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In a Narrative Matters essay published in Health Affairs, Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, shares her own experiences to highlight a major issue in the fight to ensure equitable and accessible health care for all: adequate…
Jesse Pines, M.D., M.B.A., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, will speak to health care leaders at an Oct. 8 webinar about changes to the emergency department amid burgeoning health care reform.
Congratulations to Ismanie Guillaume, a third-year medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, who was chosen as one of just 12 medical students to participate in the 2014 class of the American Society of Hematology’s Minority Medical Student Award…
The GW Cancer Institute has launched the new Cancer Control Technical Assistance Portal (TAP), which will serve as an online resource for CDC-funded Comprehensive Cancer Control programs.
An interdisciplinary team of GW researchers are investigating more accurate and rapid methods of identification of bacterial pathogens in patients with pulmonary infections, which could lead to more targeted antimicrobial therapy with potentially less adverse effects and lower costs. Next-…
Shahram Majidi, M.D., a second-year resident in the Department of Neurology, received at $154K grant from the American Heart Association to study the presence of diffuse brain swelling and injury in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
Steven Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and health policy, received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effect of malpractice risk and financial incentives on cardiac testing, which will inform ongoing state malpractice reforms and federal…
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) welcomes Amy G. Hertz, who will serve as the senior advisor and chief of staff to Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., Walter A. Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine, dean of SMHS, and vice president for health…
Congratulations to George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences alumnus, Rick Hillegas, PA-C ’74, who was named a distinguished fellow by the American Academy of Physician Assistants for his contributions to patient care and his work in occupational medicine.
Researchers at The Milken Institute School of Public Health, together with the Rodham Institute, were awarded a grant estimated to be funded at $23.8 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to study a new model that aims to improve HIV prevention and care while lowering…