Medicine

Richard Elion, MD, clinical professor of medicine, was quoted by Windy City Times in an article discussing Howard Brown Health's 2017 Midwest LGBTQ Health Symposium, where Elion delivered the kickoff speech.

Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, MD, associate professor of medicine, published a Narrative Matters essay in Health Affairs outlining her experience overcoming prejudices to heal the doctor-patient relationship. 

Michael Irwig, MD, associate professor of medicine, wrote an article for Endocrine News about his work and interest in the field of endocrinology.

Katherine Chretien, MD, assistant dean for student affairs and associate professor of medicine, spoke to AAMC News for an article about being a mother working in medicine and the need for institutions to have structured policies around maternity leave.

Mitchell R. Smith, MD, PhD, associate center director for clinical investigations at GW Cancer Center and professor of medicine, was interviewed for a segment on Al Jazeera reporting on a new treatment approved for patients with childhood leukemia that uses the patient's own genetically modified…

Rising second-year MD students earned their research stripes during the break between semesters.

Neal Barnard, MD, adjunct associate professor of medicine, was mentioned in a Medical News Today article discussing a review and meta-analysis he recently published about the effects of a vegetarian diet on cholesterol levels.

Joshua Cohen, MD, professor of medicine, was interviewed by NBC4 for a segment about the detection of prediabetes and interventions patients can use to lower risk of developing diabetes.

Robert Kaiser, MD, associate professor of medicine, authored an editorial for Frontiers, the newsletter of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine, about health care policy and the debate about who should shoulder the cost of health care.

Mikhail Kogan, MD, medical director of GW Center for Integrative Medicine, and assistant professor of medicine, spoke to MedPage Today for their Feedback Friday feature discussing use of "alternative medicine" by some patients.