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GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, along with more than 100 other medical schools from around the country who are members of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced a new commitment to enhancing the wellness of America’s veterans, service members, and their families…

Christina Puchalski, M.D. '94, RESD '97, director of the George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) and professor of Medicine in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences recently co-authored a report in The Journal of Religion and Health titled “Spirituality…

Congratulations to The GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) for winning a 2011 CINE Golden Eagle award in the Science & Technology competition for the Television & Film industries. Their winning submission is a documentary titled, 'Survivor: Cara Scharf' that tells the story of a twenty-…

Jordan Cohen, M.D., professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is quoted in an article about the money that the chairman of the orthopedics department University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Heath is receiving from Medtronic, a medical device…

Wayne Olan, M.D., assistant clinical professor of Radiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, appears in a segment discussing a new treatment for brain aneurysms.

Katherine Chretien, M.D., associate professor of Medicine in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, wrote a column in USA Today about breastfeeding in America and how it should be more widely accepted by states and the American public, because it provides health benefits to both mother…

In many ways, patient navigation has gotten ahead of itself. The relatively modern profession has grown so widely and rapidly that patient navigators now vary in education, skill set, role, responsibility, and even name.

John Sargent M.D., professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, vice chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine, went through residency training three times.  

Rajeev Pandarinath, M.D., assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was quoted in a Seattle Times article about potential injuries that can result from Zumba which may be embarrassing for patients.

Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and Director of the GW Institute for Neuroscience in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify molecular mechanisms that define…