All Posts: School of Medicine
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Medical Students Join in the Fight for Racial and Health Equity
(September 1, 2020) — Georgetown medical students joined thousands of people from around the country who gathered around the Lincoln Memorial on August 28 to participate in the 2020 March on Washington. The civil rights rally marked the 57th anniversary of the 1963 march when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a […]
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Virtual White Coat Ceremony Welcomes School of Medicine Class of 2024
(August 22, 2020) — Despite the virtual setting for their White Coat Ceremony, the School of Medicine warmly welcomed the Class of 2024 as they donned their white coats and recited the Hippocratic Oath together for the first time. (Watch the full White Coat Ceremony.) “Members of the Class of 2024, as you take the […]
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School of Medicine Professor Named Georgetown’s New Interim Chief Public Health Officer
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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 […]
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Georgetown Physician Calls for Formal Inquiry Into U.S. Handling of COVID-19
WASHINGTON (August 5, 2020) — A complete understanding of how the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a public health disaster will require a full investigation akin to the 9/11 Commission, says a Georgetown University physician, writing in a BMJ Opinion published today. The author, Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, FAAFP, is professor of family […]
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SOM Alumna Channels Cura Personalis Lessons to Psychiatric Care During Pandemic
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New Class of GEMS Embark on an Unforgettable Journey
(July 24, 2020) — As the only child of a single parent, Zach Boston became the primary caretaker for his mother after she was diagnosed with a chronic illness when he was 6 years old. Though she passed away when he was a teenager, his experience with his mother inspired Boston to become a physician. […]
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Open Letter Leads to Launch of Racial Justice Committee
(July 19, 2020) — As activists across the country protested against racism and police brutality, a group of Georgetown medical students exchanged text messages about how the university should respond. One of them suggested writing an open letter to university leaders. Seventy-two hours later, more than 500 students had signed the letter, which inspired the […]
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It Takes a Virtual Village: Educators, Patient Actors and Medical Students Build Connections with Telehealth Training
(June 26, 2020) — Just as medical practices rapidly transitioned to deliver health care remotely in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, medical school faculty and administrators at Georgetown quickly integrated a telehealth training component into newly developed two-week virtual clerkships in pediatrics, OB-GYN, medicine and surgery for third-year medical students. In addition, rising fourth-year […]
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White Coats for Black Lives
(June 5, 2020) — Members of our Georgetown and MedStar Health communities knelt in solidarity with and support of the Black community during a peaceful nationwide demonstration by health care workers on Friday, June 5.
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