All Posts: GUMC Stories

1597 Articles

GUMC Stories

35th Annual Golden Apple Awards Presented

For the 35th year, Georgetown University School of Medicine students and faculty members were honored at that annual Golden Apple Awards. This year’s event on April 13 was held…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

Students Act as CSI-type Forensic Investigators, Medical Examiners

A Georgetown professor recently turned the clinical simulation lab at theSchool of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) into what looked like the set of the popular…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

St. Baldrick's Creates a Buzz for Childhood Cancer Awareness

Visitors to Georgetown University this month might see a few more bald men and women than they’d expect. That’s because students, faculty, staff and even some…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

Congresswoman Speaks to Minority Health Initiative Council

The first female physician to serve as a member of the United States Congress came to Georgetown April 24 to speak with students in the Minority Health Initiative Council. Del.…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

End of Life Can Be Meaningful, Richly Textured

Not a battle to be fought and won, death is a natural human health process enhanced by planning, communication and one’s own enduring ethical value.  That was the…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

Waddah Al-Refaie: In Pursuit of Equitable, Appropriate Cancer Care for All

Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, doesn’t hesitate for a nanosecond when asked why he chose to come to Georgetown University Medical Center last October. To Al-Refaie, who is…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

GUMC Discovery Chosen for Time's Top 100 Scientific Findings

A discovery made by Georgetown University Medical Center scientist Michael Zasloff, MD, PhD, has been included in Time Inc.’s book, “100 New Scientific Discoveries;…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

The School of Medicine Commencement 2013

The Georgetown University School of Medicine class of 2013 held their graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 19, at the Warner Theater in Washington, graduating 196 members. The…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

School of Nursing & Health Studies Commencement 2013

The School of Nursing & Health Studies hosted its Commencement on Saturday, May 18, at 12 noon. The Class of 2013 included 199 students who earned bachelor of science degrees…

February 19, 2014

GUMC Stories

MAGIS Induction Ceremony 2013

The first event in Graduation Week for Georgetown School of Medicine, the MAGIS induction ceremony held on Thursday, May 16, honored physicians and biomedical scientists…

February 19, 2014