Medicine

Visiting parents, siblings, spouses and friends spent a day in lectures and simulations to experience life as a GW medical student.

An 18-week plant-based dietary intervention program boosts employee productivity, while alleviating symptoms of anxiety, depression, and fatigue, according to a study by Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, published in the March/April issue of the American Journal of Health…

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR, is revolutionizing heart repair procedures in the way bypass and stents have done decades before.

Demonstration mounted in solidarity with medical schools nationwide.

Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, has been appointed commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Herbert Baraf, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, was recognized with the Paulding Phelps Award at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 15.

David Borenstein, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, commented in a HealthDay article about a new study finding that many patients with early stage rheumatoid arthritis stayed in remission with less medication. This article also appeared in Newsday, WebMD, and Newsmax Health.

Steven Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and health policy, received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effect of malpractice risk and financial incentives on cardiac testing, which will inform ongoing state malpractice reforms and federal…

Marie Borum, M.D., professor of medicine, was interviewed by ABC40 in Waco, Texas on how to tell the difference between heartburn and a heart attack.

Carolyn Clancy, M.D., associate clinical professor of medicine, was featured in an Endocrine Today article about her push for advocacy and innovation in diabetes care.