Press Archive

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Nancy Gaba, M.D.’93, RESD ’97, FACOG, a longtime leader at GW, will serve as the new chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., director of the Center for Neuroscience Research at Children’s National Health System and professor of pediatrics, and other researchers have found a “potentially novel therapeutic target” to reduce the rate of deterioration and to promote growth of brain cells damaged by…

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences received a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to fund its program, “Training Faculty to be Mentors in Humanism: A Faculty Development Program to Nurture Students’ Inner Growth.”

A study by Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, shows similarities in the pathogenesis of prion disease — misfolded proteins that can lead to neurological diseases — and the HIV virus.

Roger Mitchell, M.D., RESD ’06, was recently appointed the District’s new Chief Medical Examiner by Mayor Vincent C. Gray.

Gerald Lazarus, M.D. ‘63, member of the GW board of trustees and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Dean’s Council, has recently written a review on wound care treatments.

Braving single digit wind chill temperatures, faculty and students from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Physician Assistant Program arrived bright and early to volunteer at Arlington National Cemetery Jan. 26.

Congratulations to Jim Scott, M.D., professor of emergency medicine and former dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, who received the 2013 Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine.

Stuart Kassan, M.D. ‘72, member of the George Washington University (GW) board of trustees and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Dean’s Council, was named a ‘Distinguished Clinical Professor of Medicine’ at the University of Colorado (CU) Denver School of Medicine.

In a report published by the Institute of Medicine, Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, and co-authors make seven recommendations to provide a road map to enhance the sustainability of emergency preparedness efforts in the United States.