News Archive

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Ellen Goldman, Ed.D. ‘05, M.B.A., has been named assistant dean for faculty and curriculum development in medical education.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company and GW have entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement for GW intellectual property rights covering the use of angiotensin II for the therapeutic treatment of patients with hypotension and shock.

Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, has been appointed commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Thomas Insel, M.D., director of the National Institute of Mental Health, delivered the 12th Annual Jerry M. Wiener, M.D., Endowed Lecture in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences on Nov. 20.

Herbert Baraf, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, was recognized with the Paulding Phelps Award at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 15.

GW Hospital hosts third annual Trauma Awareness Day.

Babak Sarani, M.D., chief of trauma and associate professor of surgery, was interviewed by WUSA9, ABC7, and NBC4 for Trauma Awareness Day, where trauma patients return to GW Hospital to share their stories and reunite with the health care teams that saved their lives.

Neal Barnard, M.D. '80, adjunct associate professor of medicine, authored a study, published in Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, showing that a plant-based vegetarian diet accelerates type 2 diabetes treatment by lowering HbA1c levels by 0.4 points.

The GW Hospital, The GW Medical Faculty Associates and The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences will host their third annual Trauma Awareness Day on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014.

Mohamad Koubeissi, M.D., associate professor of neurology, was interviewed for The Academic Minute about his research on how to turn on/off human consciousness.