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Class of 2016 M.D. program students received awards for their achievements at the annual Medical Student Gala, held Friday, May 13.
The GW Institute for Neuroscience hosted the Sixth Annual Neuroscience Symposium, featuring presentations on new research.
Emergency medicine residents visited Capitol Hill to hear panels on the Affordable Care Act, budget forecasting for legislation, and prescription opioid misuse.
Experts from GW, as well as the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland and the National Institutes of Health, presented on HIV/AIDS and cancer research at the inaugural Scientific Symposium on Viruses and Cancer.
Area clinicians joined GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) faculty, alumni, and residents to hear Edward “Ted” Schaeffer, M.D., Ph.D., present a pair of keynote addresses during the third annual Harry C. Miller Visiting Professorship Symposium and Awards Luncheon, March 19, 2016.
GW surgeons discuss preventing and treating neck and back pain at the Frontiers in Medicine lecture.
Young, DPS, discusses his career path, his role in creating and implementing the Affordable Care Act, and his desire to understand all aspects of health care.
Congratulations to Jay Katzen, M.D. ’72, B.A. ’67, who was among six George Washington University alumni to receive the Alumni Outstanding Service Award at the 55th annual Alumni Outstanding Service Awards ceremony April 7 for their volunteer efforts in support of the University.
The second day of the event featured health and medicine projects, as well as award-winning student research.
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), when the heart unexpectedly stops beating, can strike anywhere, anytime. While those with a history of heart disease — such as a previous cardiac arrest, coronary artery disease, or arrhythmia — are most at risk, anyone, even healthy adults or young athletes can…