GW Hospital

Over 100 faculty members at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences were recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as 2017 Top Doctors.

The GW Center for Healthcare Innovation and Policy Research at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is now accepting submissions for the 2017-18 GW Hospital Leadership in Innovation Practice Awards. 

The One GW Celebration, now in its second year, recognized the contributions of the GW health care community to patient care, research, and education.

James Gehring, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected to the board of directors of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Babak Sarani, MD ’97, RESD ’04, proselytized about the transformation of the GW Hospital Trauma and Critical Care Center to a crowd of alumni in his talk during the 6th Annual Frank N. Miller Lecture.

The GW Hospital is expanding its robotic services, becoming the first hospital in the world to perform colorectal surgery with the Medrobotics Flex® Robotic System – a robot system designed to navigate the body’s twists and turns. 

GW Hospital is at the forefront of performing transradial cardiac catheterization, a specialized non-surgical procedure for seriously ill cardiac patients, with almost 80 percent of STEMIs done transradially.

In Toaff’s annual event, Brighten Someone’s Day, medical students deliver handmade cards, balloons, and flowers to patients at the George Washington University Hospital.

GW Hospital and the D.C. Fire and EMS Department hosted a press conference recognizing the bystander and emergency responders who helped to save Officer Angelia Boddie's life.

In 2013, Danette Cunningham, 47, was driving her car when she unexpectedly blacked out and crashed. She had no idea what happened, and didn’t drive for four months. After replacing her car, Danette blacked out again while driving.