We are an internationally recognized academic health and science center with a four-part mission of research, teaching, service and patient care in collaboration with our academic health system partner MedStar Health.
Learn More About UsThe largest, most prominent Catholic medical center in the country, Georgetown University Medical Center’s mission is carried out with a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principles of public service (“people in service to others”) and cura personalis, or “care of the whole person.”
The robust scientific research programs at GUMC play a significant role in Georgetown maintaining its “R1” designation by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
GUMC Stories
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GUMC Stories
GHUCCTS Community-Engaged Research Gives a Voice to the Patient Perspective
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Georgetown University Medical Center is making transformative discoveries tackling some of the greatest challenges in modern medicine — in areas including cancer, global health, and brain health — across the lifespan.
“I very much believe that when people struggle, they need access to health, hope and healing. They shouldn’t feel alone. The core value here at Georgetown — that requires our commitment to lead with love and caring — is exactly what health care needs.”
— Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, Executive Dean of the School of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
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