News Archive

Cathleen Clancy, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, talked to USA Today about treating young people in the emergency department who have taken the popular club drug "Molly," which is touted as a pure capsule of the hallucinogen Ecstasy.  

Leana Wen, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine and director of patient-centered care research, was a guest on The Doctors to discuss ways patients can avoid being overtested and overtreated. 

Compton Benjamin, M.D., assistant professor of urology, was interviewed on WTOP about Dr. Drew Pinsky's diagnosis of prostate cancer. He shares what men should be doing and who is at risk.

Julia Frank, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, wrote a blog post for MedPage Today's KevinMD on gun violence and its drain on medical resources. 

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Joyce Maring, DPT, Ed.D., has been appointed as the chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Health Care Sciences.

Eliot Sorel, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, talked to Voice of America about recent incidences of gun violence due to untreated mental illness, calling for gun violence to be treated as a public health issue.

SMHS, GW Hospital, and the MFA co-hosted this annual event to screen community members for certain types of cancer.

Dominic Raj, M.D., director of the division of nephrology and professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was the recipient of two prestigious UO-1 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These multi-million dollar studies will…

Babak Sarani, M.D., associate professor of surgery and chief of trauma and acute surgery, was profiled in an MSNBC segment for his involvement in treating victims of the Navy Yard tragedy and the gunshot wounds he regularly treats as chief of trauma at the GW Hospital.

Lorenzo Norris, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was interviewed by The Oncology Report about the importance of starting hospice sooner in terminal care.