Press Releases
Good news! We have created a brand new Facebook page and Twitter account for the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. This is your one-stop-shop for all SMHS-related updates, including information about upcoming events, the latest research to be published and finding out which faculty and…
GW Provided Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Ultrasound Screening, Urological Screening and Vision testing for Veterans in Landover, MD.
Cardiologists from The George Washington University’s Cheney Cardiovascular Institute, Dr. Cynthia Tracy and Dr. Marco Mercader, recently returned from a “health brigade” to Comayagua, Honduras.
Shawneequa Callier, J.D., assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is part of a team of researchers that was awarded a $710,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Fourth year GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences student, Elizabeth Wiley, J.D., M.P.H., was one of seven medical students from the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) to conduct a study on how medical students view the health care reform legislation, the Patient Protection and…
WASHINGTON (Oct. 19, 2011)—Anton Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H., professor of Surgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the President’s Award for Leadership, one of four annual awards from the Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF).
Anne Sagalyn, M.D. ‘81, assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, had an article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, titled “A Little Hyponatremia.”
Numerous studies and clinical trials have demonstrated that the use of Automated External Defibrillation devices (AEDs) can dramatically increase the survival rate of someone who suffers “sudden cardiac arrest,” (SCA), especially in high-density public places, such as shopping malls, hotels, sports…
Richard Kovar, MD ‘80, was named 2012 Family Physician of the Year by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Leonard Wartofsky, M.D., M.P.H., who earned four degrees from GW, was one of five distinguished alumni who received this year’s Alumni Achievement Awards. The award are the highest form of recognition that the University and the GW Alumni Association bestow upon alumni each year.