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Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

For more than 50 years, our commitment to our community has fueled the success of Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center—the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Washington, DC, and one of just 57 nationwide.

Grounded in Georgetown’s values as a Jesuit institution, our researchers and clinicians offer a unique combination of expertise and empathy. We bring discoveries from the bench to the bedside in partnership with MedStar Health, translating innovative research into patient care—and ensuring we meet individuals where they are in the spirit of cura personalis, or care of the whole person.

Today, we are building on this momentum through GUMC’s Cancer Pillar of Excellence—a vision for advancing strategic goals that reflect our values. Together with our philanthropic community, we are investing in the development of exceptional leaders, life-changing discoveries, and crucial collaborations.

  • Education & formation

    We will deepen our capacity to educate compassionate and skilled cancer researchers and clinicians by investing in faculty, scholarships, and pathways to medicine for the next generation.

  • Discovery & innovation

    We will fuel the development of new cancer treatments by supporting basic, clinical, and collaborative research; endowing faculty positions in new and emerging fields; and resourcing early-career investigators who will define the future of the field.

  • Access & care

    We will strengthen engagement with community and clinical partners to expand preventive services, patient navigation, and survivorship support at every stage of the cancer journey.

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“We bring world-class cancer care closer to home. That means patients receive the most advanced therapies, guided by Georgetown Lombardi’s research and expertise, while surrounded by the people who give them strength—their family, their faith, their community.”

—Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center
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Bringing GI cancer research and therapies to the bedside

Founded in September 2009 through a gift from Jeanne W. Ruesch (Parent’02, ’09) in memory of her husband, Otto, the Otto J. Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers has become a global pioneer. Hear how the Center is carrying out cutting-edge research, partnering with patients to provide individualized cures, and collaborating nationally to improve survival rates.

View video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCX_gjGxKkk

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Gifts to Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center enable us to educate the next generation of leaders in cancer care and research, accelerate promising research, and deploy our expertise to improve the health of our communities. To learn more about our priorities, contribute to Georgetown Lombardi, or plan for future support, please call (202) 687-4596 or email Justine Weissenborn at jw1737@georgetown.edu.