All Posts: School of Medicine
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More People Now Die at Home After Stroke Than in Medical Facilities
A new analysis finds a significant uptick in the number of people dying at home due to ischemic stroke compared to inpatient medical facilities, and when not at home, individuals in rural communities and Black Americans were more likely to die in less-specialized care environments.
Category: News Release
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Toulmin-Supported Research Wins First Place at Scientific Conference
Yousef Aljohani, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Ken Kellar, PhD, took first place for the postdoc poster presentation at the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics annual meeting in early April in Portland, Oregon.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Honoring Donors Whose Generosity Helped Shaped Future Doctors, Graduate Nurses
On March 18, 30 families gathered at Georgetown University’s Dahlgren Chapel for a solemn interfaith celebration and mass honoring loved ones who had contributed to medical education by donating their bodies for anatomical study.
Category: GUMC Stories
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School of Medicine Health Justice Scholars Present Capstone Research Addressing Gaps in Health Equity
Fourth-year medical students who chose to deepen their understanding of health disparities by enrolling in the Health Justice Scholars longitudinal academic track presented their final research projects during the annual Health Justice Week, a collaboration with the Health Justice Alliance (HJA), a medical-legal partnership between Georgetown’s medical and law centers.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Match Day 2025 at the School of Medicine: By the Numbers
Match Day at GUSOM is always memorable. Here are some noteworthy facts about this year’s event.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Success at the End of Adversity: A Match Day Reapplicant Story
In 2023, Sarah Lucas (M’24) didn’t match with a residency program. Now a first-year resident in orthopedic surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Lucas looks back on that Match Week as divine intervention.
Category: GUMC Stories
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From the Classroom to a Retreat Center, Dr. Fauci Makes the Rounds with Students
Since joining the faculty at Georgetown in July 2023, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, has met and connected with students not just in classrooms and lecture halls but also MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, the Calcagnini Contemplative Center, and even Yates Field House.
Category: GUMC Stories
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School of Medicine Student Ties for Second Place in Georgetown Entrepreneurs Annual ‘Bark Tank’ Pitch Competition
A student team led by Joyce Wang (M’25) received a $25,000 prize for their pitch for Provision Surgical, which offers intraoperative surgical navigation using augmented reality powered by machine learning to improve orthopedic surgical accuracy, during the Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize “Bark Tank” Pitch Competition.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Medical Students Gather for Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner
Nearly 100 School of Medicine students gathered with members of different faith traditions for a Thanksgiving dinner to recognize the common ground shared by a broader faith-based community.
Category: GUMC Stories
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School of Medicine Student Veteran Pursues Lifelong Dream of Becoming a Doctor
Retired Navy Lt. Matthew Hankins (M’27) served his country as a cryptologic warfare officer. He’s now in his second year of medical school at Georgetown.
Category: GUMC Stories