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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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“Save Yourself a Trip to the Rainforest”

So says a Georgetown professor who has turned a barren weedy spit of land into a showcase of medicinal and culinary herbs, wildflowers and unusual plants, shrubs, and trees. Her garden has drawn people together in admiration of nature’s beauty and bounty.

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Keeping Social Justice at the Forefront

The stage just got bigger for professor Laura Anderko. After showing she can find solutions for health care disparities with strength and grace at the local level, Anderko has been tapped by a federal agency to improve equities on a regional basis.

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Lifesaving Cancer Screening Program - 10 Million Strong

National leaders and others advocate for breast cancer screening and early detection at Georgetown’s Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC).

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