George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

What George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences does

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), founded in 1824, is the 11th oldest medical school in the United States and the first in the nation's capital. Operating as an academic unit within the private George Washington University, SMHS delivers medical education across MD, health sciences, graduate medical education, PhD, and international medicine programs, while serving patients through the GW Medical Faculty Associates (GW MFA) faculty practice plan and conducting biomedical research through its research centers and core facilities. The institution is currently led by Interim Dean Andrew W. Artenstein, MD, MBA, following Barbara Lee Bass, MD's tenure as dean since January 2020. SMHS is headquartered at Ross Hall in Washington D.C.'s Foggy Bottom and operates a Regional Medical Campus at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.

SMHS operates a multi-stream revenue model. Tuition and educational program fees fund the academic portfolio; NIH, foundation, and federal research grants fund the research enterprise; clinical care billing through GW MFA generates patient-care revenue; licensing royalties and monetization of the FDA-approved drug GIAPREZA (angiotensin II, licensed to La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company) contribute commercial income; and philanthropy supports endowed positions and capital projects. Programs include the MD Program, Health Sciences (Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, and other health professions), Graduate Medical Education (residency and fellowship), PhD Programs (Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Translational Health Sciences), and International Medicine Programs. Notable philanthropic gifts include a $10 million Katzen family gift in 2008 establishing the Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Cancer Research Center.

The school operates a full academic medical center research infrastructure including core facilities such as the Nanofabrication & Imaging Center, Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Biorepository, McCormick Genomic & Proteomic Center, Molecular Biology Facility, and a state-of-the-art Cellular Processing and Manufacturing Facility. GW joined the Association of American Universities (AAU) in June 2023, joining the elite group of 69 U.S. and 2 Canadian research universities, and SMHS celebrated its bicentennial in 2024. The school maintains LCME accreditation for its MD program, ARC-PA accreditation for the Physician Assistant program, and CAHME certification for its Health Care Quality program. Subsidiaries include the GW Cancer Center, GW Medical Faculty Associates, GWish (George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health), Himmelfarb Library, and the Regional Medical Campus at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.

Name

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Legal name

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Website

https://smhs.gwu.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1824

Operating status

Operating

Short description

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is a private academic medical institution founded in 1824 that delivers MD, health sciences, PhD, and graduate medical education programs, conducts biomedical research, and provides patient care through GW Medical Faculty Associates.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Educational Programs: Revenue from MD program, health sciences programs, graduate medical education, and PhD programs including specialized programs like Correctional Health Administration.
2. Research Grants and Funding: NIH grants, foundation grants (Gilead Sciences, John Templeton Foundation), and federal research funding. GW-licensed startups secured over $200 million in outside funding.
3. Technology Commercialization: Royalty rights from drug development including GIAPREZA licensed to La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. Patent licensing through Technology Commercialization Office.
4. Clinical Care (GW Medical Faculty Associates): Patient care services through GW Medical Faculty Associates expanding primary care to Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland, and Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
5. Donations and Philanthropy: Campaign contributions through Give to SMHS, alumni donations, and endowed positions funding.

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Distribution channels4 records

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Core offering

GW SMHS is an academic medical institution that delivers medical education through MD, Health Sciences, PhD, Graduate Medical Education, and International Medicine Programs. It provides clinical care through the GW Medical Faculty Associates (GW MFA) faculty practice and the GW Cancer Center, and conducts biomedical and translational research through dedicated research centers, institutes, and core facilities. The school is accredited by LCME and ARC-PA and participates in technology commercialization including the FDA-approved drug GIAPREZA.

Product overview

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is an academic medical institution offering a portfolio of educational programs including MD, Health Sciences, Graduate Medical Education, PhD Programs, and International Medicine Programs. The institution operates the GW Cancer Center and GW Medical Faculty Associates (GW MFA) for clinical care, maintains multiple research centers and institutes, and provides clinical research support services including REDCap and Protocol Builder. Founded in 1824, it is the 11th oldest medical school in the nation and the first in Washington, D.C.

Differentiator

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Brands

• GW Cancer Center: Comprehensive cancer research and patient care center at GW SMHS
• GWish
• GW Medical Faculty Associates

Products and services

• MD Program Four-year medical degree program preparing students for careers as physicians, featuring clinical training at GW Hospital and affiliated sites. Accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).
• Health Sciences Programs Innovative and hands-on training programs in health sciences including physician assistant studies, physical therapy, and other health professions. The Physician Assistant Program holds ARC-PA national accreditation and the Health Care Quality Program holds CAHME certification.
• Graduate Medical Education Residency and fellowship programs providing specialty training for medical school graduates, representing the post-MD training pathway.
• PhD Programs Doctoral programs in biomedical sciences including the Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBS) and PhD in Translational Health Sciences.
• International Medicine Programs Programs providing international medical education experiences and global health training opportunities for students and partners.
• GW Cancer Center Comprehensive cancer center providing research, clinical care, and cancer policy development, working toward NCI comprehensive cancer center designation.
• GW Medical Faculty Associates (GW MFA) Faculty practice plan providing patient care services across multiple specialties through physician faculty members, including primary care expansion to Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland.
• Research Centers and Institutes School-based research centers including GW Cancer Center, Rodham Institute, GWish (Institute for Spirituality Health), and various disease-specific research centers conducting biomedical, clinical, and policy research.
• Himmelfarb Library Medical library providing research resources, databases, and information services for students, faculty, and researchers.

Quantifiable outcome

• GIAPREZA drug approved by FDA in 2017 and launched to market
• +3 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators6 records

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Direct peers

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Hopkins is the dominant Mid-Atlantic research medical school that defines the benchmark for GW's AAU membership, NCI cancer center aspirations, and NIH-funded faculty recruitment, and is the source of the keynote speaker at GW Cancer Center's annual retreat.
• University of Maryland School of Medicine: Maryland's medical school is a public, research-intensive peer in the Mid-Atlantic, vying for the same NIH funding pool, biomedical graduate students, and clinical training partnerships as SMHS, particularly in Baltimore where GW now operates its Regional Medical Campus.
• Howard University College of Medicine: Howard's medical school operates in the same Washington D.C. market with a comparable mix of MD education, biomedical research, and clinical care, and competes for many of the same applicants, federal research dollars, and policy partnerships.
• Georgetown University School of Medicine: Georgetown's medical school is the closest in-city peer: a private, research-intensive MD program serving the same Washington D.C. metropolitan applicant and patient market, with overlapping clinical training sites and similar program mix in health sciences and biomedical graduate training.
• Tulane University School of Medicine: Tulane's medical school is a private, research-intensive MD program with parallel public-health, biomedical graduate, and clinical research emphases, providing a comparable benchmark for non-top-ten private research medical schools with similar revenue scale.
• Boston University School of Medicine: BU School of Medicine is a similarly-tiered private, urban research medical school with comparable MD, PhD, and health-sciences program mix and a comparable reliance on NIH funding, making it a useful benchmark peer for AAU-tier schools below the very top.
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine is a private, urban, research-intensive medical school with a comparable MD/PhD/health sciences portfolio and significant NIH-funded research infrastructure, useful as a comparator for AAU-tier private research medical schools.
• Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University: Jefferson's medical college is a private, urban, research-intensive medical school with a similar four-year MD program and portfolio of health-sciences and graduate biomedical programs, making it a useful comparator for program scale and portfolio composition.

Others

• Georgetown University Medical Center (parent-university peer): Georgetown as a whole university is a peer institution to GW in Washington D.C., competing for the same D.C.-area student population, faculty talent, research funding, and policy relationships, and is the parent context for Georgetown's medical school.

Regional players

• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: USU is a federally-funded medical school physically located in Bethesda, MD that competes for the same D.C.-area MD applicants, federal research funding, and clinical training partnerships, but operates under a distinct federal mission.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

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