News Archive

Allistair Abraham, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, was quoted and Jennifer Webb, MD, assistant professor pediatrics, was mentioned by The Root for an article discussing a clinical trial at Children's National Health System that cured a six-year-old of sickle cell disease.

The GW Center for Healthcare Innovation and Policy Research at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is now accepting submissions for the 2017-18 GW Hospital Leadership in Innovation Practice Awards. 

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.

Barbara Goff, MD, discussed screening, early diagnosis, and prevention of ovarian cancer at the 14th Annual Susan Patricia Teck Memorial Lecture.

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

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.

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.