News Archive

David Wessel, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, was featured in Doctors Lounge for his recent research finding that in infants less than 3 months old with congenital heart disease and a systemic-to-pulmonary-artery shunt, clopidogrel does not reduce mortality compared…

Jehan El-Bayoumi, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was interviewed by ABC7 (WJLA-TV) about the American Medical Association's decision to recognize obesity as a disease. Dr. El-Bayoumi says this may help obese patients receive better treatment and support. 

A recently published paper by the George Washington University Cancer Institute addresses the value of patient navigation programs for community cancer centers.

Richard Katz, M.D., Bloedorn Professor of Cardiology and professor of medicine, and Samir Patel, M.D., associate professor of medicine, were featured in an article in MobiHealth News for their recently published results of a small efficacy study using Voce

Hemant Sharma, M.D., M.H.S., assistant professor of pediatrics, was quoted in a New York Times article about children being bullied for their food allergies.

Residents and attending physicians in the Department of Internal Medicine published the third edition of Cuentos, their annual humanities magazine, June 14.

Timothy McCaffrey, Ph.D., professor of medicine and director of the Division of Genomic Medicine, was interviewed in The Washington Post for a story on the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling that human genes cannot be patented.

Anastassios C. Koumbourlis, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle about children who undergo often difficult lung transplants. The story originally appeared in The Associated Press.

Michael S. Irwig, M.D., F.A.C.E., assistant professor of medicine, found that men who used the medication finasteride (Propecia) and developed persistent sexual side effects, are also drinking less alcohol than before.

Researcher Michael S. Irwig, M.D., F.A.C.E., assistant professor of medicine, found that men who used the medication finasteride (Propecia) and developed persistent sexual side effects, are also drinking less alcohol than before.