Announcements

Adam Friedman, MD, Receives American Academy of Dermatology Presidential Citation
At the American Academy of Dermatology’s 2022 Annual Meeting in March, board-certified dermatologist Adam Friedman, MD, FAAD, professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received a Presidential Citation Award.
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GW SMHS/MFA Appoints Robert S. Sterling, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, to Serve as Chair of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the GW Medical Faculty Associates (GW MFA) are pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Sterling, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, as the new chair of GW’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. In this role, Sterling will…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and others stab shovels into the site of the Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center
Mayor Bowser and Universal Health Services Break Ground on New Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center, GW Health at St. Elizabeths East in Ward 8, First Hospital Built in the District in Over 20 Years
New Full-Service Hospital and Integrated Health Care System Is Scheduled to Open in 2024
GW SMHS Researchers Determine Dermatologists Open to Embracing Artificial Intelligence
A research team at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, led by Chapman Wei, MD ’21, have found that artificial intelligence may play a welcome role in dermatology.
GW Dermatology and La Roche-Posay Partner to Establish GW Skin Cancer Research Acceleration Fund
The $50,000 gift will be used to support the growth of the George Washington University (GW) Cutaneous Oncology Program, led by Vishal Patel, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and director of cutaneous oncology at the GW Cancer Center.
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GW SMHS’s Roger Ideishi Among Kennedy Center Next 50
Roger Ideishi, JD, OT/L, program director of the occupational therapy doctorate program and professor of health, human function, and rehabilitation sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was named one of 50 cultural leaders by the Kennedy Center.
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GW SMHS, Children’s National Hospital Faculty Member Nathan Smith, PhD, Elected AAAS Fellow
George Washington University (GW) faculty member Nathan Smith, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics and of pharmacology and physiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected to the 2021 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows, in the…
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U.S. News & World Report Ranks GW Among Nation’s Best Online Bachelor’s Programs
The George Washington University’s (GW) online bachelor’s degree programs housed in School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) were ranked 14th in 2021, up from 19th last year, by U.S. News & World Report. The school’s online bachelor’s degree programs for veterans were tapped as 8th…
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GW Postdoctoral Primary Care Research Training Program Call for Applications
The GW Postdoctoral Primary Care Research Training Program (P-CART) is currently accepting applications for immediate and July 2022 appointments.
Mandi Pratt-Chapman and Hannah Arem Awarded Multimillion-Dollar Grant to Improve Racial Equity Among Washington, D.C., Cancer Survivors
Mandi Pratt-Chapman, PhD, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, and Hannah Arem, PhD, scientific director of implementation science at MedStar Health Research Institute, received a $5 million cooperative agreement from the Centers…
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