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The Physician Assistant Class of 2015 received their short white coats during a ceremony on Oct. 4.
Nixon recently toured the department’s new laboratory space with Dean Akman.
Elizabeth Tanzi, M.D., clinical instructor of urology, was quoted in a Reuters Health article about a new study on identical twins. The study found that twins who smoke are more likely to get bags under their eyes and wrinkles around their lips earlier than non-smokers.
Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., shared her perspective on the future of health care quality during the inaugural SMHS Annual Health Care Quality Lecture, Oct. 17.
Jessica Galarraga, M.D., M.P.H., a third-year emergency medicine resident, and Jesse Pines, M.D.,M.B.A, director of the Office for Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, were featured in Forbes for their recently published research finding emergency…
Researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences found that outpatient emergency department encounters could reimburse considerably more after implementation of the insurance coverage expansions of the Affordable Care Act.
Jesse Pines, M.D.,M.B.A, director of the Office for Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, was featured in HealthLeaders Media for a study he co-authored on the most successful outside interventions to reduce emergency department use.
The George Washington University Cancer Institute received the 2013 Association of Community Cancer Centers’ Innovator Award. The Institute, housed within the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recognized as a top 10 cancer program in developing and pioneering solutions to address…
Mandi Pratt-Chapman, M.A., associate director of the GW Cancer Institute, was featured in an Oncology Times article after presenting at the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) Oncology Cancer Conference.
Amir Afkhami, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was included in an article in The Atlantic Wire for his comments on an article in The New York Times about what hospitals have learned from natural disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy and Katrina.…