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Develop the right mentors, continue to learn, and be open and alert. These were words of advice given by Jonathan Himmelfarb, M.D. ’83, professor of Medicine and Joseph W. Eschbach Endowed Chair in Kidney Research at the University of Washington, the Alpha Chapter’s invited 2012 AOA Visiting…

GW Faculty member Esma A. Akin, M.D., and alumnus Roger S. Eng, Jr., M.D. '91, M.P.H. ‘92, have been inducted as Fellows in the American College of Radiology (ACR).

WASHINGTON (May 14, 2012) – This week, several members of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) community will participate in the Beyond Flexner: Social Mission in Medical Education conference, focusing on the role of the social mission in the future of U.S. medical education.

Two dozen 9th and 10th graders, dressed smartly in their school uniforms, gathered on the cafeteria floor. Each student kneeled in front of a Mini-Anne – an inflatable, portable mannequin – and used the palms of their hands to pump its chest to the beat of the 1970s Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive…

“I’m here for my test!” exclaimed Sammie Whiting-Ellis as she strode below the “Free Stroke Screening” banner that hung across the entrance to the Eye Street Mall outside of the Foggy Bottom Metro station.

Gloria Wilder, M.D., M.P.H., president and CEO of Core Health, arrived more than an hour late to the Interdisciplinary Student Community-Oriented Prevention Enhancement Service’s (ISCOPES) end-of-year celebration at the George Washington University, April 17. Despite leaving her home near…

In late March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report estimating that about one out of every 88 children was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in 2008. That’s a more than 20 percent increase from 2006 and a spike that’s dominated recent headlines nationwide.…

A new, streamlined text book, titled Neuro-Oncology, which is part of the Neurology in Practice Series, co-authored by Roger J. Packer, M.D., and David Schiff, M.D., provides a concise update on translational research and best clinical practices in a rapidly evolving discipline.

Alex Fortenko, M.P.H. ‘11, a first-year medical student in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), says it’s a minor miracle when he catches a meal outside of Ross Hall. Between classes, exams, and studying, grocery shopping sinks to the bottom of the to-…

Match Day was different this year for Elizabeth Wiley, J.D., M.P.H., a fourth-year medical student at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS).