Faculty in the Media

William Borden, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was interviewed by Reuters to discuss why doctors may not agree with new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association on prescribing cholesterol-lowing statin drugs.
Richard Cytowic, M.D., associate clinical professor of neurology, was interviewed on FOX 5 News on the importance of learning to say "no."
Hemant Sharma, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, was interviewed on FOX 5 News about childhood allergies.
Debra Herrmann, assistant professor of physician assistant studies, was interviewed by U.S. News & World Report for a story on physician assistants and their importance in the health care community.
Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, was quoted in an article in TIME, originally published in Real Simple, on how to help your brain continue to develop neurons and build new connections to strengthen memory as you age, a phenomenon called neuroplasticity.
Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and instructor of emergency medicine, talked to WTOP-FM about teaching patients how to better advocate for their health and her book, recently released in paperback, “When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary…
Linda Kusner, Ph.D., assistant research professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, and Henry Kaminski, M.D., chair of the Department of Neurology, were featured in Medical News Today for their recently published research in PLOS ONE, finding that autoimmune disorders share…
Douglas Nixon, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, was featured in Infection Control Today for his recently published research on an antibody that can neutralize the HIV-1 fossil virus, published in the Cutting-edge Section of the Journal of…
Ellen Costello, Ph.D., associate director for the program in physical therapy, was mentioned as a keynote speaker for the upcoming conference, “Preparing the Next Generation of Physical Therapists for Innovative Practice,”  in Physical Therapy Products.
A review article in the New England Journal of Medicine by Paul Kimmel, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, and Lakhmir Chawla, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, presenting acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease as interconnected syndromes, was…