News Archive

Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, wrote an op-ed for The Hill's Congress Blog, calling for support of the EAT for Health and ENRICH Acts to give doctors stronger education in nutrition.

Mandi Pratt-Chapman, M.A., director of the GW Cancer Institute, was profiled in The Journal of Oncology Navigation and Survivorship. 

Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and physiology, was featured by several media outlets for her invention of a new organ to help return blood flow from veins lacking functional valves.

Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by Reuters on a new report suggesting as many as one in 68 U.S. children may have autism. 

Robert Shesser, M.D., chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by USA Today for a story on a device that reverses the effects of overdoses from opioids, including heroin and prescription painkillers, now approved by The Food and Drug Administration.

Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, M.D., adjunct instructor of pediatrics, was featured by HealthDay for her research finding a big increase in prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers given to headache patients at hospital emergency departments.

Judith Owens, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by Radio Times on WHYY in Philadelphia on the importance of teen sleep.

SMHS students presented the Golden Apples during follies, a time-honored tradition where first, second, third, and fourth-year medical students perform parodies, skits, and choreographed dance numbers.

Christina Puchalski, M.D., director of the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health and professor of medicine, was featured in the AAMC Reporter for her efforts to address the spiritual needs of patients and address the "whole person."

John Powers, M.D., associate clinical professor of medicine, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal for an article on the FDA's efforts to speed approvals of drugs to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria.