Surgery

Neelu Tummala, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery, spoke to Healio Primary Care for an article on how climate change impacts health and what clinicians can do to curb the effects.

Friend, alumnus, and colleague Carlos Silva, MD ’60, RESD ’66, passed away on Oct. 13, 2019.

Dipping one’s toes into social mediacan at times seem daunting, but it can also be incredibly helpful and rewarding, said Hope Jackson, MD ’09, RESD ’16, assistant professor of surgery at SMHS, at the Annual Frank Miller Lecture.

Barbara Lee Bass, a widely respected academic medicine leader, surgeon and researcher who completed her residency and served on faculty at the GW, has been named vice president for health affairs and dean of the SMHS.

Keith Mortman, MD, associate professor of surgery, spoke to Gray DC for an article about a congressional effort to raise the legal age for tobacco products from 18 to 21.

Lopa Mishra, MD, professor of surgery at SMHS, was inducted into the Association of American Physicians.

The Selma Liss Blum and Jerome W. Blum Surgical Education Fund provides for educational expenses and materials in the GW Department of Surgery, and includes the Stanley M. Knoll, MD, Endowed Surgical Prize, an annual award for the GW surgery resident who exemplifies clinical excellence.

Anton Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS, Lewis B. Saltz Chair and Professor of Surgery, served as editor of the definitive reference for the diagnosis and treatment of circulatory diseases, Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 9th Edition.

Babak Sarani, MD, professor of surgery and of emergency medicine, spoke to Washington Business Journal for an article about the recent approval for a helipad at GW Hospital.

Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, clinical professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the 2018 Jacobson Innovation Award from the American College of Surgeons in appreciation of his accomplishments.