All Posts: School of Medicine

• ACA Expansion Did Not Improve Access to Complex Surgeries for Low-Income/Minority Patients

  A new study published by a team led by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers finds that despite expectations following the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s Medicaid expansion, there was no increased use of complex surgical procedures at high volume hospitals among ethnic/racial minorities and low-income populations.

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical research, health disparities, population health, School of Medicine

• Students Embody ‘Cura Personalis’ Through Random Acts of Kindness

  Members of the Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Club at the Georgetown University School of Medicine seek to cheer up their classmates and help create an environment that’s conducive to well-being and academic success.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: School of Medicine

• First Generation Medical Students Bond Over Common Journeys and Fears

  Feeling validated and supported are among the things first-generation students want most, and a new organization at Georgetown University School of Medicine is helping them achieve both through fellowship and mentorship and by celebrating one another’s achievements across challenging journeys in medical school.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: School of Medicine

• Analysis: Commonly Used Drugs are Rarely Studied in Primary Care Patients

  Drugs most commonly prescribed to patients seen by primary care physicians are not often tested in the patients who go to these clinics, where most people receive their care, say investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center and Yale School of Medicine.

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical research, School of Medicine

• Second-year Medical Students Welcome Class of 2022 with Mentorship Programs and Ongoing Support

  There are several ways that students at Georgetown University School of Medicine can seek out mentorship and support from other students that can help them successfully weather the challenges of medical school.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: School of Medicine

• Georgetown Breast Cancer Advocates Make Their Case in Cancer Research Journal

  A group of breast cancer advocates at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center says they’ve created a model for developing productive, successful and sustainable collaborations between advocates and scientists in cancer research.

  Category: News Release Tags: advocacy, cancer, cancer research, School of Medicine

• 'Magical' School of Medicine Class of 2022 Celebrates at the White Coat Ceremony

  Members of the School of Medicine Class of 2022 participated in their White Coat Ceremony on August 3, officially joining the profession of medicine.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: School of Medicine

• High School GEP Scholars Devote Summer to Exploring Health Disparities

  Participants in this year’s Gateway Exploration Program, an opportunity for local high school students to explore the medical profession, delivered their capstone health disparities presentations.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Gateway Exploration Program, School of Medicine

• Large Collection of Brain Cancer Data Now Easily, Freely Accessible to Global Researchers

  A valuable cache of brain cancer biomedical data, one of only two such large collections in the country, has been made freely available to researchers worldwide, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

  Category: News Release Tag: School of Medicine

• Knowlan Prepares to Inspire Class of 2022 at the White Coat Ceremony

  For more than 15 years, Donald Knowlan, MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine professor emeritus, has welcomed first-year medical students by presenting the Edmund Pellegrino Professionalism Lecture at their White Coat Ceremony.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tag: School of Medicine