The Emory University School of Medicine is the Graduate Medical School of Emory University and a component of Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center. It is located on the university's main campus in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. The medical school offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree program, Masters programs in Anesthesiology and Genetic Counseling, degrees in Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant training, joint degree programs with other Emory graduate divisions, graduate medical education, and continuing medical education. Emory University School of Medicine traces its origins back to 1915 when the Atlanta Medical College (founded 1854), the Southern Medical College (1878), and the Atlanta School of Medicine (founded 1905) merged.
As one of the most selective medical schools with an acceptance rate of 2.2% (2017), Emory University School of Medicine is consistently ranked among the top institutions for biomedical education, clinical care, and research in the United States.
Admission and societies
In 2017, the entering class of 143 medical students hailed from 65 different colleges and had an average undergraduate GPA of 3.7 and an average MCAT of 514. In the 2017 entering class, 57% of the students were female, 8% were MD/PhD, 15% were MD/MPH, the average age at matriculation was 23.6 with a range of 21 to 31. 69% of the class were non-traditional students, meaning that they took at least 1 year out from college prior to matriculation.
Upon matriculation, medical students are divided into four societies through which they participate in small group learning exercises that foster differential diagnosis abilities, clinical skills, and professional development. The societies are named after four historic physicians who contributed significantly to the practice of medical science during their lifetimes.
- William Harvey Society
- Ignaz Semmelweis Society
- Joseph Lister Society
- Sir William Osler Society
Curriculum
The curriculum features a condensed pre-clinical learning phase in which students cover the basic medical sciences in 1.5 years. Students typically take the USMLE Step 1 by February of their second year allowing them to begin their medical clerkship phase at Emory-affiliated hospitals. The unique design of the curriculum allows for a 5-month Discovery Phase in the third year which encourages students to pursue research in any medically related field including basic science, translational medicine, clinical research, public health, among others. The Emory University School of Medicine offers a variety of dual degree programs including MD-Masters in Public Health, MD-Masters in Clinical Research, MD-Masters in Business Administration, MD-MA in Bioethics, and MD-PhD (the PhD can be completed through the Emory University Laney Graduate School, Rollins School of Public Health, or the Georgia Institute of Technology).
Training facilities and affiliated institutions
The School of Medicine is located on the main Emory University campus in the Druid Hills section of Atlanta and in Emory-owned and affiliated medical facilities throughout metropolitan Atlanta including Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Many of these hospitals are part of Emory Healthcare. Affiliated research institutions include Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rankings
In its 2017-2018 rankings of the best medical schools in the United States, U.S. News and World Report placed Emory University School of Medicine at #23 in research and #34 in primary care. The same publication also placed Emory at #24 for Clinical Medicine in its World Universities ranking of the same year. Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed the School of Medicine at #40 in the world for Clinical/Pre-clinical and Health in 2017.
Notable alumni and faculty
- Samuel Hollingsworth Stout (1822-1903), Professor of Surgery from 1866 to 1867
- Jeffrey Koplan (1945-), Former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, current Vice President for Global Health, Principal Investigator for the Emory Global Health Institute-China Tobacco Control Partnership,vand Co-founder of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI)
- Sanjay Gupta (1969-), Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and CNN chief medical correspondent
- Luther Fischer (M.D. 1899), Co-founder, Crawford Long Hospital (now Emory University Hospital Midtown)
- Thomas Fort Sellers (M.D. 1932), Director, Georgia Department of Public Health; Developed "Sellers Stain" used to diagnose rabies
- R. Bruce Logue (M.D. 1937), Pioneering cardiologist
- Arnall Patz (M.D. 1945), Congressional Medal of Freedom recipient; Expert in infant blindness and the use of lasers to treat eye disease
- Ferrol Sams (M.D. 1945), Physician-novelist and inductee of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
- James Wesley Turpin (M.D. 1955), Founder, Project Concern International
- William N. Kelley (M.D. 1963), Medical school dean and medical center CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Sonny Carter (M.D. 1973), Physician and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33
References
External links
- Emory University School of Medicine Official Website
- Emory University School of Medicine History
- Detailed History
- Student Handbook
