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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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Seeing Athletes: Watching Minds Work

As a former ballerina, Judith Kupersmith understands stress and performance anxiety. As a psychiatrist, she helps performers and athletes triumph over paralyzing anxiety - the trials and tribulations of mind over matter.

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The Neuroscience of Protein Disposal

Charbel Moussa's theory of how Alzheimer’s develops has led to a novel idea for a fix. In Moussa's lab, protein disposal has taken on a whole new meaning that might lead to prevention of brain damage that spurs development of Alzheimer's and other diseases.

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Robert Clarke: A Scientist's Scientist

The puzzle of what makes breast cancer cells thrive or die pieces together research, education and clinical care in the internationally renowned work of the BGRO leader’s accomplishment laced career.

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