All Posts: GUMC Stories
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The Doctor, Patient – And Computer
Instead of the relationship of trust between a patient and physician, a third player, if effectively introduced and incorporated in the discussion, can create a “triangle of trust” that might even lea
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Uncovering Clues in the Brain
It’s been said the human brain is the ultimate supercomputer – the wiring is so complex that no machine can rival it. It’s true - the top 1/5 of an inch of the brain surface contains billions of neuro
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HSA Graduate Serves as Hospital CEO
Health systems administration alumnus Thomas Mullin (G’08) credits the graduate program’s faculty and residency experience with helping prepare him for his current role as CEO of a long-term acute car
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Exploring Both Sides of the Cancer Coin
Anton Wellstein, M.D., Ph.D., knows that biology doesn’t care about the silos that have traditionally been built between medical disciplines. That’s why Wellstein, a professor of oncology and pharmaco
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Acupuncture Reduces Stress Protein
Ladan Eshkevari, Ph.D., C.R.N.A., L.Ac., has been told so many times by her patients that the acupuncture she gives them relieves stress that she decided to put all that good feeling to a rigorous sci
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Nicotine May Slow Mild Memory Loss
Scientific studies have shown nicotine improves focus and concentration. So it makes sense that older individuals with diagnosed memory issues might also gain benefit from use of nicotine, the brain s
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Alum Studies Brain Basis for Disorders
Depression, anxiety and autism may have more to do with interactions between specific brain structures than dysfunction or disease in one area of the brain, Georgetown researchers say. Jackie DesJard
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Team Georgetown Joins Scope It Out 5K to Raise Awareness of Colon Cancer
Faculty and staff from Georgetown University and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, along with patients and family members, will come together as Team Georgetown to raise funds to support colon cancer advocacy research at the ninth annual Scope it Out 5K on March 23.
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Georgetown Professor Elected to Leadership Board of AAMC
A Georgetown School of Medicine professor has been elected to the inaugural administrative board of the newly constituted Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
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Dynamic Interdisciplinary Session Brings Together GUMC Students
A recent session brought together 360 students from across Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) for a day of interprofessional education, development, and team-building.
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