors of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Tracy Church, MBA, CPA, will serve as the executive director of development and alumni relations.
Medical and spiritual leaders, including George Washington University (GW) Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) Director Christina Puchalski, MD ’94, FACP, FAAHPM, convened in Rome this spring with the commitment to growing patients’ rights to palliative care worldwide.
Alison K. Hall, PhD, associate dean for research workforce development at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and collaborators at the National Institutes of Health, published an article in Academic Medicine exploring the clinician-investigators workforce.
Faculty from the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Dermatology will speak at the 2017 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Summer Meeting. The meeting will be held July 27-30 in New York, New York.