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The Bioethics of the Bedside
On March 15, hundreds will gather in Georgetown’s Leavey Center to honor the life and work of 92-year-old Edmund Pellegrino, MD, MACP — a physician and scholar…
February 12, 2014
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Breast Cancer Advocacy Group Bridges Gap Between Science and Patients
MARCH 6, 2013–For a few hours each month, a group of busy women set aside the demands of their professional and personal lives to gather in a conference room on the campus…
February 12, 2014
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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.…
February 12, 2014
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Strategic Planning Initiative: Engaging and Investing in the GUMC Vision
View the Strategic Planning Initiative.…
February 12, 2014
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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,…
February 12, 2014
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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…
February 12, 2014
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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…
February 12, 2014
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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…
February 12, 2014
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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…
February 12, 2014
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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. &…
February 12, 2014