All Posts: service to others
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2025 HOYA Clinic Summer Sports Camp
A record number of children whose families are experiencing homelessness participated in the 12th annual HOYA Clinic Summer Sports Camp, hosted by Georgetown University School of…
August 20, 2025
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Medical Student Organizes Annual Pickleball Tournament To Raise Funds for Melanoma Research
Medical student Sach Thakker (M’26) is once again blending his passion for sports and service by organizing a pickleball tournament to raise money for melanoma. …
July 24, 2025
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School of Medicine Students Seek Out International Clinical Experience
In the last stretch of classes before commencement, fourth-year medical students Evan Czulada (M’25) and Carlynn Winters (M’25) traveled abroad to gain new insight into the…
June 4, 2025
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Protecting Those Who Protect Others
Georgetown University School of Medicine students teamed up with We Rock Cancer, the American Academy of Dermatology and the Firefighter Cancer Support Network to host free skin…
May 27, 2025
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Medical Students Provide Early Childhood Assessments To Help Disadvantaged Children Reach Developmental Milestones
(January 10, 2025) — One Friday evening every month during the academic year, a small group of medical students sets up tables full of coloring and craft activities to prepare…
January 10, 2025
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From Swimming to Street Medicine, Smith Reflects on Her Career
Tobie Smith, MD, MPH, associate professor of family medicine in the School of Medicine, pivoted to family medicine and helping vulnerable populations after a career as a pro…
August 10, 2024
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Medical Students Embrace Cura Personalis in Foot Clinics for the Unhoused
(December 15, 2023) — Medical students who volunteer with the HOYA Foot Care Clinic not only provide foot exams and triage for the underserved, unhoused population of…
December 15, 2023
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Student-Run Ambulance Service Celebrates 40 Years of Caring for Fellow Students
In 1983, a group of undergraduates started a medical ambulance service for fellow students on foot. Forty years later, the group has grown into one of the largest student-run…
December 7, 2023
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Medical Students Volunteer at DC Pride Festival
At the Pride Festival on June 11 in Washington, DC, medical students from the HOYA Clinic and Hoya Medical Pride Alliance offered attendees free blood pressure and blood glucose…
June 17, 2023
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Medical Students Make Connections Over Community-Based Learning
A medical trivia Easter egg hunt, a visit to the simulation lab and a campus tour were among the activities medical students organized as part of a School of Medicine visit for a…
April 30, 2023