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Dr. Thomas Joiner speaking from a podium
Why People Die By Suicide
Thomas Joiner, M.D., delivered the 20th Anniversary Seymour Perlin, M.D. Lecture on Suicidology and Life-Threatening Illnesses, Oct. 31.
Elizabeth Prevou standing with colleagues
Students Compete in Inaugural D.C. Public Health Case Challenge
An interdisciplinary team of students representing the Milken Institute School of Public Health (formerly the GW School of Public Health and Health Services), the Graduate School of Education and Human Development and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences was awarded the prize for “Best…
Dr. Stephen Bergman standing with colleagues
Human Side of Medicine
Stephen Bergman, M.D., Ph.D., psychiatrist and author of the landmark, best-selling medical novel, “The House of God," described his journey as a physician and writer and how those two worlds intertwined at the 8th Annual Stuart M. Fidler, M.D., Memorial, Nov. 6.
Five SMHS female faculty members standing together
Ladies Who Lead
SMHS senior leadership discussed their personal and professional paths to becoming effective leaders during a luncheon Oct. 23.
Dr. Yolanda C. Oertel with Dean Akman and President Knapp
Yolanda and James Oertel Give $2.5 Million to Support Medical Humanities at SMHS
Yolanda C. Oertel, M.D., RESD ’72, and her husband James E. Oertel, M.D., donated $2.5 million to the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences to establish The Yolanda and James Oertel Professorship for the Medical Humanities.
Dr. Victoria Mui posing for a portrait
SMHS Resident Receives 2013 AΩA Postgraduate Award
Victoria Mui, M.D., a PGY3 resident in the OBGYN program, received the 2013 Alpha Omega Alpha Postgraduate Award.
Physical Therapy honoree students standing together holding certificates
A Celebration of Commitment and Service
The GW SMHS community gathered to celebrate academic achievements and welcome the new class of students at the 2013 Physical Therapy Excellence Awards and White Coat Ceremony, Oct. 15.
Dr. Jean Fourcroy typing on a laptop
Breaking Barriers in the Name of Research
Within most successful researchers there lies a stubborn streak; a flicker of perseverance that lights the way past personal and professional setbacks en route to the next big idea. So it was for Jean L.
Dr. Paul Rusilko posing for a portrait
Building a Center of Excellence for Urologic Reconstructive Care in the Nation’s Capital
The newest member of the Department of Urology at GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Paul Rusilko, D.O., specializes in an area of the field that has long been underrepresented amongst the medical community in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Compton Benjamin posing for a portrait
Urologic Oncologist Advocates for Prostate Cancer Screening
Compton Benjamin, M.D., Ph.D., RESD ’09, assistant professor of urology at GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), regularly treats patients for everything from kidney, prostate, and testicular cancer to kidney stones and erectile dysfunction.
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