News Archive

Katherine Chretien, MD, assistant dean for student affairs and associate professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected as president-elect for the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM).

Ted Rothstein, MD, professor of neurology, wrote a perspective for Healio about a new study that suggests the women who are physically active have a lower chance of developing dementia.

Laura Doggett, founder and creative director of the documentary project, received the SMHS Daniel S. Prager Award for Opening the Human Spirit.

The National Institutes of Health recently awarded more than $2.4 million to a research team at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, to study how cell stress in the brain could impact the risk of obesity-induced hypertension.

Walter Jean, MD, professor of neurological surgery, spoke to NBC4 at the NBC4 Health & Fitness Expo for a segment about how the use of virtual reality is changing the way doctors perform surgery.

Keith Melancon, MD, medical director of the Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center, director of the Transplant Institute, and professor of surgery, spoke to NBC4 at the NBC4 Health & Fitness Expo about the need for more organ donors.

Daniel Finn, DPT, clinical instructor of health, human function, and rehabilitation sciences, spoke with NBC4 at the NBC4 Health & Fitness Expo for a segment on how balancing testing can help prevent falls.

Roberta DeBiasi, MD, professor of pediatrics and of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, spoke to Reader's Digest for an article about how doctors treat patients with the flu.

Adam Friedman, MD, associate professor of dermatology, spoke to Allure for an article about blood testing for herpes.

Babak Sarani, MD, director of trauma and acute care medicine and associate professor of surgery, spoke to The Washington Post for an article about civilians learning military techniques, like tourniquets, to save lives.