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October 10, 2025About 1 in 8 men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer in men. About 70% of prostate cancers are diagnosed early, before the cancer spreads, when it is easi...
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January 08, 2015Division Director Emeritus, Cardiology Start Date: 1977THE BEAT GOES ONI was chief of cardiology at Louisiana State University in Shreveport when I got the call from MedStar Washington Hospital Cente...
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January 08, 2015
Obstetrics and Gynecology Began his Residency at Garfield Memorial Hospital; completed it at the new Washington Hospital Center in 1959SPECIAL DELIVERY: ONE OF THE FIRST CESEAREAN SECTIONS AT HOSPITA...
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January 08, 2015
1958 - PresentFrom Doorways to Board Rooms: Collins Family Story Is Integral to Hospital Center's HistoryRobert Collins, MD, interviewed for-and earned-an internship at MedStar Washington Hospital Ce...
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January 08, 2015
Former Chair of Ophthalmology 1958 - 2007EYES ON THE PRIZEIn 1958, I was completing my training in ophthalmology at the Mayo Clinic and pondering my next steps. I wanted to return home to DC and real...
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January 08, 2015
Former Chair, Pathology 1968 - 2003HOOKED FROM DAY ONE!After earning my degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, I stayed on for a surgical internship. But I had a young child...
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January 08, 2015
Surgery1959 -1965ENJOYED THE "UNITED NATIONS" EXPERIENCEWhen I first started my surgical residency at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in 1959, the campus was pretty bare. We were really isolated, ...
