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SOM Students Create Online Tribute to Dean Mitchell

(May 18, 2020) — Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD, MBA (W’86, MBAE’13), the Joseph Butenas Professor of Medical Education, will conclude his service as Dean for Medical Education…

May 18, 2020

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School of Medicine Class of 2020 Carries on Storied Traditions Through Virtual Commencement Ceremony

(May 17, 2020) — It may not have been the graduation day they had envisioned, but it was one to remember.  Social distancing requirements did not keep the Georgetown…

May 17, 2020

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Facing Their Greatest Test, Medical School Graduates Prepare to Enter the Fray

(May 17, 2020) — It’s a highly unusual time to be graduating from medical school. Just ask this year’s 187 graduates of Georgetown’s School of Medicine, who are making…

May 17, 2020

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HOYA Clinic Campaign Aids DC’s Temporary Housing Residents

(May 8, 2020) — The risk posed by COVID-19 may have temporarily closed the physical doors of the Health Outreach for Youth and Adults (HOYA) Clinic, a free, medical student…

May 8, 2020

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Georgetown Global Health Experts Apply Past Lessons to COVID-19

(April 21, 2020) — As COVID-19 cases continue to spread around the globe, there is still much to be understood: how long drastic “social distancing” measures will be…

April 21, 2020

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Medical Student Presentations Cap Health Justice Week Events

(April 18, 2020) — Georgetown University School of Medicine students in the Health Justice Scholar (HJS) Track celebrated Health Justice Week 2020 from April 6 to 8 with…

April 18, 2020

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Georgetown’s José Merino Becomes Editor-In-Chief of the World’s Leading Clinical Neurology Journal

(April 18, 2020) — José G. Merino, MD, MPhil, FAHA, FAAN, professor of neurology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, became interested in medical journals as a…

April 18, 2020

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Medical Students Mobilize Swiftly to Organize Donations of Protective Equipment

(March 27, 2020) — Immediately upon learning that their clinical activities would be on hold due to COVID-19, a group of Georgetown School of Medicine students began checking…

March 27, 2020

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A Match Day Like No Other

(March 27, 2020) — Match Day. It is one of the most highly anticipated days in a medical student’s life. For most, it is a day filled with excitement and butterflies; a day…

March 27, 2020

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Hoyas on the Hill Advocate on Behalf of Patients

(March 24, 2020) — Though the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the focus on the Hill, the purposeful groups of Health Justice Scholars from Georgetown University School of Medicine…

March 24, 2020