Georgetown University School of Medicine
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.
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1851 |
Parent institution | Georgetown University |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
| Dean | Lee Jones, M.D. |
Academic staff | 1,638 |
| Students | 756 |
| Location | Washington, D.C. , USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | som |
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.
Technology leading to the introduction of the HPV vaccine, was developed at Georgetown Medical Center by Richard Schlegel.