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SOM Recognizes Faculty with Golden Apple Awards
“Welcome to the Village,” said Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D., dean for medical education at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, “and welcome to the 34th Annual Golden Apple Awards, wonderfully
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Georgetown Lombardi Infusion Center Displays “Ribbon of Joy”
Local artist Jo Fleming took the ribbon concept and transformed it into “Ribbon of Joy,” a 39-foot-long modular painting that was installed in early April at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer C
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One Goal – Find a Cure for Breast Cancer
The Georgetown Lombardi-Capital Breast Care Center Team members donned their t-shirts, double knotted their sneakers, and joined 2,200-plus supporters for the Tenth Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
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NHS Alumna Earns John Carroll Award
Colleen Scanlon (NHS’76, H’00), J.D., RN, senior vice president for advocacy at Catholic Health Initiatives, received the award at the 2012 John Carroll Weekend. Hosted in Chicago, the Windy City carr
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Madam Minister
Ten years ago in Afghanistan, a woman died every 30 minutes in childbirth. That rate has dramatically improved to every two hours still shockingly high. Also a decade ago, the life expectancy of adul
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Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez – 2012 Founders’ Day Awards
Georgetown University School of Medicine hosted the eleventh annual Founders’ Day Celebration, an evening of fundraising to benefit the Dean’s Leadership Scholarship Endowment Fund. Under the leaders
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In Spring, Science Is in Bloom at GUMC
It started in early March with the Fourteenth Annual Lombardi Research Days. Students doing research in cancer get a chance to present their findings and gain recognition for their work. Then on Marc
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Georgetown Alzheimer's Researcher Honored
The Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter has honored R. Scott Turner, M.D., director of Georgetown University Medical Center’s Memory Disorders Program, for making a significant diffe
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Commencement 2012 at GUMC
Commencement week at GUMC is characterized by a succession of events and celebration recognizing achievement and culminating in the formal commencement ceremonies for students of the School of Medicin
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Values to Guide a Graduating Student's Career
Georgetown graduate Megan Berard (NHS’12) said she could not imagine having gone somewhere else for her bachelor’s degree. “Looking back I couldn’t imagine myself at a different school given the expe
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