Georgetown University Medical Center is a $225 million biomedical research and educational organization that is home to more than 80 percent of Georgetown's sponsored research expenditures each year.

Georgetown University Medical Center is comprised of a nationally ranked School of Medicine (founded in 1851), School of Nursing & Health Studies (founded in 1903), the NCI - designated Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO), which is home to more than 60 percent of the university's sponsored research funds.

In FY07, GUMC brought in $138 million in sponsored research funds, more than half of which was federally funded. Clinical care is provided at Georgetown University Hospital and satellite locations through a partnership with MedStar Health. The Medical Center is the largest and most prominent Catholic medical center in the country.

In November 2006, Georgetown announced the recruitment of Dr. Howard J. Federoff from Rochester University to serve as Georgetown's Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine.

Prior to joining Georgetown, Dr. Federoff served as Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research and Professor of Neurology, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology; and Professor of Oncology and Genetics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, as well as Founding Director of the Center for Aging and Development Biology at the Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences at Rochester. He assumed his responsibilities at Georgetown on April 1, 2007.

"Howard Federoff brings to the Georgetown community a strong record of leadership in academic medicine and achievement in biomedical research," said Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia at the time of the announcement. "His imaginative vision for the future of medical education and research at Georgetown will build on our traditional areas of strength, and on the possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration, translational research, and building further synergies with our clinical partner, MedStar Health."

School of Medicine

Georgetown's School of Medicine provides a unique and comprehensive approach to medical education, always with an eye to the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis, or "care of the whole person," and with a curriculum that encourages students to give back to their communities, be they local, national, international, or global. As one of the most selective medical schools in the country, the School of Medicine is consistently ranked in US News and World Report's top 50 graduate programs at research universities. In 2004, the School of Medicine opened its Integrated Learning Center, which supports the School of Medicine's emphasis on a patient centered, competence-based curriculum and provides the latest methods of clinical teaching and evaluation. Georgetown medical students consistently match into top medical schools around the country for their residency programs.

Faculty: 1,470 faculty

746 full-time faculty; 724 part-time faculty

Students: 756 medical students (M.D. candidates)

Tuition: $39,957 (2007-2008)

Financial aid: In 2006-07, 85 percent of Georgetown medical students received financial aid.

Admissions: For its incoming class of 2007, Georgetown University School of Medicine received 10,642 applications for 190 slots. The average science GPA of incoming students was 3.62.

Noteworthy:

• This year's Match Day was another great success at Georgetown with nearly 40 percent of Georgetown students matching into top-ranked programs in highly competitive medical specialties including those at Stanford University, Baylor College of Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital. 90 percent of the students matched into one of their top three choices.
• U.S. News and World Report ranked Georgetown's School of Medicine 44^th --up from 46^th last year -- among top research schools in the United States in its graduate school rankings of 2008.
• The School of Medicine was reaccredited through 2011 by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) in 2005.

School of Nursing & Health Studies

Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) comprises four academic departments: Health Systems Administration, Human Science, International Health, and Nursing. NHS includes the Center on Health and Education and - in partnership with Georgetown University Law Center - The Linda and Timothy O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. The school also houses a multimillion dollar research portfolio.

This academic year, NHS and Georgetown Law received a $10 million gift to establish The O'Neill Institute. In April 2007, the schools officially launched the Institute with a two-day event featuring leaders from various sectors, including Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Harvey V. Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine; and Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.).

Faculty: Approximately 45 full-time faculty members

Students:

• Undergraduate and Second Degree: At the start of the 2006-2007 academic year, there were 523 undergraduate students. Approximately 24 percent represented ethnic minority backgrounds.
• Graduate: In the same period, there were 266 graduate students. Approximately 26 percent represent ethnic minority backgrounds.

Admissions: In 2007, Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies received 826 applications for the freshman undergraduate class and admitted 193 students, a selectivity rate of 23 percent. The school's applications have increased 198 percent from 2001. The SAT range of admitted students is 650-740 critical reading and 660-740 math.

• NHS continues to recruit faculty members who translate science into outcomes that benefit the public's health. Ares of interest include child and maternal health, education, nutrition and obesity, HIV/AIDS, vulnerable populations, indigenous populations, work force, epidemiology, global health, mental health, health outcomes, population health, and bio-surveillance.
• Several graduate programs within the Department of Nursing and the Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS were ranked nationally in the latest "America's Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News & World Report, released in spring 2007. The Nurse Anesthesia Program ranked 6^th, up from 10^th in the previous rankings. The Health Systems Administration Program, making the list in its first year of eligibility, ranked 30^th. The Nurse Midwifery Program, which ranked 37^th in 2003, came in 21^st. Overall, the graduate program in nursing was ranked 32^nd.

RESEARCH

Georgetown University Medical Center received $138 million in funding in FY07. Approximately 60 percent of the Medical Center's funding is from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and 30 percent is from other government sources. The remainder is from foundations, industry and other sources.

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

An integral part of the Medical Center, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center seeks to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer through cutting-edge basic, translational, and clinical research, patient care, community education and outreach, and the training of cancer specialists for the future. Founded in 1970, Lombardi is one of only 39 institutions in the nation designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a comprehensive cancer center, and is the only one in the Washington region.

Biomedical Graduate Research Organization

Home to more than 60 percent of Georgetown University's sponsored research funding, Georgetown's Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO) was created to foster cutting-edge interdisciplinary collaboration and to enhance our basic science and translational research capacity, especially in the areas of neurosciences, child health and human development, cardiovascular-kidney diseases, infectious diseases and in collaborative work with researchers and clinicians from Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. In addition to promoting this lifesaving research, our focus on educational and academic excellence in the biomedical sciences is helping to create the next generation of researchers in the United States and around the world.

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH MEDSTAR HEALTH

On June 30, 2000, Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Health, Inc., finalized a clinical partnership agreement that had been in development for more than a year. Under the terms of the agreement, MedStar Health owns, operates, and has financial responsibility for Georgetown University's clinical enterprise, which includes a hospital, a faculty practice group, and a network of community physician practices. The various units of the clinical enterprise are now referred to collectively as Georgetown University Hospital (GUH), one of seven hospitals in MedStar's D.C./Maryland system.

Georgetown University continues to own, operate, and have financial responsibility for the education and research enterprises-which include the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing and Health Studies, and the medical research enterprise which primarily takes place in the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization. These units continue to be known collectively as Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).

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