Surgery

Rajeev Pandarinath, M.D., assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was quoted in a Seattle Times article about potential injuries that can result from Zumba which may be embarrassing for patients.
WASHINGTON (Oct. 19, 2011)—Anton Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H., professor of Surgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the President’s Award for Leadership, one of four annual awards from the Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF).
Anton Sidawy, an internationally renowned vascular surgeon, former chief of surgical services at the D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, immediate past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, and current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, has his own vision: “to take what…
As he anticipated the final out in the World Series last November, Ken Akizuki, M.D. ’93, ran from the San Francisco Giants’ clubhouse to the end of a tunnel behind the team’s dugout.
Dr. Jonathan Sherman, neurosurgeon and the director of surgical neuro-oncology at The GW Medical Faculty Associates and assistant professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, participated in a live chat with Washington Post…
Dr. Michael Olding, chief of Plastic Surgery at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, comments on why men are opting for plastic surgery.
When bullying is directed toward physical appearances, parents may consider plastic surgery for their children. Michael Olding, M.D., professor of Surgery in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, says the knife is not the answer when it comes to bullying.
The bar has been set high for Anton Sidawy, M.D., M.P.H., who became chair of the Department of Surgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences in December 2010. He succeeds the doctor credited for saving the life of President Ronald Reagan, inherits one of the nation’s top-ranked…
Oral appliances sold over the Internet are being marketed as cures for sleep apnea. Phillip Zapanta, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, says a cheap mouthpiece may help with snoring, but patients should not try to solve an apnea problem over the…
Researchers at The George Washington University Medical Center played a key role in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of a surgical procedure to repair a common birth defect of the spine, which if undertaken while a baby is still in the uterus, greatly reduces the need to divert, or shunt…