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Students Honor Anatomical Donors with Murals
(March 29, 2019) — Transformed from a morbid space with photos of sliced cadaver parts, the hallway of the anatomy lab at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) now dances with bright branches of a cherry blossom tree, iconic Healy Hall and inspiring words of wisdom. On March 21, members of the Class of 2021 […]
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Going with Your Gut: Exploring the Microbiota’s Role in Colorectal Cancer Among the Young
(March 26, 2019) — When figures released by the American Cancer Society in 2017 showed a rise in colorectal cancer cases and deaths among young people, Benjamin Weinberg, MD, was alarmed, but not surprised. The young medical oncologist at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is accustomed to treating men and women in their 60s and […]
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New Master’s in Global Infectious Disease Bridges Science and Policy
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School of Medicine Match Day 2019: By The Numbers
(March 17, 2019) — Sunshine poured through the windows of the Healey Family Student Center on an unseasonably warm March day as members of the School of Medicine Class of 2019 waited alongside friends and family members to learn where their nascent medical careers would take them. “I’m not going to try to tell you […]
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NHS Alumni at the School of Medicine Celebrate Match Day
(March 16, 2019) — On Match Day 2019, Nadeen Hussain (NHS’15, M’19) learned that she matched with the internal medicine residency program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. MaryJo Kramer (NHS’14, M’19) got into the anesthesiology residency program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Victor Wang (NHS’15, M’19) matched with the neurology residency program at Thomas […]
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After Overcoming Match Week Adversity, Georgetown Alumni Thrive as Residents
(March 15, 2019) — After four years of medical school, many medical students look forward to finding out where they will complete the next phases of their education on Match Day. Reflecting on their experiences, two School of Medicine alumni said that Georgetown helped them cope when Match Day didn’t work out the way they […]
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Helping Future Caretakers Take Care of Themselves
(March 15, 2019) — When Simoné Jalon [SIM-oh-nay JAH-lahn], PsyD, discovered that Georgetown University was seeking a psychologist to work at the School of Medicine, she eagerly applied for the position. Motivated to work with medical students, Jalon started her position as the primary psychologist for Georgetown University School of Medicine on March 1. Hired […]
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Facing a Difficult Diagnosis, Why One Patient Chooses to Confront Cancer at Georgetown Lombardi
(March 7, 2019) — While living in Chattanooga, Tenn., Adam Skipper was one of the primary caregivers for his 69-year-old mother before pancreatic cancer took her life. In October 2018, almost two years to the day of his mother’s death, Skipper was diagnosed with the same disease. “It was just a massive blow,” says Lee […]
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‘Melanin in Medicine’ Reinforces Importance of Diversity in Medicine
(March 2, 2019) — Organized by the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter at the School of Medicine (SOM), “Melanin in Medicine: Dissecting Diverse Experiences” encouraged attendees to discuss the marginalization and inequality experienced by patients and practitioners in medicine, and the inclusion and success of medical students. Held through a partnership with the MLK […]
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Teaching Health Informatics and Its Ethical Implications
(March 1, 2019) — In 2025 — just six years from now — the amount of information generated in the field of genomics alone will equal a zettabyte. Known as a ZB, a zettabyte is 10 to the 21st power, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes of data. Put another way, it has been estimated that 1 ZB […]
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