News Archive

Scott Kahan, M.D., professorial lecturer of Health Policy, professorial lecturer of Medicine, and co-director of the GW Weight Management Program is quoted in an article about eating habits that can pack on the pounds.

Anne Sagalyn, M.D. ‘81, assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, had an article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, titled “A Little Hyponatremia.”

Dr. Khaled el-Shami, assistant professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was quoted in a Voice of America article about Apple CEO Steve Job's death from pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Christina Puchalski, professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, addressed nurses, nursing students, clergy and volunteers at the Chambersburg Hospital in Chambersburg, PA. She talked about integrating spirituality and patient care.

Dr. Michael Irwig, assistant professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, discusses the survey he conducted into the sexual side effects of some hair loss drugs for men.

The Katzen Cancer Research Center is pleased to announce that Leo Schargorodski has joined the Center as its inaugural executive director.

At first glance, the physician workforce in Washington, D.C. looks robust: about one licensed physician for every 60 residents. That’s far higher than the nationwide ratio of about one doctor for every 300 Americans.  

Margaret Plack, P.T., Ed.D., interim senior associate dean for the Health Sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), says her passion for education is attributable in part to her father, who loved the dictionary.

In an event sponsored by the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the GW School of Public Health and Health services, the DC Board of Medicine presented a report that details the physician and physician assistant workforce in the district.

The GW Cancer Institute's Survivor's Map, an online resource for adult survivors of pediatric cancer, was featured in an article in Cure, a magazine for cancer patients, survivors, and care givers. It is the largest consumer magazine in the U.S. focused entirely on cancer.