Department of Neurology

Presents: 

CHARLES SAMENOW, MD, MPH (PROGRAM DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG)
&
JEFFREY ALLEN STEIGER (WRITER/DIRECTOR) 

The New Theater of Medicine 

​ For a Grand Rounds Presentation entitled: 

Bystander Intervention for the Learning Environment

To Join, Click the link below:

http://bit.ly/GWNEUROZOOM

Biography:

JEFFREY ALLEN STEIGER (WRITER/DIRECTOR) is Artistic Director of The New Theater of Medicine, an Adjunct Instructor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Creative Director of AWED Theater at Florida International University. Mr. Steiger has written and directed a diverse range of sketches and plays and has presented on his educational approaches to over 100 academic institutions including Harvard, Stanford and the University of Nagoya, Japan. Collaborations include the The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Universidad de la República/Uruguay, a study with neuroscientist Dr. Sari Van Anders to determine potential changes in testosterone and cortisol levels in actors performing roles related to gender and power (PNAS, 2015) and exploratory work with Robert Mankoff, editor of the New Yorker Cartoons, on a brief project that used improvisation to examine Mankoff's ideas regarding status and the psycho-biological roots of humor. His most recent project involved the creation of original work for The New Work Symphony and a plenary production about the history of engineering education for ASEE.

CHARLES SAMENOW, MD, MPH (PROGRAM DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG) is Managing Director of The New Theater of Medicine and the Director for Medical Student Education in Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He has presented both nationally and internationally on physician and attorney health issues and has published peer reviewed articles on disruptive physician behaviors and sexual boundary violations. He has won both the Distinguished Teacher’s Award and the Golden Apple Award for excellence in medical student education at GW. He was also awarded the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation Leadership Award and Caron Educational Excellence Award for his work in substance abuse and addictions. Dr. Samenow is a member of the Washington D.C. Physician Health Program. He is a former faculty and graduate of Interlochen Arts Camp and was an art administrative intern at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C