Rheumatology
A group of student and faculty researchers from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences published outcome of establishing Rheumatology Interest Group in the International Journal of Rheumatology.
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.
Research published by Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., associate professor of medicine, finding that opioid exposure is associated with reduced likelihood of healing in patients with chronic wounds, was featured in an article on Pain Medicine News.
Lynn Abell, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., director of the Division of Rheumatology and associate professor of medicine, were mentioned in the Los Angeles Magazine article about treating a patient who needed a hand transplant.
On the cover page of the immunology textbook Victoria Shanmugam used in medical school was a quotation that resonated with the young Londoner: “Immunology is the invention of the devil, who is making it up as he goes along because he is not too clear about this stuff either.”
Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was featured in McKnight's Long-term Care News for her research published in Wound Repair and Regeneration finding that opioid exposure is associated with reduced likeliho
The Rheumatology Research Foundation recently awarded Aileen Y. Chang, M.D., M.S.P.H., a $75,000 pilot grant to fund her research in rheumatology for a project entitled, “A Pilot Study of the Pathogenesis of Chikungunya Arthritis in the Americas.”
Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., director of the Division of Rheumatology, published research in Wound Repair and Regeneration on a new method for detection of infection in wounds that could take physicians less than a minute to complete, rather than the current 24 hours it takes to confirm the presence…