Spring 2016 Issue
Former Dean and Professor Emeritus Robert I. Keimowitz, M.D., died March 25, 2016, 10 days before his 77th birthday.
Tsung O. Cheng, M.D., professor of medicine, passed away Dec. 24, 2015, in Bethesda, Maryland, where he lived. The 90-year-old internationally renowned cardiologist was originally from Shanghai.
Jay Katzen, M.D. ’72, B.A. ’67, was among six George Washington University alumni who received the 2016 Alumni Outstanding Service Award at the 55th annual Alumni Outstanding Service Awards ceremony.
It's a simple, buzzworthy word, frequently used but rarely acknowledged in the fast-paced, high-stress world of health care professionals: wellness.
Melissa Bader Lewis was an environmental scientist, but as a college student at Rutgers University, she worked as an emergency medical technician (EMT), delivering care and comfort to patients.
Clay Siegall, Ph.D. ’88, was 19 years old when his father was diagnosed with brain cancer. “Life changes as you know it,” Siegall says. The University of Maryland premedical student — one of five siblings — stepped in on occasion to help, accompanying his father to the oncologist.
Lopa Mishra, M.D., director of the Center for Translational Medicine, professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a senior leader at the GW Cancer Center, was named a 2015 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).