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Dr. Victoria Shanmugam to Serve as Director of the Division of Rheumatology at the George Washington University
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Victoria Shanmugam, MBBS, MRCP, has been appointed to serve as the director of the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Medicine.
The GW Institute for Spirituality and Health and the John Templeton Foundation Announce Reflection Rounds Award Winners
The GW Institute for Spirituality and Health, in partnership with the John Templeton Foundation, is pleased to announce the GWish-Templeton Reflection Rounds award winners.
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Urgent Matters Accepting Submissions for 2014 Emergency Care Innovation of the Year
Urgent Matters, Blue Jay Consulting, and Schumacher Group are now accepting submissions for the 2014 Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a competition to foster innovation in emergency departments nationwide.
George Washington University to Host Conference on Preparing the Next Generation of Physical Therapists for Innovative Practice
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Physical Therapy Program is pleased to host, in conjunction with Woods Duncan Consulting, “Preparing the Next Generation of Physical Therapists for Innovative Practice,” to be held July 25-26 at GW’s Marvin Center in Washington, D.C.
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GW Researchers Present Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease as Interconnected Syndromes
Paul Kimmel, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, and Lakhmir Chawla, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, published a review article in the New England Journal of Medicine, calling for greater follow-up care of patients with acute kidney injury, who often…
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GW Physician Releases Paperback Edition of “When Doctors Don’t Listen”
Author Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, teaches patients how to better advocate for their health in her book, “When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Testing.”
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GW Researcher Receives More Than $1Mil in Grants to Study Epigenetics of Pancreatic Cancer
Alexandros Tzatsos, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, was awarded over one million dollars in grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular foundations of pancreatic cancer.
Frank A. Simon, M.D. to Serve as Senior Advisor to the Vice President for Health Affairs at GW
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Frank A. Simon, M.D., will serve as senior advisor to the vice president for health affairs.
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George Washington University Leads First Clinical Trial to Reduce Epileptic Seizures in Individuals with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Using Low Frequency Deep Brain Stimulation
Mohamad Koubeissi, M.D., director of the Epilepsy Center and associate professor of neurology, is leading a clinical trial employing low-frequency deep brain stimulation to potentially help reduce epileptic seizures in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.
Solar Project to Bring Energy to Three D.C. Institutions
The George Washington University, American University and the George Washington University Hospital announced that they will create a renewable energy project that brings solar power from North Carolina to the D.C. institutions, showing that large organizations in an urban setting can meet energy…
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