Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center | Georgetown University

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Georgetown Lombardi is Washington, D.C.’s Only
National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Georgetown Lombardi is part of Georgetown University Medical Center, an internationally recognized academic health and science center with a four-part mission of research, teaching, service and patient care. Our renowned physicians and nurses provide care through a partnership with MedStar Health, including MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, a U.S. News top 50-ranked hospital for cancer care.

Georgetown Lombardi Research Centers

Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics

The Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research

Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research

The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers

Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging Research

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Louis M. Weiner, MD, to Step Down as Director of Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Following 18 Years of Leadership

February 25th, 2026

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Lombardi Stories

Innovative Biomedical and Genetics Research Projects Net PhD Students ARCS Scholar Awards

February 9th, 2026

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Reversing Immune Suppression in Pancreatic Cancer Could Lead to Novel Therapies

January 20th, 2026

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New Understanding of How to Harness the Immune System to Fight Cancer

January 14th, 2026

Calendar of Events

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Georgetown Lombardi Visiting Professor and Grand Rounds Lecture Series: “Optimizing NK Cell Engineering for Therapeutic Efficacy”Mar. 12

4:00 pm
Hybrid – New Research Building Auditorium & via Zoom

Special Seminar: “From Evidence Gaps to Interventional Targets: A Population-Based Perspective on the Microbiome and Colorectal Cancer”Mar. 13

9:00 am
2115 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Room G313, and via Zoom

Special Seminar: “You Are What You Eat: Metabolic Sensing Through Protein Posttranslational Modifications”Mar. 13

10:00 am
Basic Science Building 341 and via Zoom

38th Annual Lombardi GalaMar. 14

6:00 pm
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20240