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During the 2012 Med Reunion, Dean Mitchell, far right, shows off artist’s renderings of the planned space during a tour.
Georgetown Medicine
Amphitheater Renovations Underway in Historic Med-Dent Building Thanks to the generosity of alumni, students, parents and friends, Georgetown has continued transforming the heart of the historic Medical-Dental Building into the W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Teaching Amphitheater. The space is named for the legendary and beloved professor who was part of Georgetown’s medical faculty for more than a half-century. According to Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D., dean for medical education, W. Proctor Harvey, M.D. (H’79), who died in 2007, learned that the original design for the 1928 building included large doors that converted the auditorium into an “amphitheater in the round” and charged Georgetown with creating “a place to train excellent clinical teachers.” The new amphitheater—which Harvey and his family helped fund—will realize his vision. Mitchell said the technologically advanced facility will take student grand rounds to “an entirely new level.” The project will combine two teaching classrooms, C104 and C105, to make a space that can seat 325 individuals. If the full room is not needed, an “electronic sky wall” will divide the space into two classrooms with the touch of a button.
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