Announcements

Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., has been chosen to serve as the vice president for health affairs and the dean of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS). He will lead the academic and research mission of the SMHS and will be named the Walter A. Bloedorn Chair of…

SMHS is pleased to announce that Alison Ehrlich, M.D. ’96, M.H.S., clinical professor of dermatology and director of dermatology clinical research, has been named the new chair of the department of dermatology at GW SMHS and The GW Medical Faculty Associates.

SMHS is pleased to announce that Joseph Bocchino, Ed.D., MBA, has been named Senior Associate Dean for Health Sciences.

Michael Compton, M.D., M.P.H., professor and director of research initiatives in psychiatry and behavioral sciences and professor of prevention and community health at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Crisis…

Karen Lewis, PhD, administrative director of the Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been elected the next president of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators.

The Office of Communications and Marketing took home high honors in three categories in the 2012 MarCom Awards competition.

For the third consecutive year, supporters of the George Washington University Cancer Institute pounded the pavement throughout Washington, D.C., as participants of the 37th annual Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 28.

Carolyn Robinowitz, M.D.