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Volunteer Physicians and Medical Students Train to Evaluate Asylum Seekers
In her work with asylum seekers, Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, FAAFP, professor of family medicine, has heard reports and seen evidence of atrocities experienced by those seeking sanctuary in the US, including sexual assault, beatings and female genital mutilation.
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McCaskill-Stevens to Address Graduates at School of Medicine Commencement
Now a nationally known medical oncologist at the National Cancer Institute with expertise in leading clinical trials in the community, McCaskill-Stevens is preparing to share those lessons with graduates from her alma mater at the School of Medicine commencement ceremony on May 21.
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Georgetown Lombardi Leads The Way at AVON 39 Breast Cancer Walk
About 100 members of the Georgetown Lombardi/Capital Breast Care Center team walked 39.3 miles through Washington, DC May 6-7 in AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer, raising more than $260,000 for local, regional and national breast cancer organizations.
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MedStar GUH Fellow Wins Top Honors for Collaborative Work with GUMC Researcher
Out of approximately 800 research abstracts submitted by faculty, residents and staff, an abstract by Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD, was awarded first prize at the 2017 MedStar Health Research Symposium on May 1.
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Women & Wine Honors Georgetown Lombardi Research Champion
Since receiving her diagnosis in July, Susan Miller hasn’t let breast cancer keep her from smiling, and she didn’t let a recent hip replacement surgery keep her from attending Georgetown Lombardi’s Women & Wine fundraiser, where she was honored with the Lombardi Spirit of Life Award.
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Obituary Writing Workshop Breathes Life Into Anatomy Lab
About 25 first-year medical students recently gathered to learn from a writer whose full-time job is humanizing people who have died.
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Georgetown Neurologist Launches New “Medical Home” Study for MS Care
A Georgetown physician-researcher has launched a first-of-its-kind study to test a medical care model that could change the way people with multiple sclerosis (MS) are treated.
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New Video Celebrates Launch of Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance
A new video about the Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance debuted Friday at John Carroll Weekend, the annual gathering of Georgetown alumni, family and friends.
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The New Face of Colon Cancer
While rates of colon cancer are declining overall, more young adults are being diagnosed with the disease – a troubling trend with no easy explanation.
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Putting the Heart in “The Heart of the Harvey”
In a nod to the venue’s namesake, the heart was the theme for the second annual Heart of the Harvey, an evening of short plays, monologues, poetry and dance that explore the intersection of art and medicine, held April 7 in W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Teaching Amphitheater.
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