All Posts: Special Stories

• Match Day 2022: By the Numbers

  Applicants participating in the Main Residency Match according to the National Resident Matching Program: 42,549 Available positions in the match: 39,205 (largest on record) Available first-year (PGY-1) positions: 36,277 (largest on record — 3.1% increase over 2021) Increase in number of programs offering PGY-1 positions: 177 Most popular specialties among Georgetown students: Internal medicine: 32 […]

  Category: Special Stories Tags: Match Day, medical education

• SPARK Committee Looking for New Members to Advance Racial Equity

  (September 24, 2021) — If you’re interested in working together with colleagues to increase understanding of pervasive racial inequities and advance racial equity in the GUMC community, consider joining the Spaces and Places for Advocacy & Racial-Justice Knowledge (SPARK) committee. Led by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the SPARK Committee is seeking new […]

  Category: Special Stories Tags: diversity, inclusion, racial equity

• Families Offer Congratulations in Video Messages to the SOM Class of 2025

  Category: Special Stories Tag: White Coat Ceremony

• Meet Leon ‘Lee’ Jones, Georgetown’s New Dean for Medical Education

  (March 30, 2021) — From a young age, Leon “Lee” Jones, MD, was drawn to a career in medicine borne out of two traits: a love for science and a deep curiosity about people. Now, as the newly appointed dean for medical education at Georgetown’s School of Medicine, he will have the opportunity to nurture […]

  Categories: GUMC Stories, Special Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine

• Roett Recognized with AMSA Women Leaders in Medicine Award

  (March 12, 2021) — Michelle Roett (M’03), MD, MPH, often shares the story about her first meeting with the chair of the Department of Family Medicine as a medical student. “He asked me where I wanted to be in 10-15 years, and I said I wanted to be a hospitalist, primary care physician, deliver babies, […]

  Category: Special Stories Tags: faculty honors, medical education, mentorship, School of Medicine, women in STEM

• GUMC Community Meeting Focuses on Racial Justice, ‘Our Highest Priority’

  (February 26, 2021) — Students, staff, faculty and Georgetown University leadership gathered virtually for the first GUMC Community Meeting of 2021 that carried a singular focus: racial justice. “We have devoted our time together to this topic because the journey toward and the achievement of equity and racial justice at all levels of our community […]

  Categories: GUMC Stories, Special Stories Tags: collaboration, Georgetown Lombardi, GUMC community meeting, racial equity, racial justice, Racial Justice Initiative, racism, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Clinical Simulation Leader Honored at Georgetown Women in Medicine Event

  Category: Special Stories Tag: School of Nursing & Health Studies