Announcements
Sally A. Moody, Ph.D., interim chair of the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology and professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, was elected to a two-year term as vice president of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology.
Henry Kaminski, M.D. chair of the Department of Neurology and Meta Amalia Neumann Professor, was published as co-author of a New England Journal of Medicine study finding surgery removing the thymus is an effective treatment for myasthenia gravis.
Together, the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The GW Medical Faculty Associates, and the GW University Hospital, continue to accomplish profound achievements by working together.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Walter Harris, M.B. A., P.M.P., is joining the school's senior leadership team and will serve as the senior associate dean for administration and operations.
Ian Toma, M.D., MSHS ’04, Ph.D.‘11, associate research professor of clinical research and leadership and medicine, was selected as a Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar to facilitate bioinformatics and genomics education and to conduct a research project in Moldova.
Robert Kaiser, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Home Care Medicine.
Pedro A. Jose, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and pharmacology and physiology, was elected as chair of the Hypertension and Microcirculation Study Section at the National Institutes of Health.
The International Medicine Programs at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is co-sponsoring a three-day scientific summit with Khon Kaen University in Thailand.
Jeffrey Berger, M.D., associate dean for graduate medical education and associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, co-edited the review book, Anesthesiology Core Review: Part Two Advanced Exam.
Urgent Matters, Philips Blue Jay Consulting, and Schumacher Group are now accepting submissions for the 2016 Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a competitive opportunity that fosters innovation in emergency departments nationwide.