All Posts: School of Medicine

• 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

• Creating Leaders in Health Justice Beyond the Hilltop

  (March 29, 2019) — As a medical school applicant, Hunter Fraker (M’19) was not only interested in learning about medicine but also how to advocate for his patients through policy. He was drawn to Georgetown University School of Medicine by its Health Justice Scholar (HJS) Track, a longitudinal four-year academic track that empowers student physicians […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health justice, Health Justice Scholar Track, School of Medicine

• Students Honor Anatomical Donors with Murals

  (March 29, 2019) — Transformed from a morbid space with photos of sliced cadaver parts, the hallway of the anatomy lab at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) now dances with bright branches of a cherry blossom tree, iconic Healy Hall and inspiring words of wisdom. On March 21, members of the Class of 2021 […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: anatomical donor program, School of Medicine, service to others

• School of Medicine Match Day 2019: By The Numbers

  (March 17, 2019) — Sunshine poured through the windows of the Healey Family Student Center on an unseasonably warm March day as members of the School of Medicine Class of 2019 waited alongside friends and family members to learn where their nascent medical careers would take them. “I’m not going to try to tell you […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Match Day, School of Medicine