News Archive

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.

Judith Owens, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was quoted in The Main Line Times article on a discussion on sleep and how it effects the teenage brain at Lower Merion High School.

Shireen Atabaki, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, was interviewed on NPR's "Tell Me More" on concussions in young children and how they have been treated over the years. 

Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, wrote an op-ed for NPR's Shots on a health care system that has emergency room doctors playing detective far more often than it should. 

Judith Owens, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was quoted in The Today Show Health blog post on how to help kids through daylight saving time. 

SMHS hosted the inaugural Dr. Harry C. Miller Visiting Professorship, Symposium, and Reception, Feb. 22.

Eric Hoffman, M.D., chair and professor of integrative systems biology and pediatrics, was quoted in a Huffington Post article about treatment options for Duchenne patients.

Scott Shapiro, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, was quoted in The Columbia Chronicle (Chicago, Ill.) article on his research finding gene therapy may be a promising treatment for those who suffer from heart attack.