The George Washington University
GRACE E. SPEIGHTS, JD ’82
Chair, Board of Trustees
ELLEN M. GRANBERG, PhD
President
The School of Medicine and Health Sciences
BARBARA LEE BASS, MD, RESD ’86, FACS
Professor of Surgery,
Walter A. Bloedorn Chair of
Administrative Medicine,
Vice President for Health Affairs,
Dean, GW SMHS
ANNE C. BANNER
Chief Communications and
Marketing Officer,
The GW Medical Faculty Associates
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Director, Communications and
Marketing, GW SMHS
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