News Archive

Mark Klein, M.D., assistant professorial lecturer of radiology, was interviewed by News Radio KEX in Portland, Ore. about the virtual colonoscopy.

Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, wrote an op-ed for Slate on how to improve one's care as a patient in the emergency department.

Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, M.D., adjunct instructor of emergency medicine, and Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, were published in Academic Emergency Medicine for their paper titled, "“Rising Opioid Prescribing in Adult U.S. Emergency Department Visits:…

Paul Brindley, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, was quoted in the NIH Record for an article on genomics research and its ability to shape all areas of health, including global heatlh. 

Rajeev Pandarinath, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, was interviewed on how adderall, a drug to help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, affects physical performance. 

Dipa Sheth, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed on FOX 5 News about the upcoming allergy season and what precautions allergy sufferers can take. 

Richard Cytowic, M.D., associate clinical professor of neurology, wrote an essay for Washingtonian magazine on the importance of training physicians on how to approach death with their patients.

Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, was interviewed on the American Academy of Emergency Medicine's Emergency Physician Advocates Podcast on how the Affordable Care Act will impact the emergency department. 

Farzad Najam, M.D., F.A.C.S., has been named Division Director of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the GW Hospital.

Stanley Reiser, M.D., Ph.D., clinical professor of physician assistant studies, was mentioned in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education on technology and intellectuals.