All Posts: News Stories

• Medical Students Form Organization to Increase the Number of Spanish-Speaking Physicians

  With a dual mission to train medical students to effectively communicate and educate the School of Medicine community about the specific health needs of the population, a group of third- and fourth-year medical students are looking to recruit to the next cohort of leaders for the Medical Spanish Initiative.

  Category: News Stories Tags: cultural competence, cura personalis, medical education, Medical Spanish Initiative, student experience

• School of Medicine Class of 2027 Encouraged To Be Advocates For Their Patients During White Coat Ceremony

  View a video highlighting this year's White Coat Ceremony. Watch the full ceremony. (August 5, 2023) — The School of Medicine Class of 2027, family and friends gathered in Gaston Hall to

  Category: News Stories

• Gateway Exploration Program Scholars Share Health Disparities Research

  This year, 11 students participated in the Gateway Exploration Scholars program, a six-week internship for DC high school students who are aspiring physicians from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine.

  Category: News Stories Tags: community outreach, Gateway Exploration Program, high school programs, pathway programs

• Finding the ‘Right and Good Healing Acts’

  Georgetown provides leadership in the complex field of medical ethics.

  Category: News Stories Tags: bioethics, medical ethics, Pellegrino Scholars

• AAMC Announces 2023-2024 Board of Directors: Georgetown’s Lee Jones, MD, to Serve as Chair

  The Association of American Medical Colleges has announced its 2023-2024 Board of Directors. Lee Jones, MD, dean for medical education and professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine, has been elected to serve as chair of the board.

  Category: News Stories Tag: faculty honors

• Dr. Anthony Fauci To Join Georgetown Faculty as Distinguished University Professor

  After dedicating 54 years of his life to public service, Dr. Anthony Fauci has chosen Georgetown University to play a major role in the next phase of his career.

  Category: News Stories Tag: medical education

• Medical Students Volunteer at DC Pride Festival

  At the Pride Festival on June 11 in Washington, DC, medical students from the HOYA Clinic and Hoya Medical Pride Alliance offered attendees free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings as well as HIV testing.

  Category: News Stories Tags: community outreach, HOYA Clinic, Hoya Medical Pride Alliance, service to others, student experience

• Interprofessional Learning Experience Inspires Students to Practice Coordinated Care

  Recognizing the importance of coordinated patient care among nurses, doctors and others, students from the School of Medicine and School of Nursing partnered for an interprofessional field trip to focus on caring for the aging.

  Category: News Stories Tags: aging, coordinated care, interprofessional experience, population health

• How Two Doctors Are Using Research To Push the Field of Medicine

  Ever since their own families grappled with their own health crises, Dr. Ralf Martz Sulague (G’23) and Dr. Allison Fitzgerald (M’23, G’23) wanted to pursue careers taking care of patients’ health. But they both knew they wanted to make an impact outside of the doctor’s office and came to Georgetown to expand the reach of their MD degrees.

  Category: News Stories Tags: commencement 2023, student research

• School of Medicine Class of 2023 Celebrates Commencement

  On a sunny spring day in downtown Washington, DC, the School of Medicine Class of 2023 came together in front of their family members and friends to receive their diplomas and celebrate the successful completion of their medical degrees.

  Category: News Stories Tag: commencement 2023