News Archive

Twenty-one years after the start of the George Washington University (GW) Medical Faculty Associates’ (MFA) Mobile Mammography Program, supporters gathered at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 17 for the Blush Luncheon to toast a new mammovan and the future of the program.

The GW Cancer Center unveiled a new state-of-the-art mobile mammography van, known as the GW Mammovan, to provide breast cancer screening to women in the Washington, D.C. region.

Matthew Hahn, MD ’97, discussed the mantra that shapes his relationship with patients at the 12th Annual Stuart M. Fidler Memorial Lecture.

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.

David Acosta, MD, chief diversity and inclusion officer at the AAMC, discussed racial barriers in academic medicine in a special Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, co-sponsored by the SMHS Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Andrew Matisoff, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and of pediatrics, spoke to Anesthesiology News for an article discussing a recent study looking at hemoglobin levels in children with congentia

Catherine Bollard, MD, professor of pediatrics and of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, spoke to WTOP for an article about a new FDA-approved gene modification process that shows promise in cancer treatment.

Charles Samenow, MD, MPH, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, spoke to Live Science for an article discussing sex addiction and the difficulty of establishing guidelines for identifying it.

Adam Friedman, MD, associate professor of dermatology and Michael Olding, MD, professor of surgery, spoke with Men's Health for an article discussing the pros and cons of getting an annual skin cancer exam.

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.