Emergency Medicine
Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, wrote an op-ed for NPR's Shots on the benefits of sharing medical records with patients.
Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed on CBS This Morning about delays on publishing information about gifts to doctors, calling for transparency for patients.
Sonal Batra, M.D., instructor of emergency medicine, was interviewed by Noticiero Telemundo on a new report finding many senior citizens seen in the emergency department suffer from malnutrition.
Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, authored an op-ed on the importance of not just helping the patient, but addressing the health of the community for greater care.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is now accepting applications for a new, online graduate degree program in emergency medical services leadership for the fall 2014 term.
Book by GW physician Leana Wen teaches patients how to advocate for their health.
Urgent Matters, Blue Jay Consulting, and Schumacher Group are now accepting submissions for the 2014 Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a competition to foster innovation in emergency departments nationwide.
Robert Shesser, M.D., chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by the Washington Business Journal for a story on activity in the emergency department during the Fourth of July holiday.
Author Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, teaches patients how to better advocate for their health in her book, “When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Testing.”
SMHS faculty discussed advances in trauma and critical care medicine during the June 9 Frontiers in Medicine lecture.