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Leading up to his first year of medical school at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), David Agdashian, now a second-year MD student, had the opportunity to work at the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

The GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce that Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, was awarded a prestigious grant from The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new endowed lecture series – the Stuart S. Kassan, MD ‘72, Lecture Series – hosted by the Division of Rheumatology. 

SMHS welcomed the MD Class of 2022 at the White Coat and Honor Code Ceremony.

A team at the GW Cancer Center will study the role of the COMPASS complex in the initiation and progression of pancreatic cancer.

Lexis Deshazor-Burnett, a rising junior at North Carolina A&T State University, credits the George Washington University (GW) Summer Program Advancing Research on Cancer (GW-SPARC) with opening her eyes to the myriad research paths she could follow.

Before SMHS welcomed the incoming MD Class of 2022 during the White Coat Ceremony, first-year medical students, their alumni parents, and family members gathered for the annual SMHS Legacy Brunch.

Mary Ann Stepp delivered the Keynote Award Lecture at the 21st Annual International Ocular Society Meeting

Anton Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS, Lewis B. Saltz Chair and Professor of Surgery, served as editor of the definitive reference for the diagnosis and treatment of circulatory diseases, Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 9th Edition.

William Borden, MD, associate professor of medicine and health policy, published commentary in the journal JAMA Cardiology calling for more accessible outcomes data for patients.