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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

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Putting People First

Ambassador Mark Dybul (C’85, M’92, H’08) recently received the 2012 Timothy S. Healy S.J. Award for his outstanding public service in support of humanitarian…

February 12, 2014

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In New Leadership Role, Student Gives Voice to Young Cancer Patients

FEBRUARY 13, 2014 -- A Georgetown University Medical Center graduate student—who is president of his class—has assumed a new leadership role with a national cancer…

February 12, 2014

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Georgetown Medical Student Hopes to Help Others, Study Health Systems

Armond Esmaili (NHS’11, M’15) first became inspired to pursue a career in medicine in high school after his mother was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder. &…

February 12, 2014

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Optimism, with Dash of Whimsy, Keeps Patient Smiling Through Tough Times

People dealing with a major illness, death or other personal loss are often told they might expect to experience the so-called five stages of grief, beginning with denial.…

February 12, 2014

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Hope to Harness Brain’s Power to Repair Itself

What makes us laugh or cry? How do we solve a problem? How do we recall what we’ve learned? How do we breathe and blink without giving it a thought? What triggers dreams…

February 12, 2014

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Ruesch Symposium Seeks ‘Common Threads’ Around Clinical Trials

For researchers, the benefits of enrolling patients on clinical trials are evident: more participants leads to more robust trials and richer data, and these data then inform and…

February 12, 2014