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CeraVe Helps Expand Dermatology Residency Training Program at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
As part of its mission to provide therapeutic skincare for all, CeraVe is reinforcing its commitment to making dermatology more accessible for both patients and students hoping to enter the field through a new partnership with George Washington University.
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Hosts Installation of Three Prominent Members of the Academic Medical Enterprise
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences community turned out to celebrate the installation of three leading faculty members into endowed positions — Robert Sterling, MD, as the Dr. John P. Adams Research Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery; and Dominic Raj, MD, as the…
LaQuandra S. Nesbitt becomes GW’s Inaugural Bicentennial Endowed Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences
LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH, was formally installed as the inaugural Bicentennial Endowed Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Feb. 27.
Hematology and Oncology Fellow Fayez Estephan, MD, Awarded the 2022 The Albert L. and Elizabeth T. Tucker Postdoctoral Fellowship to Pursue Research at GW Cancer Center
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) announced the selection of Hematology and Oncology Fellow Fayez Estephan, MD, as the 2022 recipient of the Albert L. and Elizabeth T. Tucker Postdoctoral Fellowship for his research project titled, “Her-2…
14 New Endowed Professorships Created to Accelerate Progress of Academic Medical Enterprise
The George Washington University will direct more than $50 million to fund 14 endowed professorships, further accelerating the progress of its academic medical enterprise in one of the most significant single investments in university history to support faculty.
Barbara Lee Bass, MD, Installed as Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine
Barbara L. Bass, MD, RESD ’86, FACS, vice president for health affairs, dean of the GW SMHS, and chief executive officer of The GW Medical Faculty Associates, was formally installed as the Walter. A Bloedorn Chair of Administrative Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, May…
Akman Innovation Fund Awards First Scholars
The Akman Innovation Fund, created in 2019 in honor of Jeffrey S. Akman, MD ’81, RESD ’85, former dean of GW SMHS, selected its inaugural pair of recipients.
GWish Receives $3 Million Grant to Launch 10-Year Campaign, Advancing Spiritual Care
The George Washington University Institute for Spirituality Health received a $3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation (JTF) in support of a multi-year project to develop a model to grow the field of spiritual care. 
GW Dermatology and La Roche-Posay Partner to Establish GW Skin Cancer Research Acceleration Fund
The $50,000 gift will be used to support the growth of the George Washington University (GW) Cutaneous Oncology Program, led by Vishal Patel, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and director of cutaneous oncology at the GW Cancer Center.
$1 Million Gift to SMHS Seeks to Accelerate Research on More Accurate, RNA-Based COVID-19 Test
A $1 million gift from Ulvi M. and Reykhan Kasimov seeks to advance development of a new technique that uses RNA transcript levels to identify biomarkers in the blood stream, which can help detect active infections in the body.