Faculty in the Media

Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., vice president for health affairs and dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was profiled in The Washington Blade. Next week, Akman will be confirmed as the Bloedorn Chair of Administrative Medicine.

Joseph Wright, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by USA Today about bullying, saying that by third grade 75 percent of kids have been exposed to bullying, the majority as bystanders.

Jehan El-Bayoumi, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was quoted in Medpage Today's The Gupta Guide on whether prostate specific antigen screening should be done for men 75 and older.

Valerie Hu, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, was featured by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative for her recently published research in Molecular Psychiatry.

Patience White M.D., professor of medicine, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about the link between achy joints and the weather.

Amir Afkhami, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was a guest on CCTV America to discuss how mental healthcare in the United States compares with the rest of the world.

Stephen Teach, M.D., professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by The Washington Post about his work to try and lower the number of children who are hospitalized for asthma in D.C., which has one of the highest rates of pediatric asthma in the country.

Jessica Torrente, M.D., assistant professor of radiology, gives a tour of the GW Mammovan to FOX 5's Holly Morris.

Jonathan Reiner, M.D., professor of medicine and director of cardiac catheterization laboratories, was interviewed for an article in The National Journal about former President George W. Bush's former heart problems.

David Wessel, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, talked to WTOP about D.C. being barred from making Medicaid payments during the federal government shutdown.