Appointments

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.
Congratulations to Linda Zanin, EdD ’96, MA ’92, director of strategic partnerships at the SMHS, who was recently elected to the engagement commission for the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships.
Roger Ideishi, JD, OT/L, FAOTA has joined the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) in the role of program director for the Occupational Therapy Programs, including a soon-to-be established entry-level Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) program. 
Congratulations to Lee Beers, MD, FAAP, of Children’s National Hospital and SMHS, who was elected to be president of the American Academy of Pediatrics starting in January 2020. 
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Timothy S. Harlan, MD, FACP, will join the faculty at GW and establish the GW Center for Culinary Medicine.
Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C, DFAAPA, senior associate dean for health sciences and professor of physician assistant (PA) studies, and Howard Straker, EdD, MPH, PA-C, assistant professor of PA studies, were elected and inducted to leadership positions at the Physician Assistant Education…
Harold A. Frazier II, MD, has been selected to serve as the associate dean for graduate medical education at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. 
With his formal installation as the inaugural Dr. Cyrus Katzen Family Director of the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center on Aug. 13, Eduardo M. Sotomayor, MD, joined an elite group of 29 endowed professors, chairs, and directors throughout the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences…
Antonia R. Sepulveda, MD, PhD, has been selected to serve as chair of the Department of Pathology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She will also serve as the Ralph E. Lowey Professor of Oncology, as well as chief of pathology service and clinical laboratory director at GW Hospital.
Barbara Lee Bass, a widely respected academic medicine leader, surgeon and researcher who completed her residency and served on faculty at the GW, has been named vice president for health affairs and dean of the SMHS.