December 2019 Volume 23, Issue 12

GW Medicine Notes A Monthly Publication of the GW Department of Medicine

From the Chairman

We are the Champions!

Alan G. Wasserman, M.D.

GW Hospital Helipad

Opens

save the Date Faculty/housestaff

Holiday Party Friday, December 6, 2019

Renwick gallery

On Friday November 8th GWUH offi-

cially opened their helipad, expand-

ing access to lifesaving critical care

for the D.C. region. The helipad will

help prevent unnecessary deaths

throughout the metropolitan area.

The helipad has been 30 or more

years in the making. Approval had to

be obtained from the Park Police,

the District Police, the Secret Service,

the White House and most im-

portantly the Community.

Much kudos goes to Kim Russo who

persevered through all these ap-

provals to get this done where oth-

ers had failed.

Department of Medicine December 2019 Grand Rounds

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Resident Lecture Series December 2019 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

DEC 5 Treadwell Lecture

“Evolution of the Cholesterol Guidelines with

Improvements in Risk Assessment”

Roger Blumenthal, MD

Professor of Medicine

Director, Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Pre-

vention of Cardiovascular Disease

Johns Hopkins Medicine

DEC 12 “Asthma Update”

Anjeni Keswani, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Allergy, Asthma & Sinus

Department of Medicine

GW Medical Faculty Associates

DEC 19 “Future of IBD”

Raymond Cross, MD

Professor of Medicine

Director, IBD Program

Co-Director, Digestive Health Center

University of Maryland Medical System

DEC 26 HOLIDAY

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

DEC 2 RECRUITMENT DEC 3 JOURNAL CLUB

DEC 4 RECRUITMENT

DEC 5 Medicine Grand Rounds DEC 6 “Lifestyle Medicine”- Dr. Sardana

DEC 9 RECRUITMENT DEC 10 PSC

DEC 11 RECRUITMENT DEC 12 Medicine Grand Rounds

DEC 13 RECRUITMENT

DEC 16 RECRUITMENT DEC 17 “TBD”- Dr. Adam Kilian

DEC 18 RECRUITMENT DEC 19 Medicine Grand Rounds

DEC 20 RECRUITMENT

DEC 23 HOLIDAY DEC 24 HOLIDAY

DEC 25 HOLIDAY DEC 26 HOLIDAY

DEC 27 HOLIDAY DEC 30 HOLIDAY

DEC 31 HOLIDAY

Medicine Team Contacts

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Cardiology Grand Rounds

5:00 PM, Ross Hall, Room # 227

DEC 4 AHA FELLOWS UPDATE DEC 11 Dr. Niv Ad Professor of Surgery Director, Clinical Research West Virginia University Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute Cardiac Surgeon Adventist HealthCare Adventist Medical Group Surgical Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias DEC 18 M&M DEC 25 HOLIDAY

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2019 ACP Awards

District of Columbia Chapter

Walter Lester Henry, Jr., MD Award for

Lifetime Teaching Excellence

Manuel Velasquez, MD

This award honors outstanding physicians who have devoted their

careers to the education of their colleagues and students.

Manuel T. Velasquez, MD, who recently retired was the

Director of the Hypertension Clinic and professor of Medicine in

the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension. He was also the

Medical Director for the George Washington University DaVita

South East Dialysis Clinic.

Dr. Velasquez received his M.D. from the University of

Santo Tomas, Manila Philippines. Dr. Velasquez is certified by The

American Society of Hypertension, a Diplomate and Fellow of the

American College of Physician. He is also an elected Fellow of the

Council for High Blood Pressure Research of the American Heart

Association and Fellow of the American College of Clinical Phar-

macology.

Dr. Velasquez is an experienced clinical translational re-

searcher and participated in multicenter studies in clinical hyper-

tension, diabetic nephropathy, and cardiovascular disease. His

research interests included hypertension, diabetic nephropathy,

obesity, type-2 diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome,

and dietary phytoestrogens and plant-based foods in kidney dis-

ease protection.

Dr. Velasquez has taught and mentored hundreds of

medical students, residents and nephrology fellows during his

long and illustrious career. He is considered to be a teacher with

few equals and is truly valued by his peers at GW. On a personal

note, Manny has always been one of my favorite people who is

loved by all that know him. This is a fitting award for someone

who has devoted his life to teaching excellence.

Sol Katz, MD Memorial Teaching Award

Angie Liappis, MD

The DC ACP has established an Award of excellence in

teaching which honors the memory of Sol Katz, MD.

Angie is a teacher par excellence who is greatly deserving

of this award. When she retires I will write more.

TOP DOCTORS 2019

WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE

Allergy: Daniel Ein, MD, Anjeni Keswani, MD, Janine Van

Lancker, MD

Cardiology: William Borden, MD, Richard Katz, MD, Jan-

net Lewis, MD, Ramesh Mazhari, MD, Marco Mercader,

MD, Jonathan Reiner, MD, Allen Solomon, MD, Alan

Wasserman, MD

Endocrinology: Nicole Ehrhardt, MD,

Michael S. Irwig, MD, Jill Paulson, MD

Internal Medicine: Maram Alkhatib, MD, April Barbour,

MD, Elizabeth Bluhm, MD, Jillian Catalanotti, MD, Jehan

El-Bayoumi, MD, Robert Jablonover, MD, Brad Moore,

MD,

Paul Silver, MD

Gastroenterology: Marie Borum, MD, Matthew Chandler,

MD, Anita Kumar, MD,

Antoinette Saddler, MD

Geriatrics: Tania Alchalabi, MD, Elizabeth Cobbs, MD,

Robert Jayes, MD, Christina Prather, MD, Christina

Puchalski, MD, Katalin Roth, MD

Infectious Diseases: David Parenti, MD, Afsoon Roberts,

MD, Marc Siegel, MD, Gary Simon, MD

Nephrology: Scott Cohen, MD, Susie Lew, MD

Hematology/Oncology: Robert Siegel, MD

Pulmonology: Jalil Ahari, MD, Morgan Delaney, MD,

Guillermo Gutierrez, MD,

Vivek Jain, MD

Rheumatology: Rodolfo Curiel, MD

John F. Maher Memorial Laureate Award

Ashesh Patel, MD (former resident)

This award honors those Fellows and Masters who have shown by their lives

and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care and

service to the College.

The entire Department is incredibly proud of what Ashesh has accom-

plished after completing his residency. His value to the ACP has been enor-

mous and he is well deserving of this award.

Volunteerism and Community Service Award

Randi Abramson, MD, Medical Director, Bread for the City

Chapter Leadership Award

Robert Shaw Wilkinson, Jr., MD, Professor Emeritus

The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates

Department of Medicine, Suite 8-416

2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

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Rheumatology Academic Conference Schedule

December 2019

2300 M Street, N.W., Suite 3-332 8AM—11:30 AM

Questions: Call (202) 741-2488

DEC 5: 8:00 AM Radiology Rounds (*Hospital 1st Floor) Dr. Kathy Brindle DEC 5: 9:30 AM Clinical Case Conference and Sign-Out Drs. Chand, Aggarwal, Almackenzie DEC 5: 10:30 AM CCC Meeting All Faculty DEC 12: 8:30 AM Pain Management Dr. Turakhia DEC 12: 9:30AM Grand Rounds Rehearsal Drs. Chand, Aggarwal, Almackenzie DEC 12: 10:30 AM Clinical Case Conference and Sign-Out Drs. Chand, Aggarwal, Almackenzie DEC 19: 8:00 AM Grand Rounds GWU Drs. Chand, Aggarwal, Almackenzie DEC 19: 10:00 AM Research Project Meetings All Faculty DEC 19: 11:00AM Clinical Case Conference and Sign-Out Drs. Chand, Aggarwal, Almackenzie DEC 26: HOLIDAY

Kudos and Congratulations

Congratulations….Dr. Paul L Kimmel, Renal Division, who received the 2019 Belding H Scribner Award, pre-sented annually to an individual who has made outstand-ing contributions that has a direct impact on the care of patients with kidney disease. Established in 1995, this award honors the physician who developed arteriovenous shunt that made long term hemodialysis for chronic kid-ney disease possible.

Congratulations…to Dr. Lei Lynn, Hospital Medicine, and her family on the newest addition to her family, Avery Mae Lynn arrived on 10/29.

Kudos…to Dr. Christina Prather, Geriatrics and Pallia-tive Care, on her GW Proud moment, “She was extremely kind and sensitive to the difficult decisions which we had to make, but firm and direct in making certain that we under-stood the alternatives. Over time, we began to regard her as an angel sent from on high to guide us along a difficult path.”

Kudos...to Dr. Anne Lesburg and the entire Internal Medicine Clerkship for achieving above national mean from NBME for 2018-2019 medicine shelf exam.