All Posts: cura personalis

• Students Matching in Family Medicine Called by Cura Personalis and Commitment to Community

  Surrounded by fireplaces, family and flowers, School of Medicine students mingled with anticipation in the Healey Family Student Center just before opening their match letters revealing the next destination in their training.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, Match Day, medical education, primary care, School of Medicine

• Nursing and Medical Students Debate Ethical Dilemmas as Pellegrino Student Scholars

  (December 9, 2022) — In a clinical bioethics program unique to Georgetown, a select group of nursing and medical students — known as Pellegrino Student Scholars — work closely together as they discover that practicing cura personalis includes navigating challenging ethical decisions with their patients and families. “Clinical bioethics provides the tools needed to navigate […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: bioethics, cura personalis, medical ethics, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Pellegrino Scholars Program, student experience

• Golden Apple Awards 2022: Celebrating the GUSOM Community

  (April 8, 2022) — Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored with during the annual Golden Apple Awards ceremony April 8 at the Gaylord National Hotel at National Harbor. Honorees from 2021 and 2020 were also recognized. Congratulations to the 2022 Golden Apple Honorees The Golden Apple Awards are presented annually […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, Golden Apple Awards, medical education, School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2022, student achievement, student mentoring

• School of Medicine Alum To Be Honored by Congressional Medal of Honor Society

  (April 6, 2022) — The Congressional Medal of Honor Society has selected Georgetown double alum Aaron Epstein, MD (G’12, M’18), as the recipient of its 2022 Citizen Honors Award for Service for his “commitment to providing medical relief to communities in conflict zones, austere environments, and disaster areas around the world.” Epstein graduated from Georgetown University School […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Citizen Honors Award, cura personalis, School of Medicine

• Golden Apple Awards 2021: Celebrating the GUSOM Community

  (May 25, 2021) — The recipients of this year’s Golden Apple Awards were honored in an upbeat virtual ceremony presented by Georgetown University School of Medicine students. View the full awards ceremony video. Congratulations to the 2021 Golden Apple Honorees Golden Apple Awards The Golden Apple Award is presented annually by each class to a […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, Golden Apple Awards, medical education, School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2021, student achievement, student mentoring

• Clinical Students Volunteer With COVID-19 Vaccinations

  (February 19, 2021) — Since mid-January, more than 150 medical and nursing students at Georgetown have answered MedStar Health’s call for volunteers to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Coordinated by Elizabeth Zolper (M’21), the students volunteer every day of the week at four MedStar Health locations around Washington, D.C.  Throughout this pandemic, students have contributed to […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: COVID-19, cura personalis, medical education, MedStar Health, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies, Vaccine

• Georgetown BSN Alumna Works on COVID-19 Response in New York City

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, cura personalis, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Following Family’s Dreams, ARCHES Alumna to Start at School of Medicine

  (August 6, 2020) — Over 20 years ago, after immigrating to the United States from Pakistan, Rimsha Rana (M’24) and her family dreamed about her going to Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM). On her father’s commute to and from work, he would pass Georgetown and pray, “Dear God, please give my children a chance […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: ARCHES Program, cura personalis, diversity, medical education, School of Medicine

• SOM Alumna Channels Cura Personalis Lessons to Psychiatric Care During Pandemic

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, cura personalis, pandemic, School of Medicine

• NHS Alumnus Celebrates Third Anniversary of Clinic He Founded

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, nursing, School of Nursing & Health Studies