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Georgetown University Medical Center | Georgetown University
News Highlight
Facing Down Homelessness and Hurdles, This First-Gen Student Enters Medical School
In August, medical students walked across Gaston Hall’s stage at the School of Medicine’s annual White Coat Ceremony, marking the official beginning of their journey to becoming physicians. Among the 203 students donning white coats for the first time was Halyn Orellana (NHS’22, M’29), a first-generation college graduate and double Hoya who is the first in her family to attend medical school.
Read Halyn’s Story
Who We Are
Georgetown University Medical Center is an internationally recognized academic health and science center with a four-part mission of research, teaching, service and patient care in collaboration with our academic health system partner
MedStar Health
.
The largest, most prominent Catholic medical center in the country, Georgetown University Medical Center’s mission is carried out with a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principles of public service (“people in service to others”) and
cura personalis,
or “care of the whole person.”
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Georgetown University Berkley School of Nursing
Georgetown University School of Health
Biomedical Graduate Education
Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
People for Others
More About Georgetown University Medical Center
Our Research
Learn More About Our Biomedical and Health Sciences Research
Current News
GUMC Stories
School of Health Undergraduate Wins 2026 Goldwater Scholarship
April 2nd, 2026
GUMC Stories
New 3D-Printed Bone Grafts Could Make Implants Safer and More Effective
March 31st, 2026
GUMC Stories
Global Ties, Local Impact: School of Health Hosts International Preceptors
March 31st, 2026
GUMC Stories
Berkley School of Nursing and Global Health Institute Host Interdisciplinary Case Challenge on Disaster Response
March 30th, 2026
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Medical Center Events
All Upcoming Events
Neurometabolomics Retreat
Apr. 20
9:00 am
Warwick Evans Conference Room, Bldg D and Zoom
Bhussry Seminar Series: “From Genes to the Clinic: AI Agents for Biomedical Discovery and Decision Support”
Apr. 21
12:00 pm
Basic Science Building 341 and online via Zoom
A Conversation with Norman J. Beauchamp
Apr. 21
6:00 pm
Maguire 304 and via Zoom
Research & Innovation Showcase
Apr. 22
12:00 am
Lohrfink Auditorium, Georgetown University
News Highlight
Facing Down Homelessness and Hurdles, This First-Gen Student Enters Medical School
In August, medical students walked across Gaston Hall’s stage at the School of Medicine’s annual White Coat Ceremony, marking the official beginning of their journey to becoming physicians. Among the 203 students donning white coats for the first time was Halyn Orellana (NHS’22, M’29), a first-generation college graduate and double Hoya who is the first in her family to attend medical school.
Read Halyn’s Story
Who We Are
Georgetown University Medical Center is an internationally recognized academic health and science center with a four-part mission of research, teaching, service and patient care in collaboration with our academic health system partner
MedStar Health
.
The largest, most prominent Catholic medical center in the country, Georgetown University Medical Center’s mission is carried out with a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principles of public service (“people in service to others”) and
cura personalis,
or “care of the whole person.”
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Georgetown University Berkley School of Nursing
Georgetown University School of Health
Biomedical Graduate Education
Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
People for Others
More About Georgetown University Medical Center
Our Research
Learn More About Our Biomedical and Health Sciences Research
Current News
GUMC Stories
School of Health Undergraduate Wins 2026 Goldwater Scholarship
April 2nd, 2026
GUMC Stories
New 3D-Printed Bone Grafts Could Make Implants Safer and More Effective
March 31st, 2026
GUMC Stories
Global Ties, Local Impact: School of Health Hosts International Preceptors
March 31st, 2026
GUMC Stories
Berkley School of Nursing and Global Health Institute Host Interdisciplinary Case Challenge on Disaster Response
March 30th, 2026
See More News
Medical Center Events
All Upcoming Events
Neurometabolomics Retreat
Apr. 20
9:00 am
Warwick Evans Conference Room, Bldg D and Zoom
Bhussry Seminar Series: “From Genes to the Clinic: AI Agents for Biomedical Discovery and Decision Support”
Apr. 21
12:00 pm
Basic Science Building 341 and online via Zoom
A Conversation with Norman J. Beauchamp
Apr. 21
6:00 pm
Maguire 304 and via Zoom
Research & Innovation Showcase
Apr. 22
12:00 am
Lohrfink Auditorium, Georgetown University