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Welcome to GUMC

GUMC is an internationally recognized academic medical center whose missions of research, teaching and patient care are carried out with a strong emphasis on community outreach and the Jesuit principle of cura personalis — care of the whole person.

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Research

More than 400 GUMC scientists and physicians are conducting cutting-edge biomedical research, and undertaking more than 300 clinical trials on-site.

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Education

GUMC educates physicians, scientists, and health care professionals committed to the care of others and the health needs of society.

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Patient Care

Clinical care at Georgetown University Hospital is provided through its clinical partner, MedStar Health, the largest non-profit healthcare system in the mid-Atlantic region.

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Moving the Medical Curriculum Forward

Overhaul of curriculum almost complete; now emphasis is less on memorization and more on thinking like a physician - even in the first year of medical school. Process involved violating “sacred medical school traditions” and challenging faculty comfort zone.

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Linking Medicine and Information Technology

Dr. Mark Smith, chair of emergency medicine, is an expert in the areas of medical informatics, disaster medicine, simulation training, complexity theory and systems medicine. He is designing new approaches to creating and maintaining electronic medical record systems.

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A Scientific “Chess Game”

Dr. Richard Calderone, chair of microbiology and immunology at GUMC, relishes the “chess game” between infectious organisms and the scientists who study them.

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