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The world didn’t end! Hell didn’t freeze over (as far as we know). Yet the Capitals WON the
Stanley Cup. How could I discuss anything else this month? It is still hard to believe. I was
happy when they just beat Pittsburgh.
Talk about improving mental health. My son grew up in DC never having seen a good champi-
onship team other than DC United and soccer doesn’t really count in the U.S. given that MLS
would be equal to a club level in Europe. The closest I could convince him that we had a real
winner was when the University of Maryland won the NCAA basketball championship in 2002
defeating Indiana. Impressive but not a major league team.
What made this long journey even worse was all the times one of our teams was in the playoffs
but never able to make it beyond the second round. The Nats haven’t made it beyond the first
round, but that was partially the fault of some terrible coaching over the last 4-5 years. The Wiz-
ards always had the misfortune of facing Cleveland with LeBron at some point early in the
playoffs, and of course, the Caps had Pittsburgh. And who cares about the Redskins, although
they finally have admitted that there really isn’t any waiting list for tickets. It’s getting harder to
be interested in a sport where in a few years the old-timers game will be held at a dementia facil-
ity. By old-timers, I mean 40 year olds; if they don’t commit suicide before that.
Suddenly, Washington, D.C., became a hockey town. Hundreds of thousands of fans waited
outside Capital One arena during each game of the finals with the most showing up for game 5,
an away game. The announcers of game 5 estimated that 30% of the fans in Vegas for the final
game were Caps fans. These supposedly rabid Vegas fans had no trouble selling their tickets to
make a few bucks. Maybe this was the best odds they ever had to make some money in Las
Vegas. That was in comparison to the lack of Gold Knight fans during home games 3 and 4 as
there were only a handful.
It wasn’t that long ago, if the Caps were playing Pittsburg or Philadelphia in a playoff game that
thousands of tickets were sold to those fans. Not
this year. This town really needed a win. Do you
think it had anything to do with the political envi-
ronment and all the losers who have taken to de-
fending separating children from their parents?
The two weeks around the finals and then the
aftermath with the great parade that drew more
people than the last inauguration (by my count-
ing) certainly were a great distraction to the de-
pressing state of our politic environment and so-
called elected official.
Whatever it was that led to this outpouring of
elation, it was wonderful. I can’t imagine what
the reaction would be if the Nats ever pull it off
as people actually know something about base-
ball. How many people do you think can tell you
what icing means? We got the Cup!!!
July 2018 Volume 22, Issue 7
GW Medicine Notes A Monthly Publication of the GW Department of Medicine
From the Chairman The End-of-the-Year Party was a huge
success.
To continue the tradition, we also had
the end of the year photo taken at the
party (see page 4).
AWARDS
Department of Medicine Faculty of the Year
Linda Lesky, MD
Non-Department of Medicine Faculty Member of the Year
Christopher Junker, MD
Clinic Attending of the Year Adam Hodes, DO
VA Attending of the Year Cherinne Arundel, MD
Fellow of the Year
Erica McBride, MD
Jorge Rios Resident of the Year Hind Rafei, MD
VA Resident of the Year
Qusai Al Saleh, MD
“ICU” Resident of the Year
Tanuka Datta, MD
Intern of the Year
Daniel Beatty, DO
Preliminary Intern of the Year
Aislynn Raymond, MD
Annual Susan Hasselquist Award
Presented to a resident who exemplifies
compassionate care combined with clini-
cal and diagnostic excellence Seemal Awan, MD
Gordon Moshman, MD ‘78 Primary Care
Resident Award Samantha Ober, MD
Congratulations to All !!
Alan G. Wasserman, M.D.
End of the Year Party
Department of Medicine July 2018 Grand Rounds
Page 2 GW Medicine Notes
Resident Lecture Series July 2018 Noon Conference
MAR 1 Journal Club MAR 2 GME Core Lecture
MAR 3 Medicine Grand Rounds MAR 4 Chairman’s Rounds
MAR 7 “Oral Health in Primary Care”- Dr. Pierre Carter MAR 8 Mortality & Morbidity-
Drs. Dana Kay and JoeDelio MAR 9 “Genetic Screening”- Dr. Macri and Andrew Nance, MS4 MAR 10 Medicine Grand Rounds
MAR 11 Chairman’s Rounds MAR 14 TBD
MAR 15 “Chronic Disease Prevention and Management: A Dentist’s Perspective”- Dr. Pierre Carter
MAR 16 GME Core Lecture MAR 17 Medicine Grand Rounds
MAR 18 Chairman’s Rounds MAR 21 “Special Topics in Adult Oral Healthcare: Geriatrics,
Oropharyngeal Cancer, Infectious Disease Prevention, and Women’s Health”- Dr. Pierre Carter MAR 22 Clinicopathologic Conference-
Drs. Abeer Alfaraj and Rami Al Sharif MAR 23 TBD
MAR 24 Medicine Grand Rounds MAR 25 Chairman’s Rounds MAR 28 TBD MAR 29 TBD
MAR 30 TBD MAR 31 TBD
JULY 5 “Medical Cannabis– Hype or Alternative
Solution for patients with Chronic Pain”
Mikhail Kogan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, GW Center for Integrative Medi-
cine
GW Medical Faculty Associates
JULY 12 “Back Pain”
Michael Rosner, MD
Professor of Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery
GW Medical Faculty Associates
JULY 19 “T Cell Therapy for Lymphoma: CARs
and Beyond”
Catherine Bollard, MD, MBChB
Director, Center for Cancer and Immunology
Children’s Research Institute
President, International Society of Cellular Therapy
Division of Blood and Marrow Transplant
Children’s National Health System
JULY 26 “Emerging Therapies in Migraine”
Amanda Tinsley, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director, Headache Center
Department of Neurology
GW Medical Faculty Associates
The George Washington University Medical Center (GWUMC) is accredited by
the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to
sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. GWUMC designates this continuing medical education activity on an hour-for-hour basis in Category I of
the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.
(AMA).
JULY 1 JULY 4 HOLIDAY
JULY 5 “Intro to HIV”- Dr. Marc Siegel JULY 6 “Hospital Wound Care”- Kathleen Kurntke
JULY 7 Medicine Grand Rounds
JULY 8 “Oral Health”- Pierre Cartier JULY 11 “Sepsis”- Dr. Katrina Hawkins
JULY 12 Mortality and Morbidity- Drs. Sara and Tina JULY 13 “Thyroid Nodules”- Dr. Jill Paulson
JULY 14 Medicine Grand Rounds JULY 15
JULY 18 “Drug Allergies”- Dr. Richard Nicklas JULY 19 “TBD”- Dr. Khaled el-Shami
JULY 20 “Radiology”- Dr. Michael Burke
JULY 21 Medicine Grand Rounds JULY 22
JULY 25 “Reading CXR”- Dr. Jalil Ahari JULY 26 “Neutropenic Fever”- Dr. Afsoon Roberts
JULY 27 JULY 28 Medicine Grand Rounds
JULY 29
JULY 2 “Update on MS”- Dr. Rothstein JULY 3 “Intro into HIV”- Dr. Marc Siegel
JULY 4 HOLIDAY JULY 5 Medicine Grand Rounds
JULY 6 “ETOH Withdrawal”- Dr. Karolyn Teufel JULY 9 “Podiatry Series Part 1”- Dr. Julie Rosner
JULY 10 Patient Safety Conference
JULY 11 “DVT Prophylaxis”- Dr. Sara Wikstrom JULY 12 Medicine Grand Rounds
JULY 13 “Sepsis”- Dr. Hawkins JULY 16 “Pre-op Evaluation Pt.1”- Dr. Mihir Patel
JULY 17 “Arrhythmia”- Dr. Alan Solomon JULY 18 “Anemia”- Dr. Shant Ayanian
JULY 19 Medicine Grand Rounds JULY 20 “Congenital Heart Disease”-
Dr. Christian Nagy
JULY 23 “Emergency Contraceptive”- Dr. Jillian Catalanotti
JULY 24 “Medications for Type 2 DM”- Tamara Swigert
JULY 25 “STIs”- Dr. David Popiel JULY 26 Medicine Grand Rounds
JULY 27 TBD JULY 30 “Pre-Op Evaluation Pt.2”- Dr. Mihir Patel
JULY 31 “Neutropenic Fever”- Dr. Afsoon Roberts
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The following fellows have helped lead our Fellow Friday
Morning Reports since January this year. We truly appreci-ate their contribution to our residents’ education. ID: Rheum: Dr. Hana Akselrod Dr. Erica McBride
Pulm: Endocrine:
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Cardiology: Renal:
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Thanks to our Fellows
GW Medicine Notes Page 3
Kusha Davar, M.D., MSC. received his Medical Degree from The
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health
Sciences and a Master of Science in Global Medicine from the
University of Southern California. He began his residency here at
GW in 2015 and has made many steps towards a future career in
Infectious Diseases and medical education. Kusha served on the
Infection Control Committee for GW Hospital throughout his
Residency and attended national conferences to present Infec-
tious Disease related topics, particularly at IDSA: ID Week 2016
where he presented original research on methods to optimize
the diagnosis of cirrhosis in Hepatitis C infected patients. Kusha
also served on the Faculty Interview Committee for medical
school admissions at GW, where he interviewed prospective
medical students looking to matriculate into the GW SMHS. Last-
ly, Kusha is completing his M.B.A. at The George Washington
University School of Business, with plans to promote quality im-
provement and optimal operations and strategy in the hospital
setting at GW. Dr. Wasserman is bracing himself for a long year.
Tanuka Datta, MD received her Medical Degree from Wayne
State University in Detroit, Michigan. She went on to her Internal
Medicine Residency in 2015 at The George Washington Universi-
ty School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Her research interests
have been in the field of Cardiology at both the basic science and
clinical levels resulting in multiple peer-reviewed journal publica-
tions thus far in her career including the Journal of Cardiovascu-
lar Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oxford Medical Case Re-
ports, and European Radiology. Most recently she presented her
clinical work looking at the association between breast artery
calcification and coronary artery stenosis at the American College
of Cardiology national meeting. Outside the Hospital, Tanuka is
an avid marathon runner, ballet dancer, world-traveler, painter
and pianist. She will be serving as Chief Medical Resident at Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, Washington D.C..
Samantha Ober, MD received her Medical Degree from Rosalind
Franklin University, Chicago Medical School. In 2015, Sam started
her Internal Medicine Residency at The George Washington Uni-
versity School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is in the
Primary Care Program and had the opportunity to spend a year
training with a focus on Primary Care. During this year, she led
many didactic sessions for her fellow Residents and discovered
her interest in Medical Education. In 2017, Sam began working
with Bread for the City, a local non-profit organization, to assist
individuals seeking asylum in the United States. She performs
forensic physical examinations and drafts medical affidavits to
help support their legal cases. This work is very important to her
and she plans to continue these visits during her year as Chief
Medical Resident. She also recently presented at the annual So-
ciety of General Internal Medicine conference. Sam will serve as
the Primary Care Chief Medical Resident at The George Washing-
ton University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Talia Bernal, MD received her Medical Degree at the Universi-
ty Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine. During her time as a
Resident at the George Washington University Hospital she co-
founded the Department of Medicine’s Diversity and Inclusion
Committee, helped develop the Residents' elective in Medical
Education, and served as a volunteer preceptor at the Bridge to
Care Clinic. She will serve as Chief Medical Resident at The
George Washington University Hospital.
Alexander Aldrich, MD received his Medical Degree from the
Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem,
NC in 2015 before beginning his Internal Medicine Residency
at George Washington. During his Residency, Alex enjoyed the
mixture of clinical work, teaching experiences and research –
most recently giving an oral presentation at the national meet-
ing of the American College of Cardiology. He will serve as
Chief Medical Resident for George Washington University at
the Veterans Affairs Medical Center here in Washington D.C.
Please Join Us In Welcoming Our New Chief Residents
Academic Promotions 2018
Congratulations to the following Full-Time and Limited Service
Medicine Faculty on their academic promotions, effective
July 1, 2018:
Professor Clinical Professor Brian Choi, MD Letitia Carlson, MD
Katherine Chretien, MD Joel Gorfinkel, MD
Marco Mercader, MD Pamela Karasik, MD
Associate Professor Clinical Associate Professor Cherinne Arundel, MD Anthony Arcenas, MD
Gurusher Panjrath, MD Navjit Goraya, MD
Christopher Unger, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor James Yang, MD
Assistant Dean for Pre-Clinical Education
Robert Jablonover, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was
named assistant dean for pre-clinical education at the George
Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sci-
ences. In this role, Jablonover will have primary responsibility for
the pre-clinical component of the revised, integrated MD pro-
gram curriculum. He will also support the ongoing development,
implementation, and evaluation of the pre-clinical portion of the
school’s undergraduate medical education curriculum. He will
remain abreast of current trends in medical education and ad-
vise the senior associate dean for MD programs and faculty on
recommended curricular changes and improvements.
The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates
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GW Medicine Notes Page 4
2017 - 2018 Department of Medicine End-of-the-Year Party
June 8, 2018