List and profile of top medical colleges in Washington DC, including postal codes, mailing address, official website, M.D. curriculum information and teaching hospitals within Washington DC. Screenshot for each medical program is also included. See below for brief information of each medical school and related resources on the Internet about Washington DC and medical education.
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George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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| Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out. | |
| Teaching hospitals | Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Prince Georges Hospital Center, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, VA Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. |
| Curriculum | Address: 2300 I St NW, Washington, DC 20052 |
| (Data appear as originally submitted by this school.) | |
| Four-year M.D. program curriculum | N/A |
Georgetown University School of Medicine
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| Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out. | |
| Teaching hospitals | Children’s National Medical Center, Georgetown University Hospital, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington , Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington Hospital Center. |
| Curriculum | Address: 3900 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007 |
| (Data appear as originally submitted by this school.) | |
| Four-year M.D. program curriculum | The first two years provide students with an early introduction to the patient, as well as to the spiritual and ethical dimensions of medicine. In the third year the student serves clinical rotations conducted by departments at the Medical Center and its affiliates. The fourth year provides the student with supervised responsibility in the clinical management of patients. |
Howard University College of Medicine
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| Primary teaching hospitals affiliated with this medical school where clinical teaching or training is carried out. | |
| Teaching hospitals | Children’s National Medical Center, Howard University Hospital, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Prince George’s Hospital Center, Providence Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington Hospital Center, Washington Veterans Affairs Hospital Center. |
| Curriculum | Address: 520 W St NW, Washington, DC 20059 |
| (Data appear as originally submitted by this school.) | |
| Four-year M.D. program curriculum | First-year courses are Molecules and Cells, Structure and Function, and Medicine and Society. The 2nd year covers 6 Organ System units, Intro. to Clinical Medicine, Physical Diagnosis, and Medicine & Society. Required and elective clinical clerkships and Health Care Ethics/Jurisprudence are the courses of years 3 and 4. Passing USMLE Steps 1 and 2 is required for promotion and graduation. |
About Washington DC
The highest point of the Washington, DC is in Fort Reno Park in the northwest of the city at approx. 125 m height. The metropolis is one of the greenest cities in the USA and is characterized by wide green spaces and parks. The climate here is subtropical and humid and can be oppressive in summer. Pleasant travel times are spring and autumn. The winters are usually mild.
You won’t find tall skyscrapers like in New York, because the height of buildings is strictly capped by law.
An exception to this is the tallest stone structure on earth, the Washington Monument (169 m). The Washington National Cathedral and the tower of the old post office are also strikingly high.
The best known sights are the White House (official residence of the U.S. President) and the Capitol (seat of the House of Representatives and the Senate). In the Capitol is also the National Statuary Hall Collection in which to statues of two famous personalities of the states can visit.
The White House is one of the most famous buildings in the world and a United States National Historic Landmark. It has 132 rooms and is surrounded by gardens, including the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the White House Rose Garden. In the Advent season, the National Christmas Tree is in front of the official residence.
The capital of the USA is of course peppered with sights such as the Jefferson Memorial (with the bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson) surrounded by Japanese decorative churches and the many Smithsonian Museums (American Art Museum, the Aerospace Museum (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies), the Conservation and Research Center, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the National Museum of American History, the National Postal Museum, the National World War II Museum, the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park and the National Portrait Gallery (with numerous portraits of the people who shaped the USA).
The variety and size of the museums are almost exhaustive and you should bring plenty of time to explore the many museums. Washington DC offers plenty of employment potential for history buffs as well as fans of art, culture and science.
Art lovers will love visiting the National Museum of Women in the Arts, one of the largest museums in the world. Here you can only find works of art made by women (including works by Angelika Kaufmann, Clara Peeters, Rosa Bonheur and Frida Kahlo.
If you are interested in the history of aviation, you should visit the National Air and Space Museum, where you can find numerous historically important aircraft, including the Spirit of St. Louis, with which Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic in May 1927. The United States Holocaust Museum is dedicated to a very serious topic and is very busy, so you should look for tickets early.
The National Museum of the American Indian is also impressive, where you can find out more about the past and life of the indigenous peoples of America. On the other hand, you can see and learn more about Africa in the National Museum of African Art.
The National Mall in the National Mall and Memorial Park also houses numerous memorials such as the Vietnam Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Martin Luther King Memorial and the National World War II Memorial. As the largest library in the world, the Library of Congress really fulfills almost every reading request.
The Roman Catholic sanctuary of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception acts as a national shrine, it is one of the largest churches worldwide and has an impressive Neo-Romanesque-Neo-Byzantine dome.
No longer in Washington DC, but not only the Pentagon, but also Washington’s heroic cemetery Arlington National Cemetary with its many white tombstones, where, among other things, the grave of John F. Kennedy can be found, is located in adjacent Arlington.
