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First- and second-year GWU MD students sitting at a table with glue, markers and cloth
MD Students Give Back to Community
First- and second-year MD students participated in Community Service Day this year. The students worked on crafts for organizations that benefit children and animals.
Two GW medical students singing onstage at graduation
M.D. Class of 2017 Enters into Profession that is ‘Universal Symbol of Hope’
School of Medicine and Health Sciences graduates had the “time of their lives” at the 2017 M.D. Diploma Ceremony on May 21, thanks to a couple of their more musically inclined classmates, as well as the support from their family, friends, teachers, and mentors.
A student award presenter and recipient standing together on stage
M.D. Students Take Home Awards
Class of 2017 M.D. program students received awards for their achievements at the annual Medical Student Gala, held Friday, May 19.
Kat Calabrese and Susan Ceryak holding awards
2017 Distinguished Teacher Awards for the M.D. Program
SMHS professors Kat Calabrese, M.D. ’08, RESD ’12, and Susan Ceryak, Ph.D. ’94, M.S. ’90, receive honor for their skill in the classroom.
Lieutenant General Nadja West posing for a portrait in front of an American flag
Lieutenant General Nadja Y. West, M.D. '88, to Serve as Keynote Speaker at 2017 M.D. Diploma Ceremony, Receive Honorary Degree at GW Commencement
Lieutenant General Nadja Y. West, M.D. '88, will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2017 M.D. Diploma Ceremony, held on Sunday, May 21, at 2:30 p.m. at Lisner Auditorium. She will also receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Public Service at GW Commencement, held on the National Mall. 
A SMHS student holding an envelope and reacting with joy to her medical residency match
Class of 2017 Makes a Match
The noise of the crowd grew to a deafening roar in Ross Hall Room 101 of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) at the Announcements that 100 percent of the Class of 2017 will begin residency training this summer.
Dean Jeffrey Akman placing a white coat onto a student on stage
What the White Coat Carries
Members of the M.D. Class of 2020 joined the SMHS community at the White Coat and Honor Code Ceremony on Aug. 6.
GW SMHS M.D. Program Receives Full, 8-Year Accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education
On Wednesday, June 22, the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences received the formal report from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) conveying that the medical education program leading to the M.D. degree will continue with full accreditation for an…
Dr. Lawrence 'Bopper' Dayton posing for a portrait
NPR - This Med School Teaches Health Policy Along With The Pills
Lawrence "Bopper" Deyton, M.D. ’85, MSPH, senior associate dean for clinical public health, as well as several medical students, were interviewed for a story on NPR's Morning Edition about the M.D. Program's curriculum focused on teaching health policy, as well as basic science and medicine.…
Leana Wen, M.D. speaks from podium
Ninth Annual AΩA Visiting Professor Grand Rounds Lecture
Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana Wen, M.D., returned to the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences to serve as the Ninth Annual AΩA Visiting Professor May 12.
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