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Georgetown University Medical Center is aWashington, D.C.–based biomedical research and educational organization affiliated withGeorgetown University that is responsible for over 80% of the university's sponsored research funding[1] and is led by Edward B. Healton, MD, the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine.[2]
The medical center adjoinsGeorgetown University Hospital on the university's main campus inWashington, D.C. It encompasses four sectors of medical education and research:Georgetown University School of Medicine, theSchool of Nursing and Health Studies,Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization.
Founded in 1851,[3] the School of Medicine is committed to educating medical students in the spirit of theJesuit ideal ofcura personalis, or "care of the whole person." Ranked among the top 50 medical schools in the country, in 2008 the school was ranked 40th byU.S. News & World Report.[4] The school of Medicine is led by the Dean for Medical Education, Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD.[5]
The School of Nursing & Health Studies is one of the four undergraduate schools atGeorgetown University, and consists of four academic departments: Health Care Management and Policy, Human Science, Global Health, and Nursing. The School of Nursing & Health Studies also has 233 students in its nine graduate programs,[6] including the Nurse Anesthesia program, ranked sixth in the nation.[7] Carole Roan Gresenz, Ph.D., is the Interim Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies.[8]
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only comprehensive cancer center accredited by theNational Cancer Institute (NCI) in the Washington, DC region, and one of only 41 nationwide.[9] Named forGreen Bay Packers andWashington Redskins coachVince Lombardi, who was treated at Georgetown,[10] Lombardi was established in 1970 as the cancer clinic at Georgetown University Hospital. Today, Lombardi has over 200 faculty and receives $100 million in research funding each year.[11] The director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is Dr. Louis M. Weiner, MD, and notable faculty include Dr.Richard Schlegel, one of the innovators behind theHPV vaccine[12] andConditionally Reprogrammed Cells (CRC) technology.[13]
The Biomedical Graduate Research Organization is responsible for more than 60% of the sponsored research conducted at the medical center.[14] Its mission includes both basic science departments and clinical departments, as well as graduate education in the biomedical sciences. The Biomedical Graduate Research Organization is led by interim director Moshe Levi, M.D.[needs update]
The Biomedical Graduate Education division is a subset of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The degrees offered range from traditional PhDs and MS programs to MS specializations in such areas as Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Complementary/Alternative Medicine, and Certificate programs in Biotechnology, Biodefence & Public Policy, or Biohazardous Threat Agents. The Biohazardous Threat Agents graduate certificate is currently the only fully recognized graduate program at Georgetown that is available online. In 2008, the graduate programs enrolled 160 PhD students, 189 students in master's programs, and 159 students in the Special Masters Program in Physiology and Biophysics.[1]
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Researchers at Georgetown have been behind several well-known medical innovations.
•Intravascular Surgical Treatment was developed by Alfred Luessenhop MD, former chief of neurosurgery, who pioneered the field of interventional neuro-radiology, creating an entirely new approach to the treatment of vascular disease using blood vessels in the brain.
On June 30, 2000, Georgetown University Medical Center andMedStar Health, Inc., finalized a clinical partnership agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, MedStar Health owns, operates, and has financial responsibility for Georgetown University's clinical enterprise, which includes theGeorgetown University Hospital, a faculty practice group, and a network of community physician practices. The Medstar part of the Medical Center (but not the GU part) is posted as smoke free both indoors and outdoors.
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