News Archive

Congratulations to Katherine Chretien, M.D., associate professor of medicine, for being recognized by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) for her outstanding contributions to educational research.

Christina M. Puchalski, M.D. '94, RESD '97, founder and director of the George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) and professor at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, authored the first comprehensive reference text to examine the growing area of…

Joshua Cohen, M.D., professor of medicine, commented on the recent tumor removal of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star Dalip Singh, known as The Great Khali. The tumor is believed to have caused his seven-foot-one, 347 pound size.

Edward De Fabo, M.D., emeritus professor, was featured in the Daily Mail as the lead researcher of a new study that was published in Nature Communications, titled "Melanoma induction by ultraviolet A but not ultraviolet B radiation requires melanin pigment."

A new study conducted by GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) researchers Edward C. De Fabo, Ph.D., Frances P. Noonan, Ph.D., and Anastas Popratiloff, M.D., Ph.D., has been published in the journal Nature Communications.

Amir Afkhami, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was interviewed by ABC News on the emotional difficulties facing the family of Aurora, Colo., shooting suspect James Holmes.

Nicolas Guzman, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was interviewed on the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Spanish radio channel ¡Inspírate! on the program "VIVA Su Segunda Juventud" to discuss the Affordable Care Act and its implications on the Hispanic community.

By his junior year at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1978, Barry A. Wolfman already knew that he wanted to become a hospital administrator. His very deliberate career was a result of what he calls the meshing of his interests in medicine and business. “It was crystal clear,” he…

Frederick Lough, M.D., clinical professor of surgery, will deploy to Kabul, Afghanistan, where he will serve on a forward surgical team for three months.

GW's Dr. Michael Irwig is the lead researcher on a new study that suggests that men who take the drug Propecia (generic name finasteride) and experience sexual dysfunction as a side effect, may not regain normal sexual function even after stopping the medication.