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A recently published paper by the George Washington University Cancer Institute addresses the value of patient navigation programs for community cancer centers.
Researcher Michael S. Irwig, M.D., F.A.C.E., assistant professor of medicine, found that men who used the medication finasteride (Propecia) and developed persistent sexual side effects, are also drinking less alcohol than before.
Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D. ’79, has been elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society at the organization’s annual meeting, held in May. He will serve a one-year term as one of the top officers of the Society, the statewide membership organization representing nearly 24,000…
Jonathan Reiner, M.D., professor of medicine and director of cardiac catheterization laboratories, consulted Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) on H.R. 2135, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act. Reiner offered his expertise on issues facing healthcare providers and the need for the legislation.
Alex Stagnaro-Green, M.D., senior associate dean for education and professor of medicine and obstetrics-gynecology, co-authored a commentary published in The Lancet, calling for greater public health policies to eradicate iodine deficiency in the U.K. and other developed countries, including the…
The American Psychiatric Association has presented Paramjit T. Joshi, M.D., with a Special Presidential Commendation for her long-standing contributions to psychiatric medicine, education and research, her international leadership on the mental health of children and adolescents, and her…
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has approved a $2.1 million, three-year research award to the GW Cancer Institute, housed within the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the GW School of Public Health and Health Services to evaluate cancer survivorship care models.
The Avon Foundation announced $275,000 in grants to the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and GW Cancer Institute, at the close of the 11th annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Washington, D.C.
Lawrence “Bopper” Deyton, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, co-authored a commentary published in the Lancet, titled "Understanding the Tobacco Control Act: Efforts by the US Food and Drug Administration to Make Tobacco-related Morbidity and Mortality Part of the USA’s Past, not Its Future…
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new neurologic physical therapy residency pilot program. The pilot program will begin in August 2013.