All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Meet Moshe Levi, MD, Interim Dean for Research

  (October 8, 2019) — Moshe Levi, MD, describes himself as a “card-carrying kidney doctor” who says he once focused 100% of his time on research and another 25% on patient care. But when a family move brought him to Georgetown in 2017, he saw the opportunity to give his full devotion (all 125% of it) […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical research, new faculty appointment

• GWIM Celebrates Women in Leadership

  (October 4, 2019) — At their fall reception, Georgetown Women in Medicine (GWIM) welcomed new and returning female faculty members and celebrated several high profile promotions for GWIM members. “Each year, we start off the academic year with our fall reception as an opportunity to review GWIM’s mission, priorities and GWIM officers, but also to […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, Georgetown Women in Medicine, School of Medicine, women in STEM

• Friends of Lombardi Drive Successful Fundraiser

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, Friends of Lombardi, Georgetown Lombardi, philanthropy

• Telenovela Empowers At-Risk Latina Women to Seek Genetic Counseling Services

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cura personalis, genetic counseling, genetic testing, Georgetown Lombardi, health disparities, health equity, population health, School of Medicine

• Donnelly Named Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

  (October 4, 2019) — In recognition of his dedication to teaching, research and clinical care, Michael J. Donnelly, MD, FACP, FAAP, was named the Philip L. Calcagno, MD, and Jeane and James Dixon Endowed Chair in Pediatrics on September 19 in Riggs Library.   “The Calcagno Dixon Chair means a tremendous amount to our department,” Donnelly […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, pediatrics, School of Medicine

• Georgetown HIV Expert Co-Authors Report on HIV in America

  (October 3, 2019) — In his 2019 State of the Union address, President Trump announced a new federal commitment to ending the HIV epidemic in 10 years.  For infectious disease physician Charles Holmes, MD, faculty co-director of Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Impact and Practice, the announcement was a door cracked open to an opportunity […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: HIV, population health

• Former CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick, MD, to Join Team of Visiting Faculty at School of Nursing & Health Studies

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: new faculty appointment, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Georgetown Visiting Distinguished Professor Becomes American Academy of Nursing Living Legend

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• When Enough is Enough! Smoking Cessation at Georgetown Lombardi

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, lung cancer, smoking cessation

• Georgetown Hosts First International Systems and Network Medicine Conference

  More than 150 attended the First International Conference in Systems and Network Medicine, held September 11-13 at the Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center. (September 20, 2019) — The F

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical informatics, systems medicine