Spring 2016 Issue

Excellence in Care
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) recognized the GW Hospital as one of 52 institutions in the United States to have achieved meritorious outcomes of surgical patient care.
GW Hospital Takes the Lead by Saving Strokes
The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital) recently earned accreditation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center from the Joint Commission and American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, making it one of fewer than 100 hospitals nationwide to receive the recognition.
A Collaborative Effort
Children’s National Health System (Children’s National) honored GW President Steven Knapp, Ph.D., with its prestigious Chairman’s Special Award, which recognizes individuals and organizations for their important associations or shared mission with the hospital.
2016 Follies and Golden Apple Awards: Taking to the Stage
Students from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) performed during Follies, an annual student-produced and student-directed event featuring skits and parodies, such as “Back to the Fourth Year” and “We Have an Exam on Monday and Didn’t Have Time to Think of a Title for Our Follie
Students Take on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
First-year medical students at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) had just wrapped up their course work in immunology and pathogenesis when they reached the short break before the end of the semester known as “intersession.” Leaving the classroom behind, the Class of 2019 embark
New Leadership for CRL
Leslie F. Davidson, Ph.D., OT/L, FAOTA, was appointed to serve as the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) chair of the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership (CRL), April 2016.
Research Conjunction: New AND Institute Director Expands Autism Research Spectrum by Linking GW Efforts
After a nationwide search, the George Washington University selected Kevin Pelphrey, Ph.D., as the new director of the Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute (AND Institute) at GW and as professor of pharmacology and physiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Health Care Leader to Address M.D. Program Class of 2016
Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.H.A., MACP, FACMI, will address M.D. graduates at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) M.D. Diploma Ceremony May 15.
Student Innovation at the Heart of Research Days
When James Boddu and Ajlan Al Zaki, second-year medical students at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), took over as editors of Fusion, the William H.
ON A MISSION: The GW Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center Aims to Educate D.C. about Kidney Disease
Ron Paul and his wife, Joy, are on a mission: to eradicate kidney disease.
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