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Golden Apple Awards 2022: Celebrating the GUSOM Community
(April 8, 2022) — Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored with during the annual Golden Apple Awards ceremony April 8 at the Gaylord National Hotel at National Harbor. Honorees from 2021 and 2020 were also recognized. Congratulations to the 2022 Golden Apple Honorees The Golden Apple Awards are presented annually […]
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‘The Right Time and the Right Direction:’ NAM President Discusses Georgetown’s Health Sciences Initiative
(April 9, 2022) — In a conversation with Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia during a virtual community meeting, the president of the National Academy of Medicine characterized Georgetown’s Health Sciences Strategy Initiative (HSSI) as an effort coming at the “right time and the right direction.” Victor J. Dzau, MD, joined DeGioia on April 7 […]
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School of Medicine Alum To Be Honored by Congressional Medal of Honor Society
(April 6, 2022) — The Congressional Medal of Honor Society has selected Georgetown double alum Aaron Epstein, MD (G’12, M’18), as the recipient of its 2022 Citizen Honors Award for Service for his “commitment to providing medical relief to communities in conflict zones, austere environments, and disaster areas around the world.” Epstein graduated from Georgetown University School […]
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Medical Students Celebrate the Contributions of Anatomical Donors
(March 26, 2022) — In the late 1400s, Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci began studying the human body through dissection. At first, the exercise was driven by an artistic desire to better capture on paper the visible intricacies of our anatomy. But historians say that over time, da Vinci became fascinated by his subjects and […]
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Lombardi Gala: A ‘Community of Dedicated Supporters and Believers’
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NHS Students Volunteer at Community-Based Organization on Day of Service
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White Coat and Physicianship Ceremony Honors Class of 2024
(March 20, 2022) — When the School of Medicine Class of 2024 started at Georgetown in August 2020, their White Coat Ceremony was held via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 18, as they prepared to start their clinical education, the medical students belatedly celebrated the occasion in person with friends and family. […]
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Match Day 2022: ‘What a Phenomenal Day’
(March 19, 2022) — Members of the School of Medicine’s Class of 2022, surrounded by family, friends, faculty and staff who supported their dreams to become doctors, gathered for the annual Match Day celebration to learn together where each soon-to-be doctor would go for their residency — the training that follows medical school graduation. The […]
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Georgetown Created Its Own COVID-19 Testing Lab – With Rapid Results
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NHS Visiting Jesuit Chair: ‘Bring Our Moral Tradition to Bear’ Through Imagining Improved Health Systems
(March 4, 2022) — Using the gift of imagination and leaning into our Jesuit values can help us identify and solve problems within the health care system, said Rev. Michael Rozier, SJ, the School of Nursing & Health Studies’ first Visiting Jesuit Chair in the Department of Health Systems Administration, at the Values Based Lecture, […]
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