News Archive

For a second year, researchers at SMHS showed off the beauty of the work they do every day for the Art of Science Contest.

Christina Puchalski, MD ’94, RESD ’97 director of the GWish, spoke to WTOP for an article about teaching physicians how to have difficult conversations with patients about their conditions.

There are times when doctors are so focused on their patients, they forget to take proper care of their own health. However, there are skills they can learn early on to keep burnout at bay — and that’s the goal of the GW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Wellness Week.

This year, the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Office of International Medicine Programs (IMP) marks 25 years of service in both Washington, D.C., and abroad, linking GW’s medical programs with the international medical community.

A group of student and faculty researchers from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences published outcome of establishing Rheumatology Interest Group in the International Journal of Rheumatology.

Newton Kendig, MD, clinical professor of medicine, spoke to The New Yorker for an article about the jail health care crisis.

Medical complications and innovation will be the topics du jour at this year’s annual Dr. Harry C. Miller Visiting Professorship Symposium and Reception, to be held on March 2 at SMHS.

Faculty and residents from the SMHS Department of Dermatology will present at the American Academy of Dermatology Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., March 1–5.

Marcia Firmani, PhD, MSPH, was tapped to chair the Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. 

George Washington University's Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, director of the newly established comprehensive pulmonary hypertension program, talks about the life-threatening condition in a Q&A.