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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. As executive director of the
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Strategic Planning Initiative: Engaging and Investing in the GUMC Vision
View the Strategic Planning Initiative homepage.
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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 officer, one judge at a time. The country
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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 Georgetown University Center for
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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 and Humanities Sympos
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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 causes and advancements for the benefit of
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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 nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the lives of teens and young adults with cancer.
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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. “It was during the hours I spent with
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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. According to this theory, kn
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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 and sleep? How, basically, do
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