All Posts: School of Medicine

• School of Medicine Students Honored for Excellence in Education, Research and Service

  School of Medicine faculty honored graduating medical students in the Class of 2024 who excelled during their medical education during the Warwick Evans Awards Ceremony.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Commencement 2024, School of Medicine, student achievement

• Vinayak, Vicini Inducted as Master Teachers in MAGIS Society

  The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers inducted its newest members during a ceremony before family, colleagues and fellow Master Teachers — an annual tradition marking the start of commencement activities at the medical center.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Commencement 2024, faculty honors, School of Medicine

• Trimming Heart Disease Risk, One Haircut at a Time

  An award-winning policy proposal from Georgetown School of Medicine students explores the role of barbershops in improving heart health in DC.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, people for others, School of Medicine, service to others, student achievement, student experience

• School of Medicine Student Organizes Community Course To Bring Dermatological Education to Underserved Communities

  After learning about a dermatology curriculum developed for school-age children by medical students, medical student Umayr Shaikh started making plans to organize a new community-based learning course bringing dermatological education to underserved elementary school students.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, community-based learning, dermatology, health equity, School of Medicine, service to others

• Health Justice Scholars Share Passion for Future Patients

  For Health Justice Week 2024, fourth-year medical students on the Health Justice Scholar longitudinal academic track shared their capstone presentations on topics including barriers to health equity for transgender patients, how COVID-19 affected those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, addressing food insecurity and more.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Health Justice Scholar Track, School of Medicine, student experience

• Nursing, Medical Students Honor the Gift of Anatomical Donors

  Students from Georgetown’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing came together to honor and pay respect to those who donated their bodies to benefit their education, and to express gratitude to their families, at the annual interfaith Anatomical Donor Memorial Celebration at Dahlgren Chapel on the university’s campus.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: anatomical donor program, medical education, nursing education, School of Medicine, School of Nursing

• The School of Medicine Class that Started Virtually Relishes In-Person Match Day Celebration

  Tears of joy and screams of excitement filled the air at Georgetown’s annual Match Day celebration, as graduating medical students learned where their journeys would take them next for residency training in a tradition that plays out at medical schools on the same day across the country.

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

• From Struggling Student to Medical Educator, Terao Shares Strategies for Success

  A lot of medical students struggle with feelings of inadequacy and failure when trying to master everything thrown at them in their courses, said Michael Terao, MD, MEd. In fact, he almost gave up himself.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine

• Medical Students Organize Annual Conference to Celebrate the Black Medical Community

  To mark Black History Month, members of Georgetown’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) organize an annual conference at the School of Medicine for underrepresented medical students, residents, premeds and the general public.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: diversity, medical education, School of Medicine, SNMA, student events, student mentoring

• A Partnership for Good

  A conversation with nurse-bioethicist Christine Grady (N’74, G’93) and her husband, new faculty member Anthony Fauci

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: alumni, bioethics, COVID-19, School of Medicine, School of Nursing