Appointments

New Physician Advisor for Office of International Medicine Programs
Dr. Jeffrey Berger has been appointed as physician advisor for the Office of International Medicine Programs.
Leo Schargorodski Joins Katzen Cancer Research Center as First Executive Director
The Katzen Cancer Research Center is pleased to announce that Leo Schargorodski has joined the Center as its inaugural executive director.
A Legacy of Excellence
Anton Sidawy, an internationally renowned vascular surgeon, former chief of surgical services at the D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, immediate past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, and current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, has his own vision: “to take what…
Dr. Alan G. Wasserman is Elected to the Board of Directors of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society has announced that Dr. Alan G. Wasserman, chairman of the Department of Medicine at SMHS, has been elected to the Board of Directors as a Councilor Director.
Dr. Henry J. Kaminski Joins SMHS as Chair of the Department of Neurology
SMHS announced today that Henry J. Kaminski, M.D., will be joining the faculty as the Meta Amalia Neumann Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology in September 2011.
Dr. Peter Hotez, Appointed to National Institutes of Health Council of Councils
WASHINGTON – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced yesterday that Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., a scientist and researcher at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been appointed to serve as a member of the NIH Council of Councils.
Dr. Jeffrey S. Akman, Tapped by D.C. Mayor to Serve on Commission on HIV/AIDS
Washington (March 11, 2011) – Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray has appointed Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., to serve on the newly created Mayor’s Commission on HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Jeffrey Akman posing for a portrait
Catania, Graham Named to D.C. HIV/AIDS Commission
Jeffrey Akman, M.D., vice provost for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a recognized expert in LGBT and AIDS-related psychiatry, was appointed to Mayor Vincent Gray's Commission on HIV/AIDS.
Richard L. Abbott, M.D., Begins Term as President of American Academy of Ophthalmology
Richard L. Abbott, M.D. became the new president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology on January 1, 2011. Dr. Abbott received his medical doctorate in 1971 from The George Washington University School of Medicine.
GW’s Dr. David Borenstein Named President of American College of Rheumatology
David G. Borenstein, M.D., clinical professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was appointed president of the American College of Rheumatology during the ACR's annual business meeting, held Wednesday, November 10 in Atlanta.
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