A 50-Year Partnership
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.
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.
Partnership News
923Full time faculty in the Georgetown-MedStar Health partnership
2603rd and 4th year medical learners engage with resident and fellows
$246MTotal 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
240Clients served by Georgetown’s PeriLAW program in collaboration with MedStar Health (4/21-9/24)
$1.275Min direct financial benefits recovered by CancerLAW for patients experiencing personal legal challenges while being treated for cancer (2024)
1974The year the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center was founded
14 YearsGUMC and MedStar Health have collaborated as part of an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award
10,333Surveys 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+Participants enrolled in clinical trials annually across MedStar Health and Georgetown University Medical Center
25%of School of Medicine graduates are matched into MedStar Health residencies and fellowships