George Washington Medical Faculty Associates

The GW Medical Faculty Associates has a rich heritage in academics and research as the first medical school in the nation’s capital and the 11th oldest in the United States. Our physicians teach and mentor medical students, residents and researchers at The GW University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

Opened in 1825 as Columbian College, the institution became George Washington University Medical School in 1904. In 1928, the Department of Medicine grew and became the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and University Hospital. Twenty years later, GW Hospital opened its doors and shortly after, The Medical Faculty Associates opened its first ambulatory care center in the H.B. Burns building called “The George Washington University Clinic.”