News Archive

SMHS announced today that Henry J. Kaminski, M.D., will be joining the faculty as the Meta Amalia Neumann Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology in September 2011.

The Department of Emergency Medicine of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is hosting the DC area’s first EMT-Basic Clinical Summer Program aimed at high school and first/second year college students interested in a healthcare delivery career.

Dr. James L. Griffith, professor and interim chair of Psychiatry and Neurology and director of the Psychiatry Residency Program at SMHS, was awarded the Creative Scholarship Award by the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (SSPC) at their annual meeting, June 2 – 4.

Dr. Charles Samenow, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, published an op-ed on hypersexual disorder.

Dr. Michael Olding, chief of Plastic Surgery at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, comments on why men are opting for plastic surgery.

Dan O’Neill, a third-year medical student pursuing his MD/MPH at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and an HIV awareness activist, is one of 34 scholars, out of 2000 applicants, chosen to receive a scholarship from the Point Foundation.

WASHINGTON (June 16, 2011) — Researchers from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) have been awarded a five-year, $500,000-per-year R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Dr. Charles Samenow, assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was featured on ABC News Good Morning America, commenting on sex addiction. This story was also covered on the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Nancy Gaba, associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was featured in the Washington Post in an article about social media and pregnancy/delivery.

Kathryn Boling was not the conventional medical student. At 53 years old, she has raised two daughters, been through a divorce, had a 30-year career, and moved across the country to pursue her “life’s dream.”