MedStar Health Blog

For the sixth year running, the MHRI Wellness Committee invited associates to wear red in support of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) fight against heart disease in February. From February 2 unt...

Congratulations to all MedStar researchers who had articles published in February 2018. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health i...

Matthew Pierce, MD, certainly understands that not everyone has fond memories of their high school biology dissection assignments. Yet, that’s where his path toward becoming a physician began.“I reall...

Derek M. DeLia, PhD, has joined MedStar Health Research Institute as the Director of Health Economics and Health Systems Research. His research focuses on healthcare payment and delivery reform, feder...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and it’s preventable. While symptoms of heart disease often don’t begin to appear until our 50s and 60s, plaque buildup in the arterie...

By Brendan Furlong, MD, Chief of Service, Emergency Department, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital   During cold winter weather, the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Emergency Department see...