Press Archive

Naomi L. C. Luban, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, and Lori Luchtman-Jones, M.D., associate professor of Pediatrics, have secured funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a new pediatric transfusion medicine and hematology…

Congratulations to Donald Karcher, M.D., chair of the Department of Pathology, who was elected as President-Elect of the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC).

Congratulations to the 2012  “Golden Apple” awardees. The Golden Apple awards recognize the contributions of medical school professors who have made significant impacts on the students’ education.

The George Washington University is host to the world’s leaders in the area of research that focuses on Thymosins— small proteins present in many animal tissues that have diverse biological activities

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences is proud to report that the Physical Therapy program, which is part of the Health Sciences programs, rose in the US News & World Report rankings from 95th to 51st, putting the program in the 23rd percentile.

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…