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CBCC Honors Patient Navigation Pioneer at Gift of Life Breakfast

(October 17, 2017) — At the 10th Annual Gift of Life breakfast, more than 200 supporters of the Capital Breast Care Center gathered at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown…

October 18, 2017

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CBCC Patient Navigators Help Women Overcome Obstacles to Health Care Access

A recent change to the way patients are served at the Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC) has staff members hopeful that they will now be able to reach more women than ever.…

October 13, 2017

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Dr. Harold P. Freeman to Receive Cura Personalis Award

This November, the work of Harold P. Freeman, MD, as a patient advocate, surgical oncologist, researcher and national leader will be recognized with the Cura Personalis

October 5, 2017

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Al-Refaie Leads Multidisciplinary Research Team

To answer the research questions that Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, was interested in asking, he required a team of researchers knowledgeable in biostatistics, health finance and…

October 5, 2017

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Schlegel Strives to Create Another Cervical Cancer Game Changer

While the HPV vaccine has been a game changer, recent research by Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, may lead to another advance by treating women already infected with HPV and a…

October 4, 2017

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Dr. Daniel Sulmasy: Bridging Medicine and Philosophy

Earlier this year, Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, MACP, joined the faculty at Georgetown University as the inaugural André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics, with…

September 28, 2017

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Partners in Research Funds New $100,000 Research Breakthrough Award

Rebecca Riggins, PhD, is the first recipient of a new Partners in Research award worth $100.…

September 25, 2017

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Georgetown Women In Medicine Celebrates Women in Leadership at Welcome Reception

It was standing room only at the annual Georgetown Women in Medicine Fall Welcome Reception earlier this month as the organization’s leaders set the tone and priorities…

September 22, 2017

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Color Field Pioneer Brings Original Art to Georgetown Lombardi Atrium

The walls of the Lombardi Atrium are newly adorned with Frieze, an original site-specific collection of eleven framed, color-saturated monotypes by Sam Gilliam, an…

September 22, 2017

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Doctors and Lawyers Speak Out for Health Justice Alliance

At Doctors and Lawyers Speak Out, representatives from Georgetown’s medical and law centers came together to celebrate the launch of the Georgetown University Health…

September 22, 2017