![Trauma Day](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/Trauma%20Day_0.jpg?itok=RvI_G-5K)
November 15, 2019
From gunshot and fall victims to motor vehicle and pedestrian accidents, survivors triumph. Join us on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 11:00 am to hear some of this past year’s inspiring and captivating stories of GW Hospital’s trauma survivors.
![GW Hospital Opens Helipad, Expands Access to Lifesaving Critical Care](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/GW_Hospital_Opens_Helipad.jpg?itok=N8617nxm)
November 08, 2019
Helipad will help GW Hospital prevent unnecessary deaths throughout the Washington metropolitan area.
July 30, 2019
Hospital ranked among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
![The George Washington University Hospital Achieves Highest Stroke Recognition from American Heart Association/American Stroke Association](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/PRMC%20Leapfrog%20Hospital%20Safety%20Grade.jpg?itok=YX-7RfRU)
July 05, 2019
The award is the highest stroke recognition possible from the organizations.
![GW Hospital Now Offers Innovative Lactation Suites for New Moms](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/GW%20Hospital%20Mamava%20lactation%20suites.jpg?itok=K4UMWiO9)
May 09, 2019
First and only hospital in D.C. to offer the Mamava lactation suites for its employees, providers and visitors. Mamava suites provide breastfeeding women with a private space to pump or nurse at work or on the go through freestanding lactation pods.
![GW Hospital Unveils New Unit Expansion for Neuroscience and Trauma Patients](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/KAP_6992-Pano.jpg?itok=m5QijLTI)
May 02, 2019
Includes 42 all-private rooms with new equipment and furniture and space to add intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging equipment.
![GW Hospital First in DC to Use Advanced Stroke Software](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/GW%20Hospital%20exterior_shot2.jpg?itok=GENFdZFt)
October 24, 2018
Automated brain imaging software enables doctors to quickly visualize reductions in blood flow to the brain and early signs of brain injury.
![Mayor Bowser Announces Major Milestone in partnership with GW Hospital](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/Mayor%20Bowser%20Announces%20Major%20Milestone%20in%20Partnership%20with%20GW%20Hospital%20for%20New%20Hospital%20copy.jpg?itok=evxwJ1cL)
August 10, 2018
Expected to open in 2023, it will be the first new hospital in D.C. in almost 20 years, bringing vital health services to Wards 7 and 8.
![The George Washington University Hospital Named Lung Cancer Screening Center of Excellence](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/screening-seal-main001.png?itok=KtqPNcPu)
July 27, 2018
The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital), in conjunction with The GW Cancer Center, has been named a Screening Center of Excellence by the Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) for its ongoing commitment to responsible lung cancer screening.
![GW Hospital Gains Approval to Pursue Construction of Helipad](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/gw-hospital-gains%20approval-to-pursue-construction-of-helipad.jpg?itok=Gsj69dAm)
July 10, 2018
Helipad will expand access to lifesaving critical care services in the D.C. region.