Surgery

Keith Mortman, MD, associate professor of surgery and neurological surgery, spoke to Fox46, Charlotte, North Carolina, about smoking cessation and why vaping isn’t a safe alternative.

Juliet Lee, MD, associate professor of surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the 2022 Philip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teacher Award from the Association for Surgical Education at its national meeting in May 2022.

At the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2021, Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH ’99, professor and Lewis B. Saltz Chair of the Department of Surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected to the position of chair of the ACS Board of…

J. Keith Melancon, MD, medical director of the GW Ron & Joy Paul Kidney Center, director of the GW Transplant Institute, and professor of surgery, spoke to The Washington Post about kidney donation and transplantation.

Neelu Tummala, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery, authored an op-ed for Scientific American on the impacts climate change has on the human body.

Keith Mortman, MD, chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and associate professor of surgery, spoke to ABC7 for segment about using virtual reality to learn more about the novel coronavirus.

Keith Mortman, MD, associate professor of surgery, spoke with WJLA-ABC7 for a segment about the use of virtual reality technology to view the damage COVID-19 can have on a patient's lungs.

In a literature in The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, researchers examined the prevalence of hypocalcemia, a condition in which there are low levels of calcium in plasma, among trauma patients.

The outcomes for patients in their 80s who received carotid endarterectomy (CEA) surgery to reduce the risk of stroke are comparable to those of younger patients, according to a study by George Washington University (GW) researchers published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

Thousands of Washington, D.C., area residents streamed through the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in January to take part in the annual two-day NBC4-Telemundo44 Health & Fitness Expo.