All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Jesuit, Doctor, Ethicist to Lead Pellegrino Center

  (December 5, 2020) — Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD, first met Edmund Pellegrino, the legendary bioethicist and founder of Georgetown’s Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, in 1994. At the time, Sheehan, already a Jesuit priest and physician, was considering career directions. His conversation with Pellegrino helped guide him toward 14 formative years working in […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: bioethics, medical education, medical ethics, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, School of Medicine

• Tribute Video Celebrates Anatomical Donors

  (November 24, 2020) — Before starting medical gross anatomy, Zoey Maggid (M’23) spoke with the sister of the anatomical donor she and her classmates would work with in class. In their conversation, Maggid learned that their donor had been a lifelong teacher and mentor. “In the spirit of education, her brother followed their mother and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: anatomical donor program, medical education, School of Medicine

• Georgetown Lombardi Oncologists Encourage Patients to Keep Up with Cancer Screenings

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer screening, mammography

• Georgetown Lombardi Announces New Office for Global Oncology

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, global health, global oncology

• Analyzing Tumors in Real Time to Detect Metastatic Cells Could Aid in Treatment

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, metastatic cancer

• NHS Alumna and U.S. Navy Commander Keynotes GU Veterans Day Ceremony

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, military medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Programs Build Health Equity Focus Into Curriculum

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: education, health equity, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Georgetown Faculty, Students Testify in Support of Resolution to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis in DC

  Update: On December 1, 2020 the DC Council voted in favor of a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis. (November 8, 2020) — Members of the Georgetown University community testified in support of a proposed resolution declaring racism a public health crisis at a recent DC Council Committee on Health public roundtable. Representatives […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health disparities, population health, public health, racial equity, racism

• GUMC Staff/AAP Caucus: A Voice for GUMC’s Staff and AAPs

  (November 6, 2020) — Never before the COVID-19 pandemic has the Staff and Academic and Administrative Professionals (AAP) Advisory Council, which includes representatives of the staff and AAPs of the medical center, played such a crucial role for Georgetown University employees. Established in 2011, the Staff/AAP Advisory Council represents staff and AAPs in discussions with […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, Staff/AAP

• NHS Professor to Serve on NASEM Committee on Respiratory Protection

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: faculty honors, School of Nursing & Health Studies