Georgetown University Hospital was founded in 1898 to promote health through education, research and patient care.This mission reflects Georgetown's Catholic, Jesuit identity and heritage. With a 609-licensed bed hospital and 1,300 physicians, Georgetown University Hospital's clinical services represent one of the largest healthcare delivery networks in the area.
Georgetown University Hospital is consistently ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Some of the specialty areas in which we have been ranked in recent years include neurosciences, gastroenterology, gynecology, orthopaedics and urology. The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only facility in the Washington, D.C. area designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Georgetown's transplant program is the only program in the nation's capital and one of only a handful of Medicare-approved centers nationwide performing multi-organ transplant. Such procedures involve not only the intestine and liver, but also the stomach, pancreas, and/or kidneys. And, Georgetown Neurosciences is the first on the East Coast and the sixth in the nation to offer the CyberKnife, the latest in stereotactic radiosurgery to treat tumors and lesions of the brain, neck and spine.
In 2004, Georgetown University Hospital was awarded Magnet Status for excellence in nursing care. Fewer than 2% of the nation's hospitals have earned this recognition, and we are proud that Georgetown is the only Magnet hospital in Washington, DC.
