All Posts: School of Medicine

• Myers, Steen Recognized for Exceptional Teaching at MAGIS Induction Ceremony

  (May 16, 2019) — Most of the events held before Georgetown’s commencement activities focus on the achievements of students, but the annual MAGIS Society Induction Ceremony celebrates the faculty members who helped students prepare for life after graduation. At the 17th annual induction ceremony May 16 in the Goldberg Auditorium at MedStar Georgetown, Virginia Steen, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: MAGIS Society, medical education, School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2019

• Literature and Medicine Encourages Empathy in Medical Students

  (May 10, 2019) — Daniel Marchalik, MD, assistant professor of urology at Georgetown University School of Medicine and medical director of physician well-being at MedStar Health, has always been interested in the relationship between literature and medicine. Marchalik earned his undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature from Rutgers University, which led him to create […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: literature and medicine track, School of Medicine

• School of Medicine Commencement Speaker to Reflect on Gratitude and Giving Back

  (May 3, 2019) — Over the last three decades since serving as a resident and chief resident in internal medicine at Georgetown, Susan Hingle, MD, has held a variety of roles at Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine and at the American College of Physicians (ACP). In addition to her journey after Georgetown, Hingle […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2019

• Large Federal Program Aimed at Providing Better Health Care Underfunds Primary Care

  MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (Apri 16, 2019) — Despite a mandate to help patients make better-informed health care decisions, a 10-year research program established under the Affordable Care Act has funded a relatively small number of studies that examine primary care, the setting where the majority of patients in the U.S. receive treatment. The finding, […]

  Category: News Release Tags: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, primary care, School of Medicine

• Georgetown Women in Medicine Celebrates 25 Years

  (April 12, 2019) — With the much-anticipated unveiling of a new portrait as part of the Women on the Walls campaign to honor women leaders at the Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown Women In Medicine (GWIM) celebrated its 25th anniversary alongside more than a hundred faculty, students, staff and supporters. The April 11 evening event […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown Women in Medicine, School of Medicine, women in STEM

• Medical Students Reflect on Faith and Medicine During New Catholic Retreat

  (April 12, 2019) — Overlooking the Potomac River, 18 students from Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) spent two days in reflection during the school’s first off-site Catholic retreat in years. Organized by the Georgetown chapter of the Catholic Medical Association and Georgetown University’s Office of Mission and Ministry, students from first- to fourth-years were […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: School of Medicine

• Perfectionism Among the Issues Addressed as Medical Students Link Identity and Wellness

  (April 12, 2019) – Perfectionism, imposter syndrome and isolation were the core themes explored this year at I, Too, Am Georgetown Medicine, as dozens gathered for the annual event created to encourage students to engage in candid dialogues about the identity-driven interpersonal and structural challenges that may arise in their lives on a daily basis. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, School of Medicine, student wellness

• 41st Annual Golden Apple Awards Presented

  (April 9, 2019) — Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty, students and staff were honored at the 41st Annual Golden Apple Awards. This year’s event was held on April 6 at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Golden Apple Awards Each class presents the Golden Apple Award annually to a faculty member whose outstanding professional […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, medical education, School of Medicine, student mentoring

• Once His Home, Medical Student Uses Research Requirement to Investigate Hypertension in Zimbabwe

  (March 29, 2019) — The nearly 200 independent scholarly projects completed by students at Georgetown University School of Medicine this year varied from topics including depression patterns, opioid usage, barriers to health care, attitudes about firearms, pregnancies complicated by HIV and even findings on hypertensive patients thousands of miles from campus. As a graduation requirement, […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: global health, hypertension, medical research, School of Medicine, student research

• Personalized Medicine Clinical Trial Underway for Type of Incontinence Common in Women

  MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (April 2, 2019) — A novel clinical trial aims to reverse the cause of a common problem among older women — accidental urine leakage — by using a patient’s own muscle cells. The study, now underway in the Washington area, is for women with stress urinary incontinence. Stress urinary incontinence, or […]

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical research, clinical trials, personalized medicine, School of Medicine, urology, women's health