![GW Hospital Achieves Highest Stroke Recognition](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/stroke-award-2018.jpg?itok=dxXL6n2n)
June 07, 2018
GW Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Elite Plus Honor Roll.
![The George Washington University Hospital Re-Accredited as Comprehensive Stroke Center](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/the-george-washington-university-hospital-re-accredited-as-comprehensive-stroke-center_0.jpg?itok=OJXnjfr2)
January 10, 2018
Elite distinction held by less than three percent of U.S. hospitals.
![Medrobotics Flex® Robotic System](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/medrobotics-flex-robotic-system_0.jpg?itok=NLj8OtZQ)
September 01, 2017
The George Washington University Hospital is expanding its robotic services, becoming the first hospital in the world to perform colorectal surgery with the Medrobotics Flex® Robotic System — a robot system designed to navigate the body’s twists and turns.
![GW Hospital Reverified as Level I Trauma Center, Highest Possible](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/the-center-for-trauma-and-critical-care_0.jpg?itok=L5BI3bft)
March 28, 2017
GW Hospital's Center for Trauma and Critical Care reverified as a Level I Trauma Center.
![GW Hospital One of Only 18 Hospitals Nationwide to Receive Recognition for Meritorious Surgical Outcomes Two Consecutive Years](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/GWHospital-acs-nsquip-award.jpg?itok=N5LLJ1KA)
October 21, 2016
The only DC hospital — and one of 18 nationally — to be recognized two years in a row for meritorious surgical care.
July 13, 2016
If pain and stiffness are interfering with your ability to perform everyday activities such as walking or climbing stairs, joint replacement surgery may be an option.
![GW Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center to Increase Live Kidney Donation in D.C.](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/thumb_A56889027E964CDE876F860F6F0686E9.jpg?itok=nYk5GZMd)
November 05, 2015
The need for kidney donation in the U.S. is urgent — 12 people a day die waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant.