Press Archive

Christina Puchalski, M.D., director of the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health and professor of medicine, was recognized by the Association of Professional Chaplains and the European Society for Person Centered Healthcare for her tireless efforts to create a more spiritually-minded health…

Author Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, teaches patients how to better advocate for their health in her book, “When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Testing.”

Alexandros Tzatsos, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, was awarded over one million dollars in grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular foundations of pancreatic cancer.

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Frank A. Simon, M.D., will serve as senior advisor to the vice president for health affairs.

Congratulations to Jeffrey Berger, M.D., M.B.A., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and interim associate dean for graduate medical education at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), on the release of “Anesthesiology…

Mohamad Koubeissi, M.D., director of the Epilepsy Center and associate professor of neurology, is leading a clinical trial employing low-frequency deep brain stimulation to potentially help reduce epileptic seizures in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

The George Washington University, American University and the George Washington University Hospital announced that they will create a renewable energy project that brings solar power from North Carolina to the D.C. institutions, showing that large organizations in an urban setting can meet…

Jillian Catalanotti, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine and director of the internal medicine residency program at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), has been chosen as one of a select group of medical education leaders for the…

Jesse M. Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, Jameel Abualenain, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, James Scott, M.D., professor of emergency medicine, and Robert Shesser, M.D., chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, authored a new reference…

Peter Kokkinos, Ph.D., adjunct professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, and Charles Faselis, M.D., associate professor of medicine, were recently published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings for their research finding that higher fitness levels negate the “obesity paradox.”