All Posts: School of Medicine
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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‘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 […]
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Medical Student Discusses His Journey to Georgetown at AAAS Annual Meeting
(March 1, 2019) — At the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., researchers, scientists, educators, students and journalists attended sessions on the ways in which science transcends boundaries. However, one boundary that continues to be a challenge for students to cross is the transition from community college to […]
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GHI Student Fellowships Combine Research and Mentorship in Global Health
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Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’
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A Commitment To Evidence Helps Merenstein Thrive As Physician-Scientist
(February 15, 2019) —As a tenured professor and the director of research programs in the department of family medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Daniel Merenstein, MD, spends most of his time pursuing evidence-based answers to common clinical questions. A major focus of his research that epitomizes this quest involves probiotics — the so-called […]
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Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Movement Disorders
(February 8, 2019) — After she first developed a tremor in her right hand, years went by before Pam Cota was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease by Fernando Pagan, MD (M’96, R’00), director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Movement Disorders Clinic. The number of Parkinson’s disease patients expected to grow to 1.2 million by 2030, according […]
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Large Study Reveals Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with High Dose, Short Term Radiation
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (February 8, 2019) — A large national study examining a radiation treatment for prostate cancer — popular because it delivers a high dose of therapy in a very short time frame — supports its routine use. The study, conducted at cancer centers around the country including at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, looks at long-term […]
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