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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.…
February 14, 2014
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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…
February 13, 2014
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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…
February 12, 2014
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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…
February 12, 2014
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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…
February 12, 2014
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Joining Forces to Improve Transplant Medicine
Surgeon Thomas Fishbein, MD, is on the cusp of solving a significant problem that he and all other transplant doctors face — the failure of transplanted abdominal organs.…
February 12, 2014
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Strategic Planning Initiative: Engaging and Investing in the GUMC Vision
View the Strategic Planning Initiative.…
February 12, 2014
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Turning the Tide on Sexual Violence
How do you rehabilitate a country known as the “rape capital of the world”? According to Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, you do it one health care worker, one police,…
February 12, 2014
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Helping Transform Afghanistan
A trip to the United States and Georgetown University wouldn’t be complete for Afghan President Hamid Karzai without acknowledging Phyllis Magrab, PhD, director of the…
February 12, 2014
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High School Scientists Come to Georgetown
On Thursday and Friday of the first week of 2013, the halls of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) were filled with area high school students attending the Junior Science…
February 12, 2014