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Medical Students Make a Difference on Day of Service

More than 80 medical students took advantage of the opportunity to give back to the community by participating in the School of Medicine’s Day of Service this.…

November 3, 2017

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Atkins Officially Installed as Dr. Scholl Chair of Medical Oncology

Michael B. Atkins, MD, deputy director of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named to the Dr. Scholl Chair of Medical Oncology, a fully endowed…

November 3, 2017

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Rebeck Honored at Georgetown’s Fall Faculty Convocation

G. William Rebeck, a professor of neuroscience at Georgetown University Medical Center and director of Georgetown’s Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, is the…

November 2, 2017

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Student Research Day Showcases Wide Breadth of Biomedical Research at Georgetown

Students in the Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) program study a diverse range of topics including biohazardous threat agents & emerging infectious diseases,, …

October 18, 2017

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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