News Archive

Robert Shesser, M.D., chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by the Washington Business Journal for a story on activity in the emergency department during the Fourth of July holiday.

Author Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, teaches patients how to better advocate for their health in her book, “When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Testing.”

Alexandros Tzatsos, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, was awarded over one million dollars in grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular foundations of pancreatic cancer.

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Frank A. Simon, M.D., will serve as senior advisor to the vice president for health affairs.

Alexandros Tzatsos, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, was featured in News-Medical and Phys.org for receiving over one million dollars in grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular foundations of pancreatic cancer.

Congratulations to Jeffrey Berger, M.D., M.B.A., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and interim associate dean for graduate medical education at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), on the release of “Anesthesiology…

SMHS's Development and Alumni Relations Office and Grateful Patient Program reports that private philanthropy has exceeded the target for FY14.

The Master Teacher Leadership Development Program fosters innovation through teamwork.

First-year residents received their long white coats during a ceremony on June 18.

Mohamad Koubeissi, M.D., director of the Epilepsy Center and associate professor of neurology, is leading a clinical trial employing low-frequency deep brain stimulation to potentially help reduce epileptic seizures in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.