[4] The George Washington University Hospital has routinely served the medical needs of presidents of the United States and members of the U.S.

Multiple Nobel laureates have been affiliated with SMHS, including Ferid Murad, Vincent du Vigneaud, and Julius Axelrod.

[10] Differences in educational/teaching styles, language, and culture may present further obstacles to international students who apply to American programs.

Admission to the School of Medicine and Health Sciences is the most competitive of the George Washington University's graduate programs.

A unique aspect of the school is the Practice of Medicine (POM) course that spans the entire length of a medical student's education.

[18] GW was one of the first in the country to place students in clinical settings from the start of their medical school experience.

[20] 3rd-year GW medical students transferring from the Washington, DC area to do all of their core clinical rotations at Sinai Hospital first began in Fall 2023.

[24] The school has a partnership with the George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates who have over 800 physicians on staff that provide teaching and professional services to the community.

Significantly, in 2008, GWU was the only medical school (among 129 LCME accredited institutions) to be placed on probation and the first such in fifteen years.

[27] Subsequently, the two top GWU medical school administrators were forced to resign over the alleged conflicts of interest.