Medicine

Michael Knight, MD, assistant professor of medicine, spoke to WAMU-FM about the impacts of mold on health.

Cynthia Tracy, MD, professor of medicine, spoke to Hearst TV for a segment about pacemakers and the potential for hacking these devices. The segment aired on WRTV (Indianapolis, Indiana).

Congratulations to the four distinguished members of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) who earned awards from the American College of Physicians this year!

Diversity often is defined as increasing representation of people from all backgrounds in a particular field, but it’s also more than varying the makeup of an organization, it’s supporting diversity of thought, says Keith Melancon.

In mid-September, the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) started a tradition: the Stuart S. Kassan, MD ’72, Lecture Series.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is one of 12 top medical research centers to collaborate with the Scleroderma Research Foundation to launch CONQUER: the first-ever national, longitudinal patient registry for those suffering from scleroderma.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new endowed lecture series – the Stuart S. Kassan, MD ‘72, Lecture Series – hosted by the Division of Rheumatology. 

William Borden, MD, associate professor of medicine and health policy, published commentary in the journal JAMA Cardiology calling for more accessible outcomes data for patients. 

Jeffrey M. Bethony, PhD, professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, and David Diemert, MD, associate professor of medicine, published an article in Trends in Parasitology on lessons learned while creating hookworm and schistosomiasis vaccine candidates.

Transgender individuals may be at higher risk for heart disease, according to a review article published by Michael S. Irwig, MD, associate professor of medicine, in Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders.