News Archive

Marie Borum, M.D., professor of Medicine and Pia Prakash, M.D., resident in Internal Medicine in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences are quoted in an article about how people with gluten sensitivities can have reactions to gluten in cosmetics and body care products.

Christie Teal, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and director of the GW Breast Care Center, arrived at the Center’s annual luncheon, Oct 20, with a newly cropped hairdo.

Fourth year GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences student, Elizabeth Wiley, J.D., M.P.H., was one of seven medical students from the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) to conduct a study on how medical students view the health care reform legislation, the Patient Protection and…

At its best, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is “the common cold of psychiatric illness,” according to Robert Ursano, M.D. Like a cold, its symptoms are common and usually temporary. 

Helene Emsellem, M.D., clinical professor of Neurology in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is quoted in an article about the links between a good mattress and a good night's sleep.

Ferid Murad, Ph.D., university professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was interviewed by Nature on topics ranging from treating diabetes to his Nobel Prize.

Daniel Z. Lieberman, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was interviewed by ABC News about 1 in 10 Americans over the age of 12 and a quarter of women aged 40 to 59 being on anti-depressants.

WASHINGTON (Oct. 19, 2011)—Anton Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H., professor of Surgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the President’s Award for Leadership, one of four annual awards from the Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF).

Justin A. Frank, M.D., clinical professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has written a book titled, "Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President."

Khaled el-Shami, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences was quoted in an article in The Washington Post about Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain overcoming stage IV colon cancer.