MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
October 7, 2021
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Councilofthe District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law
2-142; D.C. Official Code 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 203 of the District of Columbia
Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official
Code 3-1202.03), I am pleased to nominate the following person:
Dr. Karen George
Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20015
(Ward 4)
for appointment as a physician licensed to practice in the District member of the Board of Medicine,
filling a vacant seat, for the remainderofan unexpired term to end August 3, 2022.
Enclosed you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Councils earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayors Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
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at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the appointment of Dr. Karen George to the Board of Medicine.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the Board of Medicine Dr. Karen George Confirmation Resolution of
2021.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
Dr. Karen George
Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20015
(Ward 4)
as a physician licensed to practice in the District memberofthe Board ofMedicine, pursuant to
section 203 of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective
28 March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code 3-1202.03), filling a vacant seat, for the
29 remainder of an unexpired term to end August 3, 2022.
30 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copyof this resolution,
31 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Officeofthe Mayor.
32 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
KAREN E. GEORGE, M.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
CONTACT DETAILS
Office Address Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc
The George Washington University Collegeof Medicine and Health Sciences
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 64
Washington, DC 20037
Home Address
EDUCATION
2018 The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice|Hanover, NH
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
1988 Ohio State University College of Medicine | Columbus, OH
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
1983 Bates College | Lewiston, ME
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY
POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING
1988-1992 _Intemship and Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology
University ofNew Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico
LICENSURE
1999-2019 New Hampshire (Inactive)
2016-Present Maryland
2016Present District ofColumbia
1992-2001 New Mexico (Inactive)
CERTIFICATIONS
2012 Advanced Life Supportin Obstetrics (ALSO): Provider, Instructor, Course Director, and Course Advisor
1994 Diplomat, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1989 Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2017-Present Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
Karen E. George, M.D. | 1
2007
-2016 Associate Professor
Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology
Geisel School ofMedicine at Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
1999-2007 Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
1998
-1999 Clinical Assistant Professor
Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
1995
-1998 Assistant Professor
Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico Schoo! of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
1992
-1995 Clinical instructor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico School ofMedicine
Albuquerque, NM
HOSPITAL
/AFFILIATED INSTITUTION APPOINTMENTS
2017 - Present Staff Physician
Medical Faculty Associates
George Washington University Hospital
Washington, DC
1999-2017 Staff Physician
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
1998-1999 Staff Physic
Lovelace Medical Center
Albuquerque, NM
1992
-1998 Staff Physician
University ofNew Mexico Hospital
Albuquerque, NM.
1992
-1998 Staff Physician
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque, NM.
HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
2001 - 2017 Residency Program Director
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Medical Schoo!
Lebanon, NH
2000-2001 Assistant Residency Program Director
Karen E. George, M.D. | 2
 Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon, NH
1996
-1998, ion Director, Gynecology
DepartmentofObstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico School of M
Albuquerque, NM
1993 ~ 1998 Medical Student Clerkship Co-Director
Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2019 - present Womens Health Policy, Senior Fellow
Institute for Medicaid Innovation |Washington, DC
2017-2018 Health Economics and Policy Intern
Payment and Delivery System Program
The American Collegeof Obstetrics and Gynecology | Washington, DC
MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND CONSULTATIONS.
NATIONAL
2020 - 2023 Medicaid and CHIP Core Set Annual Review workgroup | American CollegeofObstetricians and Gynecologists
Representative
2020 - 2023 The Organization of Program Director Associations (OPDA) | Obstetrics and Gynecology Representative
2020-2025 American Medical Association Reimagining Residency Grant to American Professors in Gynecology and
Obstetrics and Council on Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Right Residency, Right
Program Ready for Intem Curriculum and Assessment (RICA)Work Group | Chai
2020 - 2023 Council on Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) | Chair
2020 - Present Institute for Medicaid Innovation Womens Health Subcommittee | Chair
2018 - Present Institute for Medicaid Innovation National Advisory Board | ACOG Representative
2013 - Present American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Oral Board Examiner
2017-2020 Council on Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology | Vice Chair
2017- Present Education Committee, Council on Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology | ex-officio member.
Key projects: Health Equity curriculum (member), Faculty Development (chair), Transition to Residency
curriculum (chair)
2019 - Present AssociationofProfessorsof Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Educational Research & Scholarship
Committee | CREOG representative
2014
~Present Council on Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) Executive Committee | Member
2016
-Present Council onResidency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Empower CREOG Fund Raising Committee | Member
Karen . George, MD. | 3
 2015Present Council on Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Work Group on Inter-Professional Education | Member
2011-2017 Council on Resident Education in ObstetricsandGynecology | Elected Region 1 Representative
2013-2015 CREOG Milestones Faculty Development Work Group | Member
2006-2015 CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting | Abstract Reviewer
2012-2013 APGO CREOG Joint Task Force on Preparation for Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology
CREOG Representative
REGIONAL
2021- present Perinatal Quality Collaborative in District ofColumbia Advisory Committee
2019-present Perinatal Quality Collaborative in District ofColumbia | George Washington University Hospital
Representative
2018 Improving Obstetrical Care in the District ofColumbia | Committee Member
2012 Internal Review, Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center | Consultant
2010 InductionofLabor Policy Statement Work Group,
Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network | Member
2003-2008 Board of Directors Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice | Member
2000-2005 Board of Directors, Hannah House | Lebanon, NH | Member
MEDICAL SCHOOL / AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
2021-present Director of Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, and Clinical Operations, DepartmentofObstetrics and
Gynecology
2021-present _Perinatal Quality Improvement Committee
2020 COVID-19 Response Director for Departmentof Obstetrics and Gynecology
2020-present Transition to Residency| Course Director
2018-present Obstetrics Peer Review Committee] Faculty Member
DepartmentofObstetrics and Gynecology
GEISEL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT DARTMOUTH
2013-2016 Committee on Student Performance and Conduct | Faculty Member
2011 -2016 Faculty Council | Elected Senior Faculty Member
DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER,
2014-2016 Curriculum Subcommittee
Graduate Medical Education Committee | Chair
2014-2016 Clinical Competency Committee
Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology | Chair
Karen E. George, MD. | 4
 2010-2014 Curriculum Committee
Graduate Medical Education | Member
2002-2016 Grand Rounds Committee Departmentof Obstetrics and Gynecology | Member
2001-2016 Executive Leadership Team
Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology | Member
2001-2016 Graduate Medical Education Committee | Member
2001-2016 Residency Education Committee Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology | Chair
2000-2016 Gynecology Quality Improvement Committee | Member
2015-2016 Annual Institutional Review Team.
Graduate Medical Education Committee | Member
2002-2014 Search Committee
Department ofObstetrics
and Gynecology | Member
2005-2013 Graduate Medical Education Committee Internal Review
Committee participation:
2013, Emergency Medicine| Chair
2009 Infectious Disease Fellowship Program| Chair
2005 General Surgery| Member
2005, Urology| Chair
1999-2013 Student Education Committee
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Member
2010-2012 _InductionofLabor Improvement Work Group| Member
2008-2010 Duty Hour Subcommittee
Graduate Medical Education Committee | Co-Chair
2006 Obstetrical Practice Quality Improvement Committee|Member
2003 ERVU Committee Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Member
LOVELACE HEALTH SYSTEMS, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
1999 Medical Student Affairs
Obstetrics and Gynecology Division | Director
1998-1999 Continuing Medical Education
DivisionofWomen's Health | Director
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER.
1997-1998 Integrating Group (Medical School Curriculum Revision) | Member
1996 - 1998 Resident Education Committee
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Member
1994-1998 Biomedical Ethics Committee
University ofNew Mexico Health Sciences Center| Member
1993-1998 Student Progress Assessment Committee|Member
Karen E. George, M.D. | 5
 1993- 1998 Student Education Committee
DepartmentofObstetrics and Gynecology|Member
1992-1998 QualityAssurance Committee
University ofNew Mexico Health Sciences Center | Member
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
1994Present Association ofProfessors ofGynecology and Obstetrics | Member
2000-2016 New Hampshire Medical Society
1999 Greater Albuquerque Medical Association | Member
1995-1999 Southwest Obstetrics and Gynecology Society | Member
1993-1996 American CollegeofObstetricians and Gynecologists | Junior Fellow
1996~Present American CollegeofObstetricians and Gynecologists | Fellow
AWARDS AND HONORS
2020 Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG) 2020 Faculty Award in
recognition of commitment to excellence in clinical care and career development of academic specialists in
obstetrics and gynecology
2016 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ParkerJ.Palmer Courage to Teach Award for Program
Director Excellence, Finalist
2006 & 2015 Outstanding Program Director, Courage to Teach Award, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
2012 New Hampshire Magazine's Top Doctors in Obstetricsand Gynecology
1993-1994 "People's Choice Finalist in Miracles ofModem Medicine at the University ofNew Mexico Hospital
1980-1983 Dean's List, Bates College
RESEARCH FUNDING.
INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAID INNOVATION
2019-2020 Environmental Scan and Policy Tool Kit for High Value Maternity Care in Medicaid
DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER
2001-2002 AdolescentPregnancy Improvement Project, Faculty Mentor to Steven Brown MD, Role: Co-Investigator. Grant from
Marchof Dimesof New Hampshire ($10,000)
2002 Phase III, open-label, multicenter, multinational, contraception studyofthe efficacy of medroxyprogesterone
acetate and estradiol cypionate injectable suspension administered subcutaneously. Role: Principle Investigator
Pharmacia ($7800)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
1997-1998 A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacyof a
Monophasic Oral Contraceptive Preparation, Containing Drospirenone 3mg and Ethinyl Estradiol 30ug, in the
Treatment ofPremenstrual Syndrome (PMS)". Role: Principal Investigator Berlex Laboratories, Inc.
1995-1998 A Prospective, Double-Blind, Randomized Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Lower Doses of Premarin and
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate in Postmenopausal Women. Role: Co-Investigator Wyeth-Ayerst Research
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Karen E. George, M.D. | 6
MEDICAL SCHOOL EDUCATION
George Washington Univ jine
2020 - present Course Advisor for Fourth Year Transition to Residency Course 4 week preparation for residency course
Geisel Schoo!of Medicine at Dartmouth
2011-2016 Course Director for Fourth Year Preparation for Residency for Geisel students entering OB/Gyn ~4-week elective
with classroom, simulation activities, and supervised clinical activities to prepare students for internship
2009-2016 Ongoing lecture for third-year students rotating in OB/Gyn clerkship Well Women Care
2005-2016 Conducted Mock Interviews for medical students applying to Obstetrics and Gynecology Residencies,
2002-2016 _Lecturer, Scientific Basis of Medicine Program in the Reproductive System,
2-year Medical School Core Curriculum
2-3, I-hour lectures each year to Dartmouth Medical School students, including abortion, puberty in the Female,
Contraception, Complications of Pregnancy, Abnormal Pregnancy, Obstetrical Emergencies, Menopausal
Transition, Anorexia Nervosa, Infertility, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Failed Pregnancy, Abnormal Uterine
BleedingS/16 Lecture on menopausal transition
1999-2016 Active participation in medical student education as attending physician in the operating room, labor and delivery,
outpatient clinics, postoperative care, OSCE assessment, and knot tying skills for medical students doing 3"*year
clerkship and 4*year electives. 1 regularly participate in AMWA with students as a discussant on work-life balance.
[also annually participated in the OB/GYN Interest Group activities throughout the academic year
2014 Faculty research mentor to Adino Evans, Medical student through the DarDar Program which was established in
2001 as a research collaboration between Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Muhimbili University
of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2012-2013 Advanced Medical Science course How to be an effective Ob/GYN Inte
2-hour lecturejust before Match Day
2010-2013 On-Doctoring Clinical Preceptor (I aftemoon per week)
University
ofNewMexico
1998-1999 Active participation ofmedical student education for students rotating through Lovelace Medical Center
1992-1999 Lectures and small group PBL facilitator for 2%year students in 6-week Human Sexuality Block
Active participation in student education whi