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

Medicine Team Contacts

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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:

Dr. Georges Al-Helou Dr. Amani Alameer

Cardiology: Renal:

Dr. Andrew Bradley Dr. Yasir Alfi Dr. Raza Yunus

Dr. Mohammed Gibreal Critical Care: Dr. Reda Shams Dr. Veeshal Modi

Dr. Cory Bolinger Hem/onc:

Dr. Samah Nassereddine

Dr. Jacob Elkon Dr. Danielle Krol

Dr. Rahul Singh

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

Department of Medicine, Suite 8-416

2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

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