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A Medical Career Providing for Others
Given his resume, one would think that Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, MD, carefully planned his meteoric career. He rose from a consultant physician in Newcastle, England, to chairman of the National
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Survey Tool Gauges Patient Treatment Preferences for Late-stage Cancer
With the vast arsenal of cancer treatments available now compared to just a few decades ago, one might assume that any patient would want to deploy any available option – that choosing to slow or ceas
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A New Mission: Educating the Educators
Aviad Haramati, PhD, would like to pose a very simple question to educators at Georgetown University Medical Center: “How many of you were hired for your teaching skills?” He predicts few hands would
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Capital Breast Care Center: Bringing Cura Personalis to the Community
The lump. So many women fear finding one and having to face a biopsy, diagnosis, possibly surgery and treatment—each unwelcome thought followed by an even scarier one. For most women, these fears will
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IPN Continues Tradition of Producing NSF Fellows
Two Interdisciplinary Program for Neuroscience (IPN) students at Georgetown have been named graduate fellows by the National Science Foundation. They are among 15 percent of applicants who received aw
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Georgetown Celebrates Election of First Jesuit Pope
Statement by Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia “On this joyous day, we offer our prayers of thanksgiving and celebration for the new Holy Father, Pope Francis. "This is an historic momen
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Medical Students Show Artistic Sides in Cancer Center Art Show
FEBRUARY 12, 2014 – Georgetown University medical students are showing off abilities that fall outside the scope of their educational careers. Thirteen students from Georgetown’s School of Medicine have contributed artwork to the annual Medical Student Art Show, on display throughout February at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Learning the Skills of Leadership
Over the last 16 years, nine women faculty members at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have participated in a yearlong intensive leadership boot camp designed to challenge them and their pr
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The Bioethics of the Bedside
On March 15, hundreds will gather in Georgetown’s Leavey Center to honor the life and work of 92-year-old Edmund Pellegrino, MD, MACP — a physician and scholar known as the “father” of bioethics in Am
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Breast Cancer Advocacy Group Bridges Gap Between Science and Patients
MARCH 6, 2013--For a few hours each month, a group of busy women set aside the demands of their professional and personal lives to gather in a conference room on the campus of Georgetown University Me
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