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MedStar Health-Georgetown University Partnership

MedStar Health Verstandig Pavillion and Georgetown University.

As part of a 50-year partnership, MedStar Health and Georgetown University are academic and clinical partners.

Georgetown University and MedStar Health formed its academic health system partnership in 2000. The institutions’ leaders reaffirmed their commitment to expanding and strengthening the academic health system partnership with a new agreement in 2017 stretching a half century.

MedStar Health - Georgetown University Partnership

Our mission

As an academic health system, Georgetown University and MedStar Health’s shared mission is to transform health and advance health equity through our partnership of research innovation, education expertise, compassionate care, and community collaboration.

At a glance

  • 923

    full time faculty in the Georgetown-MedStar Health partnership

  • 260

    3rd and 4th year medical learners engage with resident and fellows

  • 25%

    of School of Medicine graduates  are matched into MedStar Health residencies and fellowships

  • $246 million

    total GUMC and MedStar Health extramural-sponsored research funding in FY24

  • 50+

    graduates of the School of Health + MedStar Health Executive Master’s in Clinical Quality, Safety & Leadership

  • 240

    clients served by Georgetown’s
    Perinatal LAW program in collaboration
    with MedStar Health (4/21-9/24)

  • $1.275 million

    in direct financial benefits recovered by CancerLAW for patients experiencing personal legal challenges while being treated for cancer (2024)

  • 1974

    the year the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center was founded

  • 14

    years GUMC and MedStar Health have collaborated as part of an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award

  • 10,333

    surveys analyzed by the School of
    Health students for the 2024 issue of MedStar Health Community Needs Assessment Report

  • 1,400+

    academic community members
    hosted at the annual MedStar Health - Georgetown University Research & Education Symposium

  • 4,000+

    patients enrolled in clinical trials annually across MedStar Health and Georgetown University Medical Center

Key themes of the partnership

  • Transform Health

    Transforming as the partnership is more than just the additive parts of Georgetown University and MedStar Health, it is the unique combination that will allow us to make a “thorough and dramatic change in health” through our joint efforts.

  • Advance Equity

    Our efforts address broad health issues impacting all, combined with a focused effort to reduce health disparities and advance equity through our applied research, education of the next generation of healthcare practitioners, and influence on how care is delivered.

  • Research Innovation

    We have the capacity to create novel and innovative ways to expand research, applying knowledge in real-world settings to improve the health of those living within the region and scalable beyond.

  • Education Expertise

    As teachers and trainers of the next generation of practitioners, we have an obligation to attract and retain the best and brightest, to stimulate new thinking, to build a community that embraces inquisitive inquiry, and to pressure test long-held assumptions about the best way to educate students.

  • Compassionate Care

    Our shared values are embodied in how we deliver care to our patients and make evidence-based improvements reflective of cura personalis – care of the whole person – mind, body and spirit, which are equally important in the health of an individual.

  • Community Collaboration

    We share capabilities across unique collaborations regionally, nationally, and internationally to enable all to experience better health, health care and healthy communities.

Our partner: Georgetown University Medical Center

As a top academic health and science center, Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) provides, in a synergistic fashion, excellence in education — training physicians, nurses, health administrators and other health professionals, as well as biomedical scientists — and cutting-edge interdisciplinary research collaboration, enhancing our basic science and translational biomedical research capacity in order to improve human health. Patient care, clinical research and education is conducted with our academic health system partner, MedStar Health. GUMC’s mission is carried out with a strong emphasis on social justice and a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principle of cura personalis -- or “care of the whole person.” 

GUMC comprises:

Designated by the Carnegie Foundation as a doctoral university with "very high research activity,” GUMC is home to a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health, and a Comprehensive Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer Institute.

Joint academic councils

Stephen Evans

Stephen R. T. Evans, MD

Co-Chair, ALC
Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, MedStar Health

Norman Beauchamp

Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS

Co-Chair, ALC
Executive Vice President, Health Sciences and Executive Dean School of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

Eliott Crooke

Elliott Crooke, PhD

VP, Faculty and Academic Affairs, Georgetown University Medical Center

Neil Weissman

Neil J. Weissman, MD

Co-Chair, Scientific Council
President, MedStar Health Research Institute
Chief Scientific Officer, MedStar Health

Anne Riegel

Anna Riegel, PhD

Co-Chair, Scientific Council
Vice President Research, Georgetown University Medical Center

Jamie Padmore

Jamie S. Padmore, DM

Co-Chair, Education Council
Vice President, Academic Affairs, MedStar Health
Vice Dean for Education, Georgetown University Medical Center

Norman Beauchamp

Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS

Co-Chair, Education Council
Executive Vice President, Health Sciences and Executive Dean School of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

Partnership in action

Health sciences education

Georgetown University Medical Center educates physicians, scientists, nurses and health care professionals committed to the care of others and the health needs of society — always integrating educational excellence, ethics and a commitment to community.  MedStar Health supports a continuum of education, training residents and fellows, and provides educational and training opportunities for nursing and health students.

 

Clinical trials and research

MedStar Health and Georgetown University's researcher teams work collaboratively to translate basic laboratory discoveries into clinical research with the goal of improving patient care. Our physician scientists and investigators launch national clinical trials, initiate novel studies and conduct population research primarily focused on reducing health disparities. Our goal is to conduct applied research and implementation science, grounded in evidence, to advance safety, efficiency, and quality for our clinicians and patients.

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Biomedical research and clinical & translational collaborations

Researchers and investigators

There are 400+ clinician-investigators and scientists at MedStar Health and Georgetown University is home to 900+ researchers. Many of our investigators are nationally and internationally renowned, are fellows in top professional organizations, serve on editorial review boards of prominent scientific medical journals and have prestigious National Institutes of Health committee and academic appointments.

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In the community

MedStar Health and Georgetown University are dedicated to advancing wellness and achieving health equity for our communities.

Spotlight collaborations

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr Michael Atkins confers with a colleague at the Lombardi Cancer Institute at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the nation’s comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), serves as the research engine allowing patients access to clinical trials that often lead to breakthroughs in cancer care.

Learn More About Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center


Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS)

The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) is a multi-institutional consortium of medical research institutions forged from a desire to promote clinical research and translational science. Convened through a prestigious NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), GHUCCTS offers resources and support for investigators including training programs, biostatistical services, workshops and seminars including a monthly Research Grand Rounds, career development services, and more.

Learn More About Georgetown-Howard CTSA (GHUCCTS)


MedStar-Georgetown Collaborative Center for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Research and Education (AI CoLab)

The AI CoLab is a joint initiative between MedStar Health and Georgetown University to create, advance, and lead artificial intelligence research and education. This partnership brings together the capabilities of our diverse healthcare system and a leading academic institution working towards shaping the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning in medicine and academics.

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Perinatal Legal Advocacy and Well-being (LAW)

MedStar Health partners with Georgetown Law's O'Neil Institute for National and Global Health Law to provide medical-legal services to patients to help remove barriers to health care and address social determinants of health through various programs including MedStar Health's D.C. Safe Babies Safe Moms and crisis intervention initiatives.

Learn More About Perinatal LAW

Cancer Legal Assistance & Well-being (LAW) Project

The Cancer LAW Project (launched in 2019) addresses cancer patients’ unmet legal needs that negatively affect their physical and mental health and interfere with or prevent effective pursuit of cancer treatment.

Learn More About the Cancer LAW Project

The Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE)

CENTILE is an inter-professional community of educators that drives innovation, excellence and scholarship in education at Georgetown University Medical Center.

Learn More About CENTILE

MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium

Hosted by the MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Health Academic Affairs, and Georgetown University Medical Center, the MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium is open to all members of the research and education community interested in learning more about scholarship at MedStar and Georgetown. The Symposium offers the opportunity to connect with researchers, educators, residents, executive leaders, and collaborative partners from across the region and our system to build meaningful relationships to further advance the health of our community.

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