Georgia Regents University Medical College of Georgia
Medical College of Georgia 179th Graduating Class
1120 15th Street . Augusta, GA 30912 . 706-721-2231 [email protected] . gru.edu/mcg
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Medical College of Georgia 179th Graduating Class
MAY 7, 2015
Page 3 Original stained glass window (in the Kelly Administration Building) by Dr. Brandon Sell, presented by Mercer and Ethel Sell to honor Dr. E. James McCranie, a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry from 1958 to 1979. MAY 7, 2015 Georgia Regents University Medical College of Georgia
REFLECTIONS OF THE DEAN
Today is a glorious day. Today, you wear the storied academic hood, with the silver, blue, and red hues of the Medical College of Georgia and the herbal green of medicine. Tomorrow, you become a physician.
You have worked so hard to get to this day. You have listened and learned, not only at MCG’s home base in Augusta, but also at the side of many of the best physicians across the four corners of our state, many of whom are your fellow MCG alumni. Your family and your medical college are very proud of you. Please take a few moments to be proud of yourself, and then look forward. You know as well as I that the work — and the fulfillment — has only just begun.
You have chosen a profession that has great privilege but also great responsibility. You are privileged to become an important part of the lives of your patients and their families. In fact, the best doctors are like family members to their patients: each learns from and supports the other. This is true whether you are a family medicine physician who cares for patients over their lifetime or a pediatric heart surgeon who helps them through the worst possible days with great skill and compassion.
Essential to that responsibility is being a lifelong learner, eager to consume new knowledge about the body and mind, which is available today at an unprecedented pace. I hope that you will be a lifelong contributor to that knowledge as well, using your many gifts to not just repeat what others have done, but to find better ways to treat and prevent disease.
You also will be viewed as a leader in any circle you find yourself; in fact, the drive and personality thatbrought you to this day means you already are. Please always be mindful of this role as you work and live in your community. Show up for life and work to make a difference every day. As our Hippocratic Oath says, lead your life and practice your art with uprightness and honor.
Let part of making a difference include staying connected to your medical college to help ensure thatwe, like you, continue to learn, teach, and lead. We are confident that, like so many alumni before you, MCG has given you stellar training that will stand the test of time. We anticipate, with pride, your future accomplishments, and we ask that you remain engaged with your alma mater.
Today and tomorrow, our entire community celebrates your successes and our expectations of your great future as a physician leader.
My best to you always,
Peter F. Buckley, MD Dean, Medical College of Georgia Interim CEO, Georgia Regents Medical Center and Georgia Regents Medical Associates Interim Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Georgia Regents University Great Doctors, Great Medicine Since 1828
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PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL Orchestra Works by Handel, Purcell, Mozart, Bach (audience seated) WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Paul M. Wallach, MD Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Medical College of Georgia THE NATIONAL ANTHEM The Star-Spangled Banner Medical College of Georgia Students
PROVOST’S WELCOME Gretchen B. Caughman, PhD Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Georgia Regents University DEAN’S ADDRESS Peter F. Buckley, MD Dean, Medical College of Georgia Interim CEO, Georgia Regents Medical Center and Georgia Regents Medical Associates Interim Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Georgia Regents University INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Buckley
HOODING ADDRESS Threads of Connection: Biology and Medicine in the 21st century James L. Olds, PhD Assistant Director, Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) National Science Foundation AWARD PRESENTATIONS Dr. Wallach
INTERLUDE John Caldwell, ’15
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THE HOODING TRADITION Lois T. Ellison, MD ’50 Medical Historian in Residence, Provost Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Surgery PRESENTATION OF CLASS Kimberly Vess Loomer, EdD, MA Associate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs, Medical College of Georgia Stewart Shevitz, MD, MSHA Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Fourth Year Class T. Andrew Albritton, MD, MACP Senior Associate Dean for Curriculum, Medical College of Georgia T. Wayne Rentz, MD ’72 Campus Associate Dean, Southeast Campus, Medical College of Georgia Sandra Mobley, PhD, RN Campus Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Southwest Campus, Medical College of Georgia Leonard Reeves, MD Campus Assistant Dean, Northwest Campus, Medical College of Georgia Scott Richardson, MD Campus Associate Dean for Curriculum, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership PRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC HOODS Medical College of Georgia Faculty Selected by the Class of 2015 RECEIVING THE CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION Dr. Buckley Dr. Wallach Barbara L. Schuster, MD, MS, MACP Campus Dean, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership REMARKS The Art of Medicine S. Wright Caughman, MD Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center HIPPOCRATIC OATH (MODIFIED) Dr. Schuster
CLASS PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Lael Reinstatler, ’15 Augusta Campus
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Michael Schecter, ’15 GRU-UGA Medical Partnership MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INDUCTION Buffi Boyd, MD ’99 President, Medical College of Georgia Alumni Association U.S. MILITARY OFFICER OATH OF OFFICE Colonel John Bojescul, MD Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Chief Medical Officer U.S. Army Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center CLOSING REMARKS Dr. Wallach RECESSIONAL Orchestra Works by Handel, Mozart, Clarke (audience seated) RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING Augusta Convention Center Courtyard Reynolds Street Augusta MACE BEARER Jatinder J. Bhatia, MBBS President, Medical College of Georgia Faculty Senate HONORARY MARSHALS Leslie Petch-Lee, PhD Campus Assistant Dean for Curriculum GRU-UGA Medical Partnership Joseph Hobbs, MD ’74 Georgia Academy of Family Physicians Joseph W. Tollison, MD Distinguished University Chair Chairman, Department of Family Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Primary Care Katherine Menezes President, Class of 2017 Drew Willey Secretary/Treasurer, Class of 2017 D. David Davis President, Class of 2018 Edwin Shoemaker Secretary/Treasurer, Class of 2018
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THE HIPPOCRATIC TRADITION The Oath (Modified)
I do solemnly swear by that which I hold most sacred, that I will be loyal to the profession of medicine and just and generous to its members.
That I will lead my life and practice my Art in uprightness and honor.
That into whatsoever home I shall enter it shall be for the good of the sick and the well to the utmost of my power and that I will hold myself aloof from wrong and from corruption and from the tempting of others to vice.
That I will exercise my Art, solely for the cure of my patients and the prevention of disease and will give no drugs and perform no operation for a criminal purpose and far less suggest such a thing.
That whatsoever I shall see or hear of the lives of men and women which is not fitting to be spoken, I will keep inviolably secret.
These things I do promise and in proportion as I am faithful to this oath, may happiness and good repute be ever mine, the opposite if I shall be forsworn.
The Hooding Ceremony formally acknowledges medical student achievement through the administration of the Hippocratic Oath.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. James Olds, PhD, is Assistant Director for the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) for the National Science Foundation, which supports research that advances the frontiers of biological knowledge, increases our understanding of complex systems, and provides a theoretical basis for original research in many other scientific disciplines.
Dr. Olds served as Director and Chief Academic Unit Officer at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University for 15 years prior to his appointment at the NSF. The Decade of the Mind project, an international initiative to advance scientific understanding of how the mind and complex behaviors are related to the activity of the human brain, was begun under his leadership at Krasnow. That work helped shape President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative.
He is Chair of the Molecular Neuroscience Department and the Shelley Krasnow University Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at George Mason University. From 2010 and from 2013, Dr. Olds was chair of GMU’s Neuroscience Advisory Council. Since 2005, he has served as Editor- In-Chief of The Biological Bulletin, which is published by the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Olds serves on numerous private and public boards and has played a central role in scientific public policy development at all levels, ranging from Commonwealth of Virginia and the White House to advising heads of ministries internationally. He spent eight years as Chair of Sandia National Laboratory’s External Cognitive Science Board. In the nonprofit world, Olds was Treasurer of Americans for Medical Progress.
Prior to his leadership role at Krasnow, Olds was the CEO for the American Association of Anatomists. He received his undergraduate degree from Amherst College in chemistry and his doctorate from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in the field of neuroscience. His postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health led to advances in understanding the molecular basis of learning and memory, and he received the NIH Merit Award in 1993.
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THE ART OF MEDICINE
S. Wright Caughman, MD, is Emory University Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and CEO of Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC). The Woodruff Health Sciences Center includes the Emory University School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Winship Cancer Institute, and Emory Healthcare, Emory University’s system of health care.
Dr. Caughman previously served as WHSC’s Vice President for Clinical and Academic Integration, a role in which he was responsible for coordinating, implementing, and managing the center’s strategic plan for transforming health and healing. He was also Director of The Emory Clinic and Executive Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in the Emory University School of Medicine. He is former Chair of the Dermatology Department in Emory’s School of Medicine.
Dr. Caughman joined the faculty of Emory School of Medicine in 1990 after serving as a fellow, medical officer, and principal investigator in the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Child Health and Disease at the National Institutes of Health.
After receiving his undergraduate degree at Davidson College and his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, he completed a dermatology residency at Harvard Medical School.
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA Mission, Vision, & Values MISSION To lead Georgia and the nation to better health through excellence in biomedical education, discovery, patient care, and service. VISION MCG will be a nationally recognized leader in medicine, delivering patient-centered care and technologically advanced medical education, transformative research, and exceptional clinical and preventative care, leading to healthier communities.
VALUES Collegiality Reflected in collaboration, partnership, sense of community, and teamwork
Compassion Reflected in caring, empathy, and social responsibility
Excellence Reflected in distinction, effectiveness, efficiency, passion, quality, and impact
Inclusivity Reflected in diversity, equality, fairness, impartiality, and respect
Integrity Reflected in accountability, ethical behavior, honesty, and reliability
Leadership Reflected in courage, honor, professionalism, transparency, and vision
Loyalty Reflected in mutuality of commitment between employee and institution
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CLASS OF 2015 Augusta Campus
Jeffrey Ahlstedt Danielle Elizabeth Bayer Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center, New York University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham Pathology Internal Medicine Summer Nameer Aldrugh Daniel Rahe Belew University of Massachusetts Medical School Medical College of Georgia Internal Medicine Surgery-Preliminary Medical College of Georgia Jennifer Kelly Anderson ♦ Urology LSUHSC-Shreveport, Louisiana Medicine-Preliminary Carmen Gabrielle Black Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Aubrey Marie Armento + ♦ Psychiatry University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Pediatrics Evan Brady Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Zuhha Ashraf Internal Medicine University of Southern California Pathology Bryan Richard Broach Medical College of Georgia Merius-Russell Teba Atangcho Internal Medicine University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita Family Medicine Elliott Boyd Burdette ♦ Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia William Douglas Baker Pathology Palmetto Health, Richland, South Carolina Internal Medicine Mary Elizabeth Burriss + ♦ University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania Obstetrics/Gynecology
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William Brian Bush Alice Chan University of Tennessee St. Thomas Hospitals Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Internal Medicine Pediatrics
Benjamin Rhett Butler Andy Ling Chang ♦ University of Alabama Medical Center, Montgomery Icahn School of Medicine St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, New York Internal Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery
Michael Ruochen Cai Puja Chebrolu + ♦ Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Missouri University Hospital, Pennsylvania Internal Medicine Medicine-Preliminary Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Hana Cho Radiology-Diagnostic Anderson Area Medical Center, South Carolina Family Medicine Austin Joseph Cail Spartanburg Regional Healthcare, South Carolina Curtis Howard Cleveland + Transitional University of Vermont Medical Center Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Missouri Surgery-Preliminary Radiology-Diagnostic University of Vermont College of Medicine Urology John Price Caldwell Jr. + Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts Zachary Aaron Colbaugh Internal Medicine Baptist Health System, Alabama Transitional Nayer Canton Vafabakhsh University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham Memorial Health-University Medical Center, Anesthesiology Georgia Pediatrics Caroline Grace Colden Medical College of Georgia Anna Carol Carter Pediatrics University Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi Obstetrics/Gynecology Kathryn Crowe Medical College of Georgia Lindsey Page Carter + Pediatrics Greenville Health System/University of South Carolina Obstetrics/Gynecology Aaron Cunningham + ♦ Oregon Health & Science University Christopher Youngs Caughman ♦ General Surgery Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Medicine-Preliminary Carolyn Cutler ♦ Emory University Harbor-UCLA Med Center, California Neurology Emergency Medicine Amanda Claire Chaffin Lauren Cherie Daniels Medical College of Georgia Florida Hospital, Orlando, Florida Pediatrics Family Medicine
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Kimberly Mailinh Dao ♦ Zachary James Farmer Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Medical College of Georgia Pediatrics Pediatrics David Brooks Duff Amina Farooq Medical University of South Carolina Defer Residency Anesthesiology Fiyinfoluwa Fawole Robert Hunter Dunlap, III + ♦ Loma Linda University, California Swedish Medical Center, Washington Family Medicine-Preventative Medicine Surgery-Preliminary Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland Opeoluwa Olufolakemi Fawole + Radiology-Diagnostic Jackson Memorial Hospital, Florida Otolaryngology Phu Thanh Duong St. Joseph’s Hospital, Arizona William Lee Forehand, III Neurology Medical College of Georgia Internal Medicine Alexander James Eason Medical College of Georgia Evan Hamilton Fountain Pediatrics Medical College of Georgia Internal Medicine Rachel Elizabeth Elam ♦ Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Missouri Christopher Miles Fowler Pathology Anatomical/Clinical & Anatomical Pathology Palmetto Health, Richland, South Carolina Pediatrics Christopher Lee Ellington Medical College of Georgia Diana Markovna Fridlyand Internal Medicine Medical College of Georgia Pediatrics Thomas Julian Ergen + Palmetto Health Richland, South Carolina David Gay Orthopaedic Surgery Virginia Commonwealth University Health System General Surgery Erik Randall Ewing Floyd Medical Center, Georgia Ryan Michael Harkins Family Medicine Medical College of Georgia Medicine-Preliminary Hunter Allen Faircloth + University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals Medical College of Georgia Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Amber Stanley Henson + Nasir Husain Fakhri Mountain Area Health Education Center, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University North Carolina Medicine-Preliminary Family Medicine Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Neurology Zachary Samuel Hoffmann Medical College of Georgia Internal Medicine
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Maria Cristina Isales John Michael Kelley McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, St. Anthony North Hospital, Colorado Illinois Family Medicine Pathology Susan Kim James Alexander Isom + University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor University of Florida College of Medicine, Family Medicine Shands Hospital Pathology Anna Mariah Kirsch Hennepin County Medical Center, Minnesota Rita Jen Emergency Medicine University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor Surgery-Preliminary Amel Komic University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor Medical College of Georgia Urology General Surgery Jenny Jia Morgan Elizabeth Lane Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, South Carolina Medicine-Preventative Medicine Surgery-Preliminary Medical College of Georgia Daniel Lee Johnson + ♦ Anesthesiology University of Southern California Emergency Medicine Mary Carroll Francis Lee Carilion Clinic John Wesley Johnson Virginia Tech Medical College of Georgia Carilion School of Medicine Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Steven Michael Johnson Anna Legostaev University of North Carolina Hospitals University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio Pathology Pediatrics
Thomas Michael Johnson ♦ Stuart Anthony Lehn Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee Medical University of South Carolina Emergency Medicine Anesthesiology
Matthew C. Jones + ♦ Natanel Leibu Medical College of Georgia Tulane University School of Medicine, Louisiana Orthopaedic Surgery Neurology Hena Joshi Austin Comer Lively Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Medical College of Georgia Transitional/Radiology Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Radiology-Diagnostic Amir Ali Makhmalbaf Winthrop-University Hospital, New York Internal Medicine
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William Lloyd Mansour Robert Morgan University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham Defer Residency Internal Medicine Benjamin Douglas Moser Rachel Riley Marks West Virginia University School of Medicine Medical College of Georgia Emergency Medicine Medicine-Preliminary Medical College of Georgia Alexander Walker Murphey Dermatology Medical University of South Carolina Otolaryngology Christopher Martin San Diego Naval Hospital Justin Bowen Neisler General Surgery Defer Residency Manoj Chalakuzhy Mathew Kevin Erik Nesbit Medical College of Georgia Medical College of Georgia Medicine-Preliminary Family Medicine University of Texas Medical School, Houston Radiology-Diagnostic Kayce Lynn Newbern ♦ University of Kentucky Medical Center John Patrick McCaskey Obstetrics/Gynecology Floyd Medical Center, Georgia Family Medicine David Thai Nguyen Medical College of Georgia John Bates McCutcheon Family Medicine Medical College of Georgia Emergency Medicine Joseph Blake Norman University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham Janelle Ann McGill Anesthesiology Medical College of Georgia Pediatrics Adatee Ifeoma Okonkwo Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Zubin Mehta General Surgery Defer Residency Alexandra Ann Olney + John Carol Mercado Medical College of Georgia LSU School of Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Obstetrics/Gynecology Emergency Medicine Christabell Chinonso Osakwe Shuaib Mohammad Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Medical College of Georgia Medicine-Preliminary Medicine-Preliminary University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology-Diagnostic Florence Othieno Arsezahra R. Momin Medical University of South Carolina Medical College of Georgia Otolaryngology Internal Medicine
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Harshang Patel Lael Suzanne Reinstatler + Medical College of Georgia Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire Medicine-Preliminary Surgery-Preliminary University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire Radiology-Diagnostic Urology Reena Manhar Patel + Emi Michelle Rendon Pope Medical College of Georgia Memorial Health-University Medical Center, Georgia Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Jordan Johanssen Patton ♦ Harold Phillip Rivner ♦ Medical College of Georgia Jackson Memorial Hospital, Florida Medicine-Preliminary Internal Medicine Medical College of Georgia Ophthalmology Devin Rogers ♦ Vanderbilt Universtiy Medical Center, Tennessee Katherine Leah Perofsky Emergency Medicine Medical College of Georgia Pediatrics Jeffrey Mark Ryckman University of Nebraska Medical Center Jack Raymond Pines III Radiation Oncology LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana Physical Medicine & Rehab Yolanda Roberta Safford Medical College of Georgia Mitra Dean Poorak Pediatrics Kendall Regional Medical Center, Florida General Surgery Erica Danielle Sapp Medical College of Georgia Matthew Richard Powell ♦ Pediatrics Medical College of Georgia Pathology Lydia Williams Searcy Medical College of Georgia Harry Ross Powers Neurology University of Florida College of Medicine, Shands Hospital Shadi Vida Shams Internal Medicine St Joseph’s Hospital, Arizona Neurology Eugene Adjei Quarshie Medical College of Georgia Rebekah Syd Shaw ♦ Internal Medicine Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Pediatrics Samuel D. Quaynor ** University of Chicago Medical Center, Illinois Robert John Shelley Jr. ♦ Neurology Medical College of Georgia Orthopaedic Surgery Jaskaran Rakkar Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Arizona Tiffany Garsing Sheu Pediatrics University of Florida College of Medicine, Karishma Gantla Reddy + ♦ Shands Hospital Surgery-Preliminary University of North Carolina Hospitals Plastic Surgery (Integrated) Page 15 Georgia Regents University Medical College of Georgia
Pia Anishka Shivdasani Cindy Thanh Tran Medical College of Georgia University of Tennessee St. Thomas Hospitals Pediatrics Internal Medicine Thomas Smith Evan John Van Peursem + Gwinnett Medical Center University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham Family Medicine Anesthesiology Robert Vaughn Starling Victoria Claire Vaughan University of New Mexico School of Medicine University of Alabama Medical Center, Montgomery Neurological Surgery Medicine-Preliminary
Sandra Elizabeth Stepp + ♦ Rosalie Shoshana Vayman Medical College of Georgia Memorial Health-University Medical Center, Georgia Emergency Medicine Pediatrics
Lindsay Anne Sternad Christopher L. Wallace + ♦ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor Pediatrics Emergency Medicine
Jacob Aaron Swartz Sarah Jo Wetherington ♦ Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Illinois Psychiatry Transitional Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Alison Joyce Tammany Dermatology University of Alabama Medical Center, Montgomery Internal Medicine Jennifer Rene White ♦ Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Daniel Tanenbaum • ♦ Otolaryngology Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Radiation Oncology Michael Broughten Whitlow ♦ Medical University of South Carolina Dantera Tangpisuthipongsa Internal Medicine Self Regional Healthcare, South Carolina Family Medicine Garrison Patrick Wier + ♦ Colorado Health Foundation Brandon James Taylor Transitional Medical College of Georgia University of Colorado Internal Medicine Ophthalmology Joseph Spears Tingen + Ashley Marie Wilson + Greenville Health System/University of South Carolina CMC-Northeast Medical Center, Cabarrus, General Surgery North Carolina Family Medicine Katherine Laura Tison Sook Kyung Yoon Indiana University School of Medicine Medicine-Pediatrics Memorial Health-University Medical Center, Georgia Medicine-Preliminary Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Lydia Song Youmans Rocco Joseph Cannistraro +♦ University of Texas Medical School, Houston Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Florida Pediatrics Neurology Michael Young Sylvan Charles Cox Halifax Medical Center, Florida University of New Mexico School of Medicine Family Medicine Internal Medicine Megan Lyndall Yu Saumya Dave + University of Florida College of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine/Beth-Israel, New York Shands Hospital Psychiatry Anesthesiology Logesh Dharmar Quincy Xue-Ying Zhong Maimonides Medical Center, New York University of Virginia Emergency Medicine Psychiatry Jeffrey John Donahue + Chelsea Ferguson Zimmerman Atlanta Medical Center, Georgia University of Florida College of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery Shands Hospital Pediatrics Joanna Beth Eldredge North Shore-LIJ Health System, New York Internal Medicine GRU-UGA MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP Kristina Lee Falkenstrom Medical College of Georgia Roberto Aguilera General Surgery Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University, Nicholas Scott Fitzpatrick North Carolina C Medicine-Emergency Medicine Medical University of South Carolina Pediatrics Theodora Lee Brandon ♦ Gregory Scott Foster Jackson Memorial Hospital, FL Medicine-Pediatrics Medical University of South Carolina Anesthesiology Brian Nicholas Brewer Monica Denice Gavaller GRU-UGA Medical Partnership St. Mary’s Healthcare System, GA Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Wesley Nathan Bryson ♦ Nigel Steven George Trident Medical Center, South Carolina Denver Health Medical Center, Colorado Transitional-MUSC Emergency Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital Natalie Nicholson Giles Radiology-Diagnostic Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Nicholas Gaston Callihan Internal Medicine University of Texas Medical School, Houston Alexander Guile Emergency Medicine Kaiser Permanente-Riverside, California Family Medicine Page 17 Georgia Regents University Medical College of Georgia
Dave Raj Gupta Courtney Peteet Raybon Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia University of California-San Francisco Internal Medicine Surgery-Preliminary Christopher D’Marius Jackson Zachery Williams Rohm University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Internal Medicine Medicine Preliminary/Neurology Evan Gregory Jones Aison Charruf Ruch Alaska Family Medicine/Providence Hospital Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina Family Medicine Emergency Medicine Jennifer Margaret Kent Andrew Justin Ruege LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Louisiana Greenville Health System/University of South Carolina Surgery-Preliminary Psychiatry Urology Michael Hugh Schecter Boris Vladimir Kovalenko Medical University of South Carolina University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals Neurology Orthopaedic Surgery Benjamin Parker Smith + Russell Warren Ledford + ♦ Medical College of Georgia Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Lindsey Etheridge Sweat Ari Samuel Levine Anderson Area Medical Center, South Carolina Toledo Hospital, Ohio Family Medicine Family Medicine Eric J. Wang Brett Alexander Magner + Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania Oregon Health & Science University Surgery-Preliminary Family Medicine Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland Anesthesiology Matthew Reece Meng Medical College of Georgia Wittstatt Alexandra Whitaker-Lea Orthopaedic Surgery Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Neurological Surgery Andrew Lamar Miller ♦ Walter Reed Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine NORTHWEST CAMPUS
Sagal Yusuf Mohamed William Christopher Harding University of Tennessee St. Thomas Hospitals University of Virginia Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Thomas Anthony Olinger ♦ Sung Gon Lee University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor Plastic Surgery (Integrated) University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville General Surgery
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Emily Anne King • Elizabeth J. Schmidt Jackson Memorial Hospital, Florida Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Morgan Leigh Montgomery • Anne Louise Staigle Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Anesthesiology Greenville Health System/University of South Carolina Obstetrics/Gynecology Kyana Morton • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina Bianca Marie Whitten Internal Medicine Case Western/MetroHealth Medical Center, Ohio Emergency Medicine Ziyad Nasrawi • New York Methodist Hospital SOUTHEAST CAMPUS General Surgery Narra Santosh Reddy •+
David A. Apatov • Beaumont Health System, Michigan Surgery-Preliminary Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Anesthesiology Brent Andrew Sager • Andrew Chi • Mountain Area Health Education Center, North Carolina Obstetrics/Gynecology St Joseph Hospital SCL Health, Colorado Surgery-Preliminary Michael Thomas Simmons •+ ♦ University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver University of South Alabama Hospitals Radiology-Diagnostic General Surgery Angela Claire Coker • Claire Brey White • All Children’s Hospital, Florida Pediatrics Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Florida Family Medicine Drew Alexander Gunio • Icahn School of Medicine Beth-Israel, New York Daniel Andrew Wilkinson • Surgery-Preliminary Greenville Health System/University of South Carolina Icahn School of Medicine St. Luke’s, Roosevelt-New York Surgery-Preliminary Radiology, Diagnostic
Andrew Tyler Heffernan • ♦ Eastern VA Medical School Otolaryngology
Jessica Brooks Howell • ♦ Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Otolaryngology
Heather Corinne Jekot • ♦ Florida Hospital Orlando Family Medicine
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Donna Marie Boucher * Orlando Health, Florida Obstetrics/Gynecology Aleiya Justasia Butler * Medical College of Georgia Psychiatry William Clayton Hartley * Defer Residency Zachary Derek Hudson * Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Psychiatry
Michael V. Pham * University of Florida College of Medicine, Shands Hospital Pediatrics Gloria Jean Sayer * Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, New York Obstetrics/Gynecology Sarah Lucillia Zadeh * University of Virginia Pathology
* PLAC Graduates (Physician Leadership and Advocacy Certificate Program) • HOPE Graduates (Health of the Population and Environment Certificate Program) ♦ Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Inductees + Gold Humanism Honor Society ** M.D./Ph.D. Program Graduate
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The Class of 2015 gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia. The class has selected the following faculty members to participate in the presentation of the hoods.
AUGUSTA CAMPUS Dr. T. Andy Albritton Dr. Shilpa Brown Dr. Greer Falls Dr. John Fisher Dr. Robyn Hatley Dr. Lisa Leggio Dr. Kathleen McKie Dr. Walter Moore Dr. Dale Sickles Dr. Jennifer Tucker
GRU-UGA MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP (Athens) Dr. Howard Cohen Dr. Stephen Lucas Dr. Michele Monteil Dr. Jonathan Murrow
NORTHWEST CAMPUS (Rome)
Dr. Paul Brock Dr. Dixon Freeman
SOUTHEAST CAMPUS (Savannah, Brunswick) Dr. John Odom Dr. Darrin Strickland
SOUTHWEST CAMPUS (Albany) Dr. Darrell Jordan Dr. Granville Simmons
A special thanks to the Georgia Regents Medical Associates and the Medical College of Georgia Foundation for their financial support of Hooding. Our thanks to the GRU Division of Communications and Marketing; Jennifer Scott, Senior Communications Coordinator; Megan Gibson, Senior Project Coordinator, MCG Office of Academic Affairs, for the coordinating and design of this MCG Hooding Program.
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AWARDS AND HONORS
Physicians Leadership and Advocacy Certificate (PLAC), during the clinical years of medical students’ education, the Southwest Campus offers an additional educational certificate, enhancing the role and responsibilities of physicians within their community of health care providers. The PLAC encompasses two years of additional training, including lectures, readings, electives, and a comprehensive project and presentation to the local health care community. The course syllabus includes leadership skills, legal issues, advocacy, public health interface, medical ethics, conflict resolution and an overarching review of the health care systems locally, nationally, and internationally. Students who have successfully completed the certificate program are recognized during the medical school’s hooding ceremony for their worthwhile endeavors to accomplish new skills, better preparing them for the workplace upon completion of their respective residency training.
Health of the Population and Environment Certificate (HOPE), during the clinical years of medical students’ education, the Southeast Campus offers an additional educational certificate, which addresses the need for physicians to have both medical training for clinical expertise and public health education to address the needs of their patients. The population-health perspective recognizes interdependency of health and societal factors such as the environment, socioeconomic status, physical, emotional, and social functioning, and lifestyle on patients, populations, and communities. The program includes courses in principles of public health, maternal and child health, evidence-based medicine, health systems, health policy, environmental and global health, a community-based research project, and a population health experience in the region of the student’s choice. Students who have successfully completed the certificate program are recognized during the medical school’s hooding ceremony for their worthwhile endeavors to assess the health needs of a specific population, implement and evaluate interventions to improve the health of that population, and provide care for individual patients in the context of the culture, health status, and health needs of the population of which that patient is a member.
Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA), was founded in 1902, is the world’s only national medical honor society. Its purpose is to recognize and foster excellence in the medical community. Founded in 1926, the alpha of Georgia chapter of AΩA is the oldest in the state. Alpha Omega Alpha is dedicated to the belief that in the profession of medicine we will improve care for all by recognizing high edicational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others. Election into AΩA is an honor signifying a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. A lifelong honor, membership in the society confers recognition for a physician’s dedication to the profession and art of healing.
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The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) was founded in 1988 with the power of an idea — to nurture and preserve the tradition of the caring physician. This society honors medical students, residents, role-model physician teachers, and other exemplars recognized for “demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service.” The GHHS is dedicated to recognize, support, and promote the values of humanism and professionalism in medicine. The Society is committed to working within and beyond medical education to inspire, nurture, and sustain lifelong advocates and activists for patient-centered medical care.
The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards, one for a graduating medical student and one for a medical school faculty member, are sponsored by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. These awards are presented annually for a graduating student and faculty member at 97 of the nation’s medical schools. This award is presented to the student and faculty member who best demonstrate the Foundation’s ideals of outstanding compassion in the delivery of care, respect for patients, their families, and health care colleagues, as well as demonstrated clinical excellence.
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA LEADERSHIP
Peter F. Buckley, MD Dean Interim CEO, Georgia Regents Medical Center and Georiga Regents Medical Associates Interim Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Georgia Regents University
DEAN’S SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Paul M. Wallach, MD Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Barbara L. Schuster, MD, MS, MACP Campus Dean, GRU/UGA Medical Partnership Kathryn Martin, PhD, MPA Associate Dean for Regional Campus Coordination T. Andrew Albritton, MD, MACP Senior Associate Dean for Curriculum Renee Page, MD Associate Dean for Curriculum Walter J. Moore, MD, MACP Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Veterans Affairs Anthony L. Mulloy, PhD, DO Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Charbonnier Professor of Medicine Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD Assistant Dean for Global Translational Research Kevin C. Dellsperger, MD, PhD Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Georgia Regents Medical Center Kimberly Loomer, EdD, MA Associate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs Stewart Shevitz, MD Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Fourth Year Class Eric Lewkowiez, MD Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Third Year Class D. Greer Falls III, MD Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Second Year Class Lynette Bauza, MD Associate Dean for Student Affairs, First Year Class Andria M. Thomas, PhD Associate Dean for Evaluation, Accreditation, and Continuous Quality Improvement Gina N. Duncan, MD Associate Dean for Admissions Ralph A. Gillies, PhD, MS Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development
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Denise Kornegay, MSW Associate Dean for Area Health Education Centers John Francis, MD, PhD Campus Associate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership Shelly A. Nuss, MD Campus Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership W. Scott Richardson, MD Campus Associate Dean for Curriculum, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership C. Granville Simmons, MD ’73 Campus Associate Dean, Southwest Campus Sandra C. Mobley, PhD, RN Campus Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Southwest Campus T. Wayne Rentz, MD ’72 Campus Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Southeast Campus Leonard D. Reeves Sr., MD Campus Assistant Dean, Northwest Campus Jeanette K. Balotin, MPA, MA Chief of Staff Joel Covar Director of Operations BASIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Matthew A. Boegehold, PhD Chairman, Basic Sciences GRU/UGA Medical Partnership Varghese George, PhD Chairman, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Shuang Huang, PhD Interim Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Lin Mei, PhD Chairman, Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Neuroscience Sylvia B. Smith, PhD Regents’ Professor and Chairwoman, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy Alvin V. Terry Jr., PhD Regents’ Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology R. Clinton Webb, PhD Regents’ Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology, Herbert S. Kupperman, MD Chair in Cardiovascular Disease
CLINICAL DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Cargill H. Alleyne Jr., MD Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Marshall B. Allen Jr., MD Distinguished Chair in Neurology
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Michael P. Diamond, MD Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, William H. Brooks, MD Distinguished Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Dean for Research David C. Hess, MD Chairman, Department of Neurology, Presidential Distinguished Chair Joseph Hobbs, MD ’74 Chairman, Department of Family Medicine, Georgia Academy of Family Physicians Joseph W. Tollison, MD Distinguished University Chair, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Primary Care Nancy M. Hockley, MD Chairwoman, Clinical Sciences, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership Charles G. Howell Jr., MD ’73 Chairman, Department of Surgery, Moretz/Mansberger Distinguished Chair in Surgery D. Monte Hunter, MD Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Dr. Charles Goodrich Henry and Carolyn Howell Henry Distinguished Chair of Orthopedics Stilianos E. Kountakis, MD, PhD Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology Edward S. Proubsky Distinguished Chair Charles W. Linder, MD Chairman, Department of Pediatrics Michael P. Madaio, MD Chairman, Department of Medicine, Virgil P. Sydenstricker, MD Endowed Chair W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Case Distinguished University Chair of Psychiatry and Health Behavior Steffen E. Meiler, MD Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Waleed F. Mourad, MD Interim Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology Julian J. Nussbaum, MD Chairman, Department of Opthamology, Assistant Dean for Ambulatory Care Services James V. Rawson, MD Chairman, Department of Radiology and Imaging, P.L., J. Luther, Ada Warren Professorship of Radiology Amyn M. Rojiani, MD, PhD Chairman, Department of Pathology, Edgar R. Pund, MD Distinguished Chair in Pathology Richard B. Schwartz, MD Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Services RESEARCH CENTERS David J. Fulton, PhD, MS Director, Vascular Biology Center Gregory Harshfield, PhD Director, Georgia Prevention Institute Dorothy A. Hahn, MD Chair in Pediatrics
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Jin-Xiong She, PhD, MS Director, Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Georgia Research Alliance Bradley Turner Eminent Scholar Chair in Genomic Medicine SPECIAL GUESTS
James L. Olds, PhD Assistant Director for the Directorate of Biological Sciences, National Science Foundation S. Wright Caughman, MD Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Maria Andrews, MS, FACHE Medical Director, Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center Joseph P. Bailey Jr., MD Emeritus, Associate Dean for Clinical Services Colonel John Bojescul, MD Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Army Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Buffi Boyd, MD ’99 President, Medical College of Georgia Alumni Association Julie Coffman Barnes, MD, FACP Chief Medical Officer, Redmond Regional Medical Center Dan DeLoach, MD ’74 Member, Georgia Medical Composite Board Lois T. Ellison, MD ’50 Medical Historian in Residence, Provost Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Surgery Paul Ferguson, MD Chairman, Northwest Campus Advisory Committee Christopher Melcher, JD Vice President and General Counsel, Georgia Regents University James B. Osborne Sr., EdD President and CEO, Medical College of Georgia Foundation Doug Patten, MD, FACS Chief Medical Officer, Georgia Hospital Association Steven Scott, MPH, FACHE Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgia Regents Medical Center Amanda Hopkins Tirrell, MBA, FACHE Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgia Regents Medical Associates Pam Whitten, PhD Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost University of Georgia Jack Yu, MD Chairman, Georgia Regents Medical Associates Milford B. Hatcher Professor and Chief of Plastic Surgery
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TRADITION OF HOODING
The “hood” that is part of the academic costume was originally designed as a head covering to keep tonsured heads warm in cold, unheated buildings. It dates back to the medieval days of some of the oldest universities in the world. Today, hoods are the most expressive part of the academic costume. They not only indicate the field of study which has been completed, but the degree and the institution’s colors. The hooding ceremony signifies a scholarly personal achievement. Graduated members (senior leaders, faculty, and special hooders) of the profession place the hood on the student as a symbol of their passage from student status to graduate status. The hoods of the Medical College of Georgia are worn proudly with silver, blue, and red as well as the color of medicine, green.
MACE
The Medical College of Georgia mace was donated by the MCG Foundation in observance of the foundation’s 60th anniversary and dedicated to the memory of Dr. J. Harold Harrison. The mace represents the authority of its bearer to protect MCG, its community, and its values.
The mace stands three-and-one-half feet tall. It is comprised of antique bronze and sculpted dark walnut. Its headpiece is circled by the seals of the state of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Medical College of Georgia, and the MCG Foundation. The headpiece is capped by a bronze replica of the old Medical College of Georgia building to honor the history and prominence of this venerable institution. A bronze band in the dark walnut staff is inscribed with this dedication:
Given in memory of Dr. J. Harold Harrison by the Medical College of Georgia Foundation in commemoration of its sixtieth anniversary. 2014
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MILITARY OATH OF COMMISSION
When medical students who have participated in the U.S. military Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) graduate and receive their MD degrees, they take their oath as commissioned officers in the military. The ceremony of taking this oath is included in our hooding program. We are proud of the members of the Medical College of Georgia class who choose to serve their country as members of the medical corps of our armed services.
The HPSP, established in 1972, offers medical students the ability to complete medical education without accumulating academic debt. In exchange for the scholarship, graduates serve a term as medical military officers. The program is competitive, and receiving the scholarship is an honor. Selection is based on undergraduate GPA, MCAT, letters of recommendation, personal statements, physical fitness, and other criteria. The scholarship program graduates between 275-300 physicians each year. Since inception, more than 10,000 physicians have graduated nationally through this program and 85 percent of military physicians have been HPSP recipients.
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THE HISTORY
The Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University traces its roots to 1822, when Dr. Milton Antony led a group of Augusta physicians to ask the General Assembly to incorporate the Medical Society of Augusta, Georgia. Antony further advanced this initiative to upgrade the training of physicians when he spearheaded the State Board of Medical Examiners to regulate medical practice.
In 1826, Dr. Antony began teaching apprentices. He and Dr. Joseph Adams Eve received a state charter in December 1828 to establish a Medical Academy of Georgia. The founding faculty – Drs. Antony, Ignatius P. Garvin, and Lewis D. Ford, who was named dean – opened the academy in 1829. Its first seven students enrolled in a one-year course of lectures and clinical training, leading to the bachelor of medicine degree. In December 1829, the governor signed a legislative act altering the charter of 1828 by expanding the curriculum to two years, culminating in a doctor of medicine degree, and changing the name to the Medical Institute of Georgia.
The college’s name was first changed to the Medical College of Georgia in 1833. Over the next many years, MCG mirrored national efforts to improve physician education, moving to a three-year curriculum in 1893, and to four years just a few years later. The first female student, Loree Florence, was admitted in 1921. The 1950s brought a surge in growth that included the opening of the college’s own teaching
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hospital, Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital, and the class size reaching 100. The first black students, John T. Harper Sr. and Frank M. Rumph Sr., were admitted in 1967. A major addition to the hospital, the Sydenstricker Wing, opened in 1976; ambulatory and critical care towers were added in 1992; and the children’s hospital opened in 1998.
The university’s name was changed to Georgia Health Sciences University in 2011 to better reflect the expanded academic offerings, which also began in the 1950s, and included nursing, allied health, dentistry, and biomedical sciences. The name Medical College of Georgia was retained for the medical school. An even stronger research university, Georgia Regents University, emerged in early 2013 with the consolidation of GHSU and the liberal arts university Augusta State University.
During more recent years, MCG has continued to strengthen its curriculum, with an integrated approach that enables students to learn medicine more like they will practice medicine, more small group learning, and early experience with patients.
As the public medical school for a state that consistently ranks among the top 10 in population and population growth, the school also has expanded its class size and reach across the four corners of the state.
The medical school now has more than 135 clinical sites across the state, anchored by four regional campuses. This distribution model of education enables strong clinical experience for a large number of students as it provides exposure to a broad range of care, from complex care facilities to more rural solo practices. Ideally, the experiences also will ultimately impact what and where students choose to practice. MCG opened its first regional campus, the Southwest Campus based in Albany, in 2005; the Southeast Campus, based in Savannah and Brunswick, in 2007; and the Northwest Campus, based in Rome, in 2013. A second, four-year campus partnership with the University of Georgia, the GRU-UGA Medical Partnership, opened in 2010, enabling a rapid expansion of the class size.
Today, with a class size of 230 students, MCG has the ninth-largest freshman class in the nation, and total enrollment is the 10th largest. The J. Harold Harrison, MD Education Commons, a new academic home for the medical school, which opened this fall, helps enable MCG’s ongling initiative to meet the physician needs of Georgia.
Page 31 Office of the Dean REGIONAL CAMPUSES: Medical College of Georgia Georgia Regents University MEDICAL COLLEGE Albany, Savannah/Brunswick, AA-1002, Augusta, GA 30912 Rome, and Athens (four-year [email protected] OF GEORGIA campus, UGA partnership) Dean’s Office: 706-721-2231 Clinical training offered at Admissions: 706-721-3186 SINCE 1828 AUGUSTA, GA 135 sites statewide Financial Aid: 706-737-1524 GME Office: 706-721-7005 2015 FACT SHEET STUDENTS FACULTY ALUMNI
181 part-time 2,556 1,823 community-clinical/adjunct TOTAL STAFF: 1 IN 5 552 GA PHYSICIANS ARE 95% 680 TOTAL 920 full- MCG ALUMS OR ARE 629 full-time 230 time COMPLETED A per FROM 51 part-time MCG/GRHEALTH RESIDENCY class GA 14 AMERICA’S TOP DOCTORS 30-40 percent 2,684 applicants 65 IN BEST DOCTORS; 50 ENDOWED CHAIRS practice primary care 11.7 to 1 acceptance ratio Over 11,270 located; live in GA GPA 3.73 overall RESEARCH 5,289 (above national average) EMPHASIS: Cardiovascular Biology and Disease, MCG is the beneficiary of programmatic MCAT 31.3 mean Cancer, Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, support by the Georgia Research Alliance, (at national average) Public and Preventive Health, Regenerative and which is an internationally acclaimed model Reparative Medicine, Personalized Medicine and for bringing business, research universities Genomics and state government together to create and Tuition sustain a vibrant, technology-driven economy $27,802 + fees, resident 74TH NATIONALLY for the state. MCG has eight GRA Eminent $55,606 + fees, non-resident NIH Research Grants Scholars, who lead extraordinary research and development programs. 26 MD/PhD 96 Total FY2014 Extramural 487 Residents and Fellows ST in 44 programs Grants and Contracts 1 in GA 8TH NATIONALLY 156 Postdoctoral Fellows FOR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FUNDING
44 NIH Funding TH MILLIONS OF $ 22 ACADEMIC 76 DEPARTMENTS BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS FOR RESEARCH
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FY2015 BUDGET $294,983,361
Dr. Peter F. Buckley, a psychiatrist whose 50 PERCENT OF MCG STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH expertise includes leadership development and planning, was named 26th dean in 2011. gru.edu/mcg THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE ABOUT GRU OF GEORGIA, GEORGIA’S ONLY PUBLIC MEDICAL SCHOOL, SPANS FROM ITS FOUNDING Georgia Regents University, home of the Medical College of Georgia, is one of four public comprehensive research NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO, AS ONE OF THE institutions in Georgia. It includes nine colleges and schools NATION’S FIRST MEDICAL SCHOOLS, TO ITS with nearly 9,000 students, 1,000 full-time faculty members, CURRENT ROLE OPTIMIZING HEALTH CARE IN 7,000 staff members, and 125 educational programs. GRU is also home to the state’s only dental school, an aligned and GEORGIA AND BEYOND THROUGH EDUCATION, integrated health system, a growing intercollegiate athletics DISCOVERY, AND SERVICE. program, and the highly respected Hull College of Business, among other units.
OUR STUDENTS FUNDING AND PHILANTHROPY
MCG has the ninth largest freshman class and 10th largest Enhancing philanthropy remains a top priority for medical total enrollment in the nation. The new educational home college leadership. In 2013, the MCG Foundation received an of MCG, the J. Harold Harrison, MD, Education Commons, unprecedented $66 million gift from noted vascular surgeon opened in 2014. and MCG alumnus, the late Dr. J. Harold Harrison. That gift MCG students volunteer extensively in the community, is creating 10 endowed chairs and 48 scholarships over the including staffing an after-hours health care clinic for next five years. Augusta’s homeless and uninsured, tutoring disadvantaged The current MCG endowment at the Medical College of youth, and running a farmer’s market that offers produce Georgia Foundation is $162.2 million, an all-time high. and ideas on healthy eating to inner city residents. The class of 2018 included 98 women, 132 men, and 5 students who were accepted into the MD/PhD program. OUR MAIN CAMPUS MCG students regularly perform at the top: First-time taker pass rate and mean scores for Step 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination are consistent- GRU and MCG are based in Augusta, Ga., a beautiful city ly at or above the national average. In 2015, 220 MCG senior on the banks of the Savannah River, which offers an eclectic students obtained residencies in 18 specialties in 35 states blend of big-city amenities with small-town ambiance. The and 40 percent matched in primary care. A record 30 per- Augusta area, which has a population of about a half million, cent stayed in Georgia, 20 percent at GRHealth. Their match is an established health care destination in the Southeast, rate was 97.7 percent, higher than the national average. with facilities that include the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Augusta is also home to the internationally renowned Masters® Golf Tournament. OUR HEALTH SYSTEM
n 478-bed adult and 154-bed children’s hospitals GRU/UGA PARTNERSHIP n over 19,000 admissions in FY2014 Four-year Campus, ROME n 360,250 outpatient visits 40 Freshmen n 85,273 emergency room visits n nearly $41 million in charity care NORTHWEST n CAMPUS 13-county region’s only Level 1 adult Third- and and pediatric trauma centers Fourth-year, MAIN CAMPUS 18 students ATHENS Four-years, GRHealth also includes the Medical Office 190 Freshmen Building, with more than 80 outpatient practice sites in one building. A variety of AUGUSTA other centers and units include the Digestive Health, Georgia Radiation Therapy, Sports SOUTHEAST Medicine, and Cancer centers. The health CAMPUS system has strategic clinical alliances Third- and across the state, including an affiliation Fourth-year, 38 students with Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for SOUTHWEST Rehabilitation and a long-standing relationship CAMPUS to manage health care for 59 prison facilities Third- and SAVANNAH for the Georgia Department of Corrections. Fourth-year, 20 students ALBANY
BRUNSWICK
Clinical Practice Sites Hometowns of Classes of 2013-15 Located Alums