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Virtual Reality Training Helps Medical Students Develop Real Empathy
(June 28, 2019) — Imagine your favorite grandmother is showing signs of dementia. She progresses from forgetting who your son is, to forgetting what day it is and that she’s supposed to host Easter dinner. When your family arrives that day, she doesn’t seem to recognize you. She’s still in her bathrobe and hasn’t made […]
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GU Collaboration With Community Partners Creates Educational Opportunity for Nursing and Medical Assistant Students
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Over 200 Strong and $2.5 Million Later, Men’s Event Marks 20 Years Fighting Cancer
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Embracing the ‘Little Things’ at Georgetown Lombardi’s Poetry Café
(June 14, 2019) — Colorful felt berets were sprinkled amongst the crowd as Deacon Thomas (Tom) Devaney, director of Mission and Pastoral Care at the hospital, welcomed members of the Georgetown Lombardi community to the fourth annual Poetry Café in the chapel at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. “We come together annually each year in the […]
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Studying Barriers to Health Care to Help Women with HIV
(June 12, 2019) — Seble G. Kassaye, MD, MS, can’t help but see parallels between HIV-positive African American women in the DC area and conditions surrounding rising rates of HIV infection as it swept through Ethiopia, the country where she was born and raised until a teenager. The infection in Ethiopia occurred largely in urban […]
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MedStar Health-Georgetown University Symposium Illustrates Emphasis on Community Care
(June 2, 2019) — Since its founding, Georgetown University Medical Center has committed itself to the principle of cura personalis, caring for the whole person. However, based on the recent MedStar Health—Georgetown University Research Symposium, cura communitas, or care for the whole community, may be an equally good fit. Each year, the joint research symposium […]
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Passion for Health Equity Inspires Undergraduate HJA Collaboration
(June 1, 2019) — When she was a sophomore at the School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) , an experience volunteering abroad led Carolyn Hofley (NHS’19, M’23) to think more deeply about the way that social determinants of health contribute to health disparities. By starting a club for students interested in issues related to […]
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CARIS Award Honors Achievements of School of Medicine Administrator
(June 2, 2019) — L. Whitman Brown, MBA, PMP, assistant dean for finance & administration at Georgetown University School of Medicine, was surprised to hear his name called at the Georgetown University Medical Center Community Meeting on May 9 in the Research Building auditorium. “I was told there was a big announcement happening at the […]
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A Sabbatical … Just What the Doctor Ordered
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Shedding Light on Lewy Body Disease
(May 30, 2019) — Though many people are familiar with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, fewer have heard of Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disorder with similar symptoms. “I think more awareness needs to be out there because Lewy body disease is probably just as prevalent as Parkinson’s,” said Fernando Pagan, MD (M’96), professor of neurology […]
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