All Posts: service to others

• Students Honor Anatomical Donors with Murals

  (March 29, 2019) — Transformed from a morbid space with photos of sliced cadaver parts, the hallway of the anatomy lab at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) now dances with bright branches of a cherry blossom tree, iconic Healy Hall and inspiring words of wisdom. On March 21, members of the Class of 2021 […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: anatomical donor program, School of Medicine, service to others

• Students Find Support and Mentorship Through Anatomy Program

  (February 1, 2019) — Despite attending lectures and memorizing diagrams of the human body, the sights, sounds and smells of gross anatomy lab can stir up unexpected emotions in first-year medical students. Therefore, a group of students with anatomy lab experience volunteer to support the first-year medical students at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) taking […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: medical education, School of Medicine, service to others

• Compassionate Care by Students For Students

  Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service (GERMS) is on-call on the Georgetown University campus and surrounding streets as one of the largest all-volunteer, student-run, university-based emergency ambulance services in the country.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: emergency medicine, service to others

• HoyaMed Summer Sports Camp Continues Its Run

  For the sixth year in a row, Georgetown School of Medicine students hosted homeless children living in the DC General Family Shelter for HoyaMed Summer Sports, a full week of games and sports activities.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, service to others

• Hoyas Connect With DC Kids Through Annual Summer Sports Camp

  For the past six years, Georgetown University School of Medicine first and second-year students have planned and run a weeklong, cost-free sports camp for homeless children living in the D.C. General Family Shelter. They look forward to another one this year.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, service to others

• Supporting St. Baldrick’s with Superheroes, Sumo Wrestling and More

  With live music, a silent auction, pie- and donut-eating contests, sumo wrestling, superheroes, speeches, head shaving and more, the 2018 St. Baldrick’s fundraiser, organized by the School of Medicine in support of pediatric cancer research, was more festive than ever.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, community outreach, day of service, School of Medicine, service to others

• A Banner Fundraising Year for School of Medicine’s St. Baldrick’s Day

  School of Medicine students broke the Georgetown fundraising record this St. Baldrick’s day, raising more than $40,000 for childhood cancer research.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, service to others

• Teaching in a Jesuit School of Medicine

  Mary A. Furlong, MD (MS’91, M’95, R’00), shares the professor’s perspective on education at Georgetown University Medical Center.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, School of Medicine, service to others