MedStar Health Blog

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 22.1 percent of adults in Washington, D.C., are obese. Though that’s lower than the national obesity rate of 36.5 percent, it still me...

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology for the Primary Care Provider 2017—Oct. 6, 2017 Pre-pubertal and adolescent girls can experience a myriad of gynecologic problems. Most of these issues can be safel...

This one-day educational symposium will examine kidney and pancreas transplantation, with an emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach to pre- and post-transplant care. The conference will provide up...

A. Zach Hettinger, MD, MS, Medical Director and Director of Cognitive Informatics at MedStar Institute for Innovation (Mi2), was awarded funding for his research on health information technology (IT) ...

Daniel Marchalik, MD, is Director of Ambulatory Urologic Surgery and Director of Medical Education at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He is also a current MedStar Teaching Scholar. His inter...

Congratulations to all MedStar researchers who were published in July 2017. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health investigators...