Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Vsevolod “Seva” Polotsky, MD, has been selected to serve as vice chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the GW Medical Faculty Associates. Polotsky will also serve as…

GW researchers found low dose aspirin may reduce the need for mechanical ventilation, ICU admission and in-hospital mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Final results indicating the lung protective effects of aspirin were published today in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Faculty, residents, and students across GW are creating a registry of information on GW Hospital patients suffering from the novel coronavirus, capturing data on demographics, medical history, treatments, and more. 

May Chin, MD, professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at SMHS, received the Trailblazer Award from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.

Katrina Hawkins, MD ’05, RESD ’08, FEL ’11, is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences and medical director of the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at GW Hospital offers a glimpse of life as an…

As the response to the COVID-19 pandemic grew, Jeffrey Williams, MD, assistant professor at SMHS, saw a potential need for medical scribes to ease the workload facing physicians. He realized SMHS students would fit the bill perfectly.

Kelsey Borner, PhD, assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, spoke to Romper about how parents can help reassure children who are afraid to wear face masks.

Katrina Hawkins, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, penned an article about her experience as an ICU physician during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Katrina Hawkins, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, spoke to The Washington Post for an article discussing national data that shows COVID-19 is severely impacting more men than women across the U.S.

The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Berger, MD, MBA will serve as chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.