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BioTechnology Forging the Way for Systems Medicine
Please join us for a panel and networking event bringing together Georgetown University alumni, faculty, staff, and friends working in the biotechnology sector on June 23, 2010 from 7-9pm in North Bethesda, Maryland, the heart of the I-270 Technology Corridor. A panel discussion will include Georgetown University Medical Center and Law Center faculty thought leaders along side notable alumni working in the biotechnology sector to discuss the relationship between biotechnology and personalized medicine, taking into consideration science, policy, and ethical issues. The work and initiatives of the Georgetown University O'Neill Institute for National and Global Heath Law and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics will also be highlighted. For more information and to register click here.
Sponsored by: Georgetown University Alumni Association, Alumni Career Services, Medical Alumni Program Office, and the Law School Alumni Office.
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Approximately 200 Georgetown School of Medicine alumni, faculty, and friends gathered at the Washington Golf and Country Club on Sunday evening, April 25, 2010, for the Ninth Annual Founders’ Day Celebration. The event honors outstanding members of the Medical School community, with all proceeds supporting the School of Medicine Scholarship Fund. This year, Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell (W’86), Dr. Oscar Mann (M’62, R’65, F’66), and Dr. John Lynch (M’73, R’79) were awarded the coveted Founders’ Day Medal for their service to teaching and medicine. Read more »
Each year, Georgetown’s fourth-year medical students count down to the third Thursday in March—the day they receive an envelope telling them where they’ll spend the next three to seven years of their lives. Read more »
View photos from Match Day 2010 »
The election for the 2010-2013 term of the Board of Governors, the elected governing body of the Georgetown University Alumni Association, began on Friday, April 16, 2010 and concludes on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 5 p.m. EST. Make sure to cast your vote today! The election is open to all alumni, as the Board of Governors represents the full alumni population by providing direction to the alumni relations programs of the university and advising the university's president and board of directors on matters of importance to alumni. Please visit alumni.georgetown.edu/bog to learn more about the Board of Governors. Please email guaanominations@georgetown.edu if you should have any questions.
Learn about the ethical, clinical and economic dimensions of the cervical cancer vaccine, Gardisil, from Georgetown University's leading researchers and an array of other public health experts and scholars. This event will take place Friday, April 30, at the Fairmont Hotel. Read more »
Since the disastrous earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, Georgetown graduates—including alumni of the School of Medicine and Nursing & Health Studies—have been quick to answer the call for help. The stories about alumni who are doing their part to help respond to the critical needs of the people of Haiti keep coming in. Read more »
Sign up now for MATCH (Matching Alumni to Caring Hoyas). The MATCH Program matches fourth year students with Georgetown University Medical Alumni across the country who are willing to be a career mentor to medical students beginning their first year of residency in the alumnus' city.
This program is a wonderful way to unite Georgetown Medical Alumni at all levels of their careers and particularly helpful to alumni that would like to stay involved with the Georgetown Medical School but are limited due to distance or time constraints. Read more »
Georgetown Medical Alumni Present Webinars
Michael Richman, M.D. (C'87, M'91), CEO and medical director of the Center For Cholesterol Management, presented Advanced Lipoprotein Testing: Is Knowing Your LDL Cholesterol Enough? on Apr. 22, 2010. View webinar (0:53:49) »
Patricia Quinn, M.D. (M’71, R’72, W’74), director and co-founder of the National Center for Girls and Women with AD/HD, presented Success in the Workplace with AD/HD on Nov. 19, 2009. View webinar (1:02:20) »
Michael Richman, M.D. (C'87, M'91), CEO and medical director of the Center For Cholesterol Management, presented Healthcare Reform, A Doctor’s Perspective on Nov. 17, 2009. View webinar (0:57:15) »
Read more about Alumni Career Services webinars »
The 2009 Georgetown University Medical Center Reunion had the event’s best attendance ever. The Georgetown University Alumni Association hosted the weekend, which honored the School of Medicine classes of 1944, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004. Read more »
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View photos from Medical Reunion 2009 »
On Aug. 7, Georgetown University’s elegant Gaston Hall was filled with the newest members of the Georgetown School of Medicine, as well as hundreds of family and friends, for the White Coat Ceremony. Read more »
The Dinner with a Doc series organized by the Medical Students Alumni Ambassadors club under the direction of the Medical and Dental Alumni program office was very successful during the 2009 school year. In all, 21 School of Medicine alumni hosted and/or took part in meals for 77 current students since this school year. Read more »
The Georgetown University Alumni Association honored the incoming Medical School Class of 2013 at the 33rd Annual Welcome Reception held at the Robert F. (F’48) and Bernice Wagner Alumni House on August 6. The reception was featured as a part of the Orientation Week celebration program, giving the students a chance to get to know the Alumni Association and the Medical Student Alumni Ambassadors (MSAA). Read more »
Medical Alumni Programs Welcomes our Newest Board Members
Georgetown University Medical Alumni Programs is pleased to welcome six new members to our Medical Alumni Board: Bob Barone, M.D. (M'88); Roni Ford, M.D. (M'89); John Gatti, M.D. (M'78); Gary Lau, M.D. (M’78); Murray Lieberman, M.D. (M’81) and Frank Palumbo, M.D. (M’72). Also, we wish to thank all board members for their continued service.
Click here for a greeting from National Chair Mary Beth Connell, M.D. (M'89) and the full Medical Alumni Board list »
Med Students Attend Televised Health Care Forum with President Obama
In late June, five Georgetown Medical School students - Erica Adams, J. Ryan Macdonell, Joseph Murray, Ian Tuznik and Mary Vigil - got the opportunity to interact with President Barack Obama during an episode of Primetime on ABC moderated by Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer. The students also delivered a letter for Obama written by the school's student body president, Claiborne Childs. Read the letter »
For an unprecedented second year in a row, Georgetown University School of Medicine students have reached 100 percent participation in their fourth-year class gift. The Class of 2009 raised more than $4,600, surpassing their goal. Read more »
It was a banner year for the Class of 2009 as they were the first to experience the out-pouring of goodwill from the School of Medicine alumni volunteer mentors. Read more »
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The Office of Medical and Dental Alumni Programs serves the medical and dental alumni and the greater university. Please do not hesitate to contact our office for help.
Libby Bell
Director, Medical and Dental Alumni Programs
Phone: (202) 687-7348
Email: eb326@georgetown.edu