Spring 2014 Issue

Cardiac tissue is tricky stuff. Once it’s damaged it’ll never be the same. However, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) researcher Scott Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., may have uncovered a gene that stimulates heart cells to fix themselves.

It is no secret that we are experiencing enormous change in health care in the United States. At GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), we see this transition as an opportunity to lead.

Spring is a season for new beginnings, and that has been true as ever at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS).

Class pride runs deep in the culture of GW, and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Class of ’68 has a particularly good reason to be proud. To date, the class has donated more than $1.1 million to GW. That amounts to $23,900 a year, give or take.

After nine years as a member of the George Washington University Board of Trustees, Gerald Lazarus, M.D. ’63, is stepping down, but the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) won’t let him get away quietly. During this year’s SMHS M.D. Program graduation ceremony Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D.

GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) alumna Lara Oboler, M.D. ’95, member of the SMHS Dean’s Council, recently received the 2014 Alumni Outstanding Service Award.

Seth Rosenblatt, M.D. ’14, M.P.H. ’07, has been named a regional coordinator for the American Academy of Family Physicians National Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) Network.

Afternoon tea is a time-honored daily British tradition. It’s an opportunity to sit, sip, and chat with friends or co-workers. Growing up in Cambridge, England, Douglas F. Nixon, M.D., Ph.D, is well acquainted with the custom.

GW’s Blood & Bone Marrow Transplant Program Is the One Best Option for Area Patients in Need

The term clinical nutritionist brings to mind someone expert in the impact of food on health and wellness; the clinical equivalent of a lifestyle guru, best suited to advising patients about what diets might help them achieve specific health-related goals.