Surgery

Rajeev Pandarinath, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, was interviewed on how adderall, a drug to help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, affects physical performance. 

Farzad Najam, M.D., F.A.C.S., has been named Division Director of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the GW Hospital.

Zachary Litvack, M.D., assistant professor of neurological surgery, appeared on WUSA9 to discuss helmets and whether they are effective in stopping concussions.

Scott Faucett, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, was featured by InTheCapital for his experience serving as a U.S. ski and snowboard team physician.

Scott Faucett, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, is a team physician for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams.

Scott Faucett, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, was quoted in an Active Times article about common snowboarding and skiing injuries and how to prevent them.

Babak Sarani, M.D., chief of trauma and acute care surgery and associate professor of surgery, was interviewed for a story on WUSA9 on how to keep safe in the freezing weather.

Robert Siegel, M.D., professor of medicine and director of hematology and oncology, and Nader Sadeghi, M.D., professor of surgery and director of head and neck surgery, were mentioned in a public statement by U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop saying that, after chemotherapy and surgery, he is now…

Kenneth Fine, M.D., assistant clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery, commented on a study featured in The New York Times finding that a popular surgical procedure worked no better than fake operations in helping people with one type of common knee problem.

Panel of SMHS medical experts addressed topics in healthy aging as part of the Frontiers in Medicine lecture series, Dec. 12.