Georgetown
University
Georgetown University (www.georgetown.edu), founded in 1789, is located on the banks of the Potomac in the nation's capital. After a long and fascinating period of growth, the college at "George Town on the banks of the Potomac" emerged as the realization of a long-cherished dream of John Carroll, later the first Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore.
Georgetown University has a fine reputation for excellence in higher education. The University includes the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, the Schools of Medicine, Law, Nursing, Foreign Service and Business Administration. Today there are some 12,000 students at the university, on a 104-acre campus that includes 60 buildings, a recreational complex and athletic fields.
Georgetown University Medical Center
Georgetown University Medical Center (http://gumc.georgetown.edu/) is situated on the campus
of Georgetown University, and includes the Schools of Medicine and Nursing. The
Georgetown University School of Medicine, founded in 1851, is one of the oldest
medical schools in the country. The mission of the Georgetown University Medical
Center is the advancement of health through research in the clinical and
biomedical sciences, the education of future leaders in medical and nursing
practice and academia, and the provision of compassionate and scientifically
competent patient care and service to the Washington community and the
nation.
Georgetown University Hospital
Georgetown University Hospital (www.georgetownuniversityhospital.org), currently a 609-licensed bed hospital, was established in 1898. Georgetown University Hospital is the national capital area's oldest and most recognized academic teaching hospital. Since its founding in 1898, the hospital has been dedicated to promoting health through education, research and patient care.
In the past century the hospital has grown to include a community physician practice, the Lombardi Cancer Center and scores of clinical departments and divisions. Through its 100-year relationship with Georgetown University, the hospital collaborates in training students from both the School of Medicine (almost 500 residents and fellows annually) and the School of Nursing & Health Studies. Additionally, Georgetown University Hospital works closely with the university's research enterprise to help bring innovative therapies from the scientific laboratory to the patient bedside. In July 2000, Georgetown University Hospital became part of the MedStar Health family. With primary care providers at nine sites in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, Georgetown University Hospital's clinical services represent one of the largest, most geographically diverse and fully integrated healthcare delivery networks in the area.
Department of Psychiatry
The
Department of Psychiatry dates to 1887 when the first Professor of Mental
Disease, Dr. Morris J. Stack, was appointed in the School of Medicine. The
formation of a separate Department of Psychiatry occurred in 1939 and the
training of psychiatry residents began in 1947.
Eminent psychiatrists have served as chairmen of the Department at Georgetown. Among them have been William Alan White, Harry Stack Sullivan, Daniel Blain, George N. Raines and Richard A. Steinbach. In July 2001, Richard L. Goldberg, M.D., chairman of the department since 1989 and former residency training director, was promoted to Vice President of Medical Affairs, responsible for all graduate medical education at Georgetown University Hospital. Steven A. Epstein, M.D., a member of the department since 1990, former vice chair and director of the Consultation-Liaison service, assumed responsibilities as Chief of Service in January 2001 and as Interim Chair in July. Much to the joy of members of the Department, Dr. Epstein was appointed permanent Chair in February, 2003. As a national leader in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine, Dr. Epstein has been appointed to the newly formed Psychosomatic Medicine Committee of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the Council on Psychosomatic Medicine of the American Psychiatric Association.
The Department currently consists of 300 full-time and clinical faculty members who actively participate in the clinical, educational, and research components of the department.
