All Posts: GUMC Stories

• Inspiring GEMS to Shine

  (August 2, 2019) — After walking across the stage and introducing themselves to attendees, incoming students at the School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony often state the name of the medical doctor who will give them their first white coat, welcoming them to the profession of medicine. At this year’s ceremony and others recently, several […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, GEMS, medical education, School of Medicine, White Coat Ceremony

• Georgetown Introduces Biotechnology to High School Students Through New Partnership

  (August 2, 2019) — In collaboration with Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE), Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS) recently launched the Experiences in Biotechnology Academy, a two-week summer program for high school students.  The inaugural cohort of 32 students began coursework on June 24 and concluded on July 6. Accepting both residential and commuter participants, the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, biomedical research, biotechnology, education, high school programs, School of Continuing Studies

• The Right Place, the Right Time, the Right People, Thanks to Cancer Center Collaboration

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi

• NHS Students, Professor Attend Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network Conference

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: population health, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• NHS Health Systems Administration Chair to Serve on D.C. Commission on Health Equity

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

• NHS Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director Builds Collaboration With West Virginia Community

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: population health, School of Nursing & Health Studies, service to others

• Can Green Tea Prevent Liver Cancer? A Georgetown Lombardi Physician-Scientist Team Up to Find Out

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, green tea extract, liver cancer

• Petronic-Rosic Builds Up New Department of Dermatology

  (July 12, 2019) — One year ago, Vesna Petronic-Rosic, MD, MSc, MBA, joined Georgetown University School of Medicine to transform the division of dermatology into a stand-alone academic department and build a clinical department at both MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. In that time, as department chair, Petronic-Rosic has doubled the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: dermatology, medical education, School of Medicine

• Georgetown’s Ruesch Center Offers Summer Interns an In-Depth Look at GI Oncology

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Ruesch Center

• Virtual Reality Training Helps Medical Students Develop Real Empathy

  (June 28, 2019) — Imagine your favorite grandmother is showing signs of dementia. She progresses from forgetting who your son is, to forgetting what day it is and that she’s supposed to host Easter dinner. When your family arrives that day, she doesn’t seem to recognize you. She’s still in her bathrobe and hasn’t made […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, Dahlgren Memorial Library, geriatrics, medical education, School of Medicine, virtual reality