Faculty in the Media
GW faculty members from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and clinicians at the Medical Faculty Associates, including Dr. Cynthia Tracy and Dr. Marco Mercador, traveled to Honduras during fall 2011 to provide medical care to people living in a medically underserved village.
Dr. Mehul J. Desai, assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Neurosurgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and clinician at the Medical Faculty Associates, commented in an article about the prevalence of back injury while people are shoveling snow.
Dr. Cynthia Tracy, professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and clinician at the Medical Faculty Associates, discusses the surgery she and her colleagues performed to repair a hole in a 36-year old Honduran woman's heart at GW Hospital.
Jesse Pines, M.D., associate professor of Emergency Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, co-authored an article about concierge medicine versus patient-centered medical homes which debated the benefits of enhanced patient access to care.
Michael Olding, M.D., professor of Surgery at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is quoted in an article about whether it's the nose job itself or the patient's new outlook on life that makes him or her appear younger.
Amir Afkhami, M.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is quoted in an article about the link between certain antidepressants for pregnant mothers and pulmonary hypertension in infants.
Jordan Cohen, M.D., professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is quoted in an article about the money that the chairman of the orthopedics department University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Heath is receiving from Medtronic, a medical device…
Wayne Olan, M.D., assistant clinical professor of Radiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, appears in a segment discussing a new treatment for brain aneurysms.
Katherine Chretien, M.D., associate professor of Medicine in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, wrote a column in USA Today about breastfeeding in America and how it should be more widely accepted by states and the American public, because it provides health benefits to both mother and…
Rajeev Pandarinath, M.D., assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was quoted in a Seattle Times article about potential injuries that can result from Zumba which may be embarrassing for patients.