MedStar Health News

In 2013 at the age of 53, Semple, a healthy trialthlete, was diagnosed with advanced cancer of the thymus, a small gland in the neck that produces T cells for the immune system.

MedStar Georgetown’s Michael Atkins, MD, translated his vast knowledge of cancer immunology into a classroom-style lecture Monday for a standing-room only Congressional briefing. Atkins and five other elite leaders in oncology research, advocacy and industry aimed to educate members of Congress and their staffs about various aspects of cancer.

Neal Bobys became the 1000th prostate cancer patient to be treated with CyberKnife at MedStar Georgetown.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has successfully obtained a Certificate of Need from the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) for a new state-of-the-art medical/surgical building on the hospital’s campus.

MedStar Health has brought SERA, MedStar's Virtual Private Network (VPN), back online, as of 2 p.m., Sunday, April 3.

MedStar Health’s priority continues to be providing high quality, safe patient care, as we work to fully restore all of our major IT systems.