GW Honors Maggirwar and Mendelowitz with Endowed Professorships

GW Cancer Center member, Sanjay Maggirwar, PhD, MBA, was installed as the Bicentennial Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Discovery Science
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The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) celebrated the installation of two prominent department chairs as endowed professors on Dec. 2. Sanjay Maggirwar, PhD, MBA, professor and chair of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine (MITM), was installed as the Bicentennial Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Discovery Science. David Mendelowitz, PhD, professor and chair of pharmacology and physiology and professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, was installed as the Dr. Henry D. Fry Professor of Physiology.

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