News Archive

Mikhail Kogan, MD, medical director of GW Center for Integrative Medicine, and assistant professor of medicine, spoke to MedPage Today for their Feedback Friday feature discussing use of "alternative medicine" by some patients. 

GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Rea Childs will serve the school as HR director.

Adam Friedman, MD, associate professor of dermatology, was quoted by Bloomberg Businessweek in an article about an artificial intelligence algorithm using Google's image search to diagnose skin cancer.

Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, FACP, addressed faculty and students in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership about the importance of eliminating measures that do not add value, in order to improve health care quality.

Lee Beers, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, spoke to WTOP for an article about keeping children safe during the summer.

Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, spoke to U.S. News & World Report for an article discussing the effects keeping secrets can have on physical and mental health.

Elizabeth Tanzi, MD, associate clinical professor of dermatology, spoke to Allure for a piece about how constantly touching your skin can lead to further damage and acne.
 

Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) found that certain symptoms are more and less predictive of patients’ risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), which includes heart attack, in patients of different gender and race.

GW orthopaedic residents and faculty members presented on cases, new research, and projects at John P. Adams Research Day on June 15, followed by a discussion from guest speaker Paul Sponseller, MD, chief of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Mathilde "Matty" Knight, PhD, adjunct professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences was on the research team that found a genome in the Biomphalaria snail that may explain why the snail is a prime transmitter for the parasite,…