Georgetown University School of Medicine

Georgetown University School of Medicine
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TypePrivate
Established1851; 173 years ago (1851)
Parent institution
Georgetown University
AffiliationRoman Catholic (Jesuit)
DeanLee Jones, M.D.
Academic staff
1,638
Students756
Location,
USA
CampusUrban
Websitesom.georgetown.edu

Georgetown University School of Medicine, a medical school opened in 1851, is one of Georgetown University's five graduate schools, and is the most applied-to medical school in the nation with a matriculation rate of 1.40%. It is located on Reservoir Road in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, adjacent to the university's main campus. The School of Medicine works in association with the 609-bed MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and nine other affiliated federal and community hospitals in the Washington metropolitan area. Georgetown is the oldest Catholic medical school in the United States.

The School is part of the Georgetown University Medical Center, which comprises roughly 80% of the research initiatives occurring at Georgetown University as a whole. It is the closest academic medical center in proximity to the National Institutes of Health. Georgetown and the NIH offer a combined GU-NIH PhD program in biomedical research to foster direct collaboration between the neighboring institutions.[1]

Technology leading to the introduction of the HPV vaccine, was developed at Georgetown Medical Center by Richard Schlegel.[2]

  1. ^ "GU-NIH Graduate Partnership Programs in Biomedical Sciences". Peterson's. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ SooHoo, Cheryl (Winter 2011–12). "Alum Dick Schlegel Gives Cancer Prevention His Best Shot". Ward Rounds. Northwestern University. Retrieved 19 March 2017.