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Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad to Establish Lab at GW, Join Faculty
A Nobel Prize winner will soon be teaching and conducting life saving research at the George Washington University. Professor Ferid Murad, recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine and world renowned pioneer in biochemistry, will join the faculty in April 2011.
Richard L. Abbott, M.D., Begins Term as President of American Academy of Ophthalmology
Richard L. Abbott, M.D. became the new president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology on January 1, 2011. Dr. Abbott received his medical doctorate in 1971 from The George Washington University School of Medicine.
HHS Announces the Nation’s New Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Agenda
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled Healthy People 2020, the nation’s new 10-year goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention, and “myHealthyPeople,” a new challenge for technology application developers.  
GW Cancer Institute and Banca Civica Become Community Partners to Help Fight Cancer
WASHINGTON – The GW Cancer Institute (GWCI) at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences has joined forces with Banca Civica, a financial institution from Spain pioneering the innovative concept of civic banking, to fight cancer in Washington, D.C.
GW’s Dr. David Borenstein Named President of American College of Rheumatology
David G. Borenstein, M.D., clinical professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was appointed president of the American College of Rheumatology during the ACR's annual business meeting, held Wednesday, November 10 in Atlanta.
GW’s Dr. Peter Hotez Named President of The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) announced that Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Walter G. Ross Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has assumed his…
The GW Medical Center Appoints New Chair of the Department of Surgery
Washington, DC – The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The GW Medical Faculty Associates, and The GW Hospital announced today the appointment of Anton N. Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H., as the new Chairman of the Department of Surgery.
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