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Welcome to GUMC

Join us in celebrating our Third Annual Convocation on Tuesday, March 15, 2011.

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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Two Worlds, Two Realities

The idea of staying healthy seems like a fairly simple goal, but for the less fortunate, it's anything but simple. As family medicine physician Ranit Mishori explains, 25 minutes and a few miles separate the two realities.

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The Puzzle of Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s secrets appear fiercely fortressed just out of scientists’ and physicians’ reach, but an all-out effort at Georgetown University Medical Center promises progress toward earlier diagnosis and treatments to slow progression of the debilitating disease.

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Living Social Justice with Foster Kids

Second year medical student invites older foster kids – teenagers and young adults – to Georgetown University to excite them about their real potential. Teams of other medical students help out in a day that highlights a commitment to community service and belief in helping vulnerable youth.

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