Faculty in the Media

Christina Puchalski, M.D. ’94, RESD ‘97, director of the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health, and professor of medicine, spoke to Vatican Radio (Vatican City) about recognizing the importance of taking care of the elderly in our society.

Adam Friedman, M.D., associate professor of dermatology, discusses some of his preferred skin care products in an article for Elle. 

Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct professor of medicine, suggested a new direction for Alzheimer's research in a Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, Florida) article. 

Adam Friedman, M.D., associate professor of dermatology, discussed accutane as an acne treatment in an article for Self.

Marcee White, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, commented in the article on WIBW News (Topeka, Kansas) about ensuring safe storage of prescriptions away from children.

Lynn Abell, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., director of the Division of Rheumatology and associate professor of medicine, were mentioned in the Los Angeles Magazine article about treating a patient who needed a hand transplant.

Medical students at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences spoke to ABC7 - WJLA about their Match Day experiences.

Kelly Chiles, M.D., assistant professor of urology, was interviewed for The Washington Post article discussing the increase in vasectomies during March.

Faculty in the department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine were featured in Cosmos Magazine for their research in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases on developing a way to test recombinant vaccines for their ability to stay effective after years of storage. 

Kris Lehnhardt, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, was quoted in the blog post on FiveThirtyEight about the effects of space travel on the human body.