Georgetown University Medical Center

The Mission

Section: Mission

The mission of the University is to transmit and give witness to the principles, ideals, and tradition of the Jesuit, Catholic, and American cultural heritage. The University promotes this tradition through teaching and research in each of its component schools and institutes.

Within this larger mission, the specific mission of the Georgetown University Medical Center is the advancement of health through research in the clinical and biomedical sciences, the education of future leaders in medical and nursing practice and academia, and the provision of compassionate and scientifically competent patient care and service to the Washington community and the nation.

The objectives of Georgetown University School of Medicine are:

  • To educate students for the medical profession with a firm foundation in biomedical science. This foundation will be applied clinically to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients, and to assist patients in caring for their health. Students will be taught traditional techniques and practices as well as the most advanced. Students should establish habits of self-education that will continue throughout their careers.
  • To prepare graduates to continue training in any specialty and to practice in any circumstance or proceed to a career of scientific investigation.
  • To promote in students compassion for the patient, respect for the doctor-patient relationship, cooperation with other health care professionals, and awareness of the ethical, social, economic, and behavioral aspects of medicine.
  • To make available to all students diversified opportunities for research experiences and training.
    To provide an environment for excellence in training PhD and MD/PhD students in the biomedical sciences.

With this mission and these objectives in mind, Georgetown University School of Medicine seeks students and faculty members from every ethnic and socioeconomic background -- diverse men and women who share a commitment to scholarship and service through medical practice and research.