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The George Washington University Medical Center recently named Anton N. Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H., former chief of surgical services at Veterans Administration Medical Center, chair of the Department of Surgery.
Since the earthquake in Haiti last January, public health experts expected infectious diseases, such as the recent cholera outbreak, to take hold as people worked to rebuild the country.
Alzheimer's affects more than 35 million people globally and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
With programs and projects spanning the world, The George Washington University Medical Center’s influence is increasingly global. But at the eighth annual Foggy Bottom/West End Block Party, October 17, its mission stayed close to home.
GW's Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute, says that by effectively marshaling and mobilizing all resources, whether they be foreign governments or private sector organizations from all over the world, Chile has handled the mining crisis much better than…
The World Health Organization is calling on drug companies to donate more medicine to help to eradicate tropical diseases.
Ethical concerns arise when patients want to connect with doctors on social networks. GW's Katherine Chretien, M.D., associate professor of Medicine, worries that any communication with a patient on a public platform like Facebook could pose a violation of HIPPA.
Washington, DC – The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The GW Medical Faculty Associates, and The GW Hospital announced today the appointment of Anton N. Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H., as the new Chairman of the Department of Surgery.
Playing the role of a 46-year-old African American woman with a lump in her breast was a trying experience for Ireal Johnson, a first-year medical student at the GW Medical Center, who found herself shuffled between examination rooms and specialists during the third annual “A Walk in my…
U.S. and European security services are struggling to track Western nationals who travel abroad to receive training from Al-Qaeda and its allies and then return to try to carry out attacks.