All Posts: School of Medicine

• 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

• NHS Alumni at the School of Medicine Celebrate Match Day

  (March 16, 2019) — On Match Day 2019, Nadeen Hussain (NHS’15, M’19) learned that she matched with the internal medicine residency program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. MaryJo Kramer (NHS’14, M’19) got into the anesthesiology residency program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Victor Wang (NHS’15, M’19) matched with the neurology residency program at Thomas […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Match Day, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• After Overcoming Match Week Adversity, Georgetown Alumni Thrive as Residents

  (March 15, 2019) — After four years of medical school, many medical students look forward to finding out where they will complete the next phases of their education on Match Day. Reflecting on their experiences, two School of Medicine alumni said that Georgetown helped them cope when Match Day didn’t work out the way they […]

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

• Helping Future Caretakers Take Care of Themselves

  (March 15, 2019) — When Simoné Jalon [SIM-oh-nay JAH-lahn], PsyD, discovered that Georgetown University was seeking a psychologist to work at the School of Medicine, she eagerly applied for the position. Motivated to work with medical students, Jalon started her position as the primary psychologist for Georgetown University School of Medicine on March 1. Hired […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: mental health, School of Medicine, student wellness, wellness

• ‘Melanin in Medicine’ Reinforces Importance of Diversity in Medicine

  (March 2, 2019) — Organized by the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter at the School of Medicine (SOM), “Melanin in Medicine: Dissecting Diverse Experiences” encouraged attendees to discuss the marginalization and inequality experienced by patients and practitioners in medicine, and the inclusion and success of medical students. Held through a partnership with the MLK […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, School of Medicine