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Universal Health Services, Inc., one of the nation’s largest hospital management companies, has announced that Barry A. Wolfman has been named CEO/Managing Director of The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. His expected start date is Monday, April 23, 2012.
Peter R. Holbrook, MD, was honored earlier this week by colleagues and many of the families for whom he cared throughout his career in recognition of 37 years of leadership at Children’s National Medical Center. Dr. Holbrook is leaving the position of Chief Medical Officer at Children's National…
Dr. Michael S. Irwig, assistant professor of Medicine, Dr. Anton Trinidad, associate professor of Psychiatry, and Matthew St. Peter, a fourth year medical student at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, co-authored an article in the Journal of Sexual Medicine titled, “Self-Castration…
The GW Women’s Heart Center has a new supporter in local chef and restaurateur, Ris Lacoste, who owns the Foggy Bottom restaurant, RIS.
Lindsay Garvin, a doctoral candidate pursuing a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology as part of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, a joint program with the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a two-year research…
The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) has received a $175, 851 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation to convene a working group of 30 subject-matter experts, in the areas of medicine, nursing, chaplaincy, social work, allied health, healthcare economics,…
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, along with more than 100 other medical schools from around the country who are members of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced a new commitment to enhancing the wellness of America’s veterans, service members, and their families…
Christina Puchalski, M.D. '94, RESD '97, director of the George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) and professor of Medicine in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences recently co-authored a report in The Journal of Religion and Health titled “Spirituality…
Congratulations to The GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) for winning a 2011 CINE Golden Eagle award in the Science & Technology competition for the Television & Film industries. Their winning submission is a documentary titled, 'Survivor: Cara Scharf' that tells the story of a twenty-…
Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and Director of the GW Institute for Neuroscience in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify molecular mechanisms that define…