Roy S. Herbst, director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center and a professor of microbiology and immunology and of medicine at Geisel School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. One of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, NAM recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
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Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for Integrated ALS Care and Discovery Announce First Participant Enrolled in VITALS Trial
Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS are pleased to announce that the first participant has enrolled in the Video Integration to Traditional Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (VITALS) trial.
Geisel Medical Student Selected for Yearlong NIH Medical Research Scholars Program
Cynthia Siego MED’28 is among 29 students nationwide selected to participate in the highly competitive NIH Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) Class of 2026-2027.
Geisel and Women of Dartmouth Convene Roundtable on ‘Leadership, Legacy and Lessons Learned’
A distinguished panel of women in medicine, business, academia and journalism gathered at the inaugural “Women: Leadership, Legacy and Lessons Learned” roundtable in Boston on Sept. 22 to discuss how they had advanced in their respective fields while each experiencing what they described as systemic biases against women.
September Medical Student Grand Rounds
September Medical Student Grand Rounds at DHMC featured a Geisel School of Medicine student who shared a study examining whether social deprivation that has been linked to worse outcomes across multiple levels of medicine, also affects a more concrete outcome—how bones heal after injury and which patients may benefit from additional clinical support following surgery.
Geisel School of Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony Focused on Knowledge, Trust, and Respect
On Friday, September 25, during the medical school’s annual White Coat Ceremony, 96 first-year medical students in the Geisel School of Medicine MD Class of 2030 celebrated a rite of passage in the field of medicine when they received their short white coats, symbolic of their status as physicians in training.
Geisel School of Medicine Student Wins 2026 ASTRO Award
Abigail Marshall Guarini’26, MED’28 is among those who received the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2026 Annual Meeting Abstract Award during ASTRO’s annual conference this past weekend in Boston, MA.
A Warm Welcome: Incoming Online MS Cohorts Begin at Geisel
The Geisel School of Medicine welcomed two new cohorts of online health sciences master’s students this September, marking the beginning of a new academic journey for students in the Online MS in Health Data Science and Online MS in Implementation Science programs.
A New Chapter Begins: Geisel Welcomes Residential MS Students
On September 11, a new cohort of residential Master of Science students arrived at the Geisel School of Medicine ready to begin a year of discovery and growth.
Geisel School of Medicine’s Green Vest Ceremony Marks Another First
In a ceremony highlighting the importance of public health work, Geisel School of Medical students in the MPH and MS programs received a Dartmouth green vest symbolic of those worn worldwide by public health officials and emergency response teams when working in the field.









