MedStar Health Blog

Eighty percent of all heart disease is preventable – and heart disease does affect women. In fact, it is the leading cause of death among women in the U.S. So it is very important for women of a...

The Farming Life of Melissa Fries, MD  It’s 5:30 a.m. on a weekday morning, and Melissa Fries, MD, sits in a metal shed on her rural western Montgomery County farm, hand-milking Leaf, an Oberhasli mil...

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...

General SurgeonREFLECTIONS ON MEDICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGEOne of the greatest advances I've witnessed in my time at the Hospital Center is the improvement in diagnostic methods.Better methods of imaging...