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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is one of the first in the country to begin implementing tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, a new treatment for metastatic melanoma that trains a patient’s own immune system and tumor to fight the cancer, the hospital announced Jan. 8.

GU Hospital Rolls Out Breakthrough Melanoma Treatment

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor January 15, 2025

The MedStar Georgetown University Hospital began implementing a new treatment for metastatic melanoma that fights a patient’s cancer using their own immune system and cancerous cells, the hospital announced...

Georgetown University received a $10M donation from the Leonsis family to be split evenly between MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown Entrepreneurship.

Leonsis Family Donates $10 Million to MedStar and Georgetown Entrepreneurship

By Nora Toscano, Academic Desk Editor September 20, 2024

Major benefactors of Georgetown University donated $10 million to the university, to be equally divided between MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown Entrepreneurship, the university announced...

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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital recently installed a proton accelerator, the first of its kind in D.C.

MedStar to Receive Donation Supporting Literacy in Hospitalized Children

By Patrick Clapsaddle, Chief Copy Editor September 6, 2024

Educational technology startup Ello will donate resources to provide educational support to children at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to help curb the negative effects of extended school absence...

Georgetown Joins NIH Consortium for ALS Research

Georgetown Joins NIH Consortium for ALS Research

By Andrew Bordea November 15, 2023

Neurological researchers at Georgetown will be part of a new National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded national clinical research consortium, the Georgetown University Medical Center announced on Nov....

Student Petition Calls for GU To Name MedStar Building in Honor of Nun

Student Petition Calls for GU To Name MedStar Building in Honor of Nun

By Harrison McBride November 22, 2019

Students have signed a letter calling for the new MedStar Georgetown University Hospital surgical pavilion to be named after Eileen Niedfield (MED ’51), valedictorian of the first class of women accepted...

VIEWPOINT: Name MedStar Pavilion for Eileen Niedfield

By C.C. Borzilleri January 15, 2019

In February 2018, the Georgetown Women’s Alliance embarked on an effort to increase the university’s memorialization of women at Georgetown, which currently pales in comparison to the countless...

ALYSSA ALFONSO FOR THE HOYA Kober-Cogan, located between the Leavey Center and the MedStar parking lot, was closed indefinitely in May 2010 after the discovery of mold in the building

Kober-Cogan Demolition Begins

By Will Cassou January 25, 2018

The demolition process for the Kober-Cogan Building began Monday with the installation of a fenced perimeter around the building and parts of the adjacent parking lot as the first stage of construction...

Proceed With Caution: Kober-Cogan

Proceed With Caution: Kober-Cogan

By Noah Levesque and Mac Dressman November 10, 2017

A walk through the abandoned Kober-Cogan Building reveals old books, medical kits and remnants of a hospital all covered in a film of dust, now nearly erased from memory. Furniture still sits untouched...

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The new 477,000-square-foot pavilion is expected to cost $567 million and to be completed by December 2022, two years later than initially estimated.

MedStar Georgetown Construction to Begin January 2018

By Alex Mooney November 8, 2017

Construction on a new medical/surgical pavilion and helipad at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital will begin in January 2018, in accordance with the 2017-2036 Campus Plan. The new 477,000-square-foot...

EDITORIAL: Smoking Ban Needs Nuance

By Editorial Board October 18, 2016

Since the beginning of October, two students, Mac Williams (NHS ’17) and Georgetown University Student Association Senator Henry Callander (COL ’18) launched a petition to hold a student-wide referendum...

EDITORIAL: Confronting Cyber Threats

By Editorial Board October 14, 2016

In the past year, the news cycle has featured stories of data breaches on an almost weekly basis. Last week, Wikileaks revealed a previously secret email archive from former Secretary of State Hillary...

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The conceptual drawings from the Sept. 1, 2016 Old Georgetown Board hearing, above, show the plans for the proposed $567 million medical and surgical pavilion for MedStar Georgetown University Hospital which received concept approval last week.

MedStar Pavilion Concept Approved

By Cecia Soza September 13, 2016

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is set to move forward with constructing the proposed $567 million medical and surgical pavilion by the end of the year after it received concept approval from the...

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