Awards

Faculty acknowledgements, awards, appointments and promotions for February 2018.
Adam Friedman, MD, was recognized for his commitment to resident and medical education at ODAC Miami.
Experts in orthopaedic surgery gathered at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 to learn from their colleagues in the field, and to honor one of their own.
Three researchers from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) received awards at the District of Columbia Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) 2017 Scientific Meeting held on Nov. 4.
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that its Undergraduate Online Programs are now ranked in the top 25 programs nationally in the U.S. News and World Report Best Online Bachelors Programs rankings this year.
The GW Center for Healthcare Innovation and Policy Research announced the winners of the 2018 GW Hospital Leadership in Practice Innovation Award. 
Christina Puchalski, MD, was recognized by members of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine as one of the 30 most influential leaders in hospice and palliative medicine.
Shawneequa Callier, JD, MA, associate professor of clinical research and leadership, received the 2017 Genome Recognition of Employee Accomplishments and Talents Award from the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Norman Lee, PhD, and Catherine Bollard, MD, were recognized for their research in cancer at the 2017 Faculty Research Awards.
James L. Griffith, MD, chair for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Leon M. Yochelson Professor of Psychiatry at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the Oskar Pfister Award from the American Psychiatric Association.