Medical College of Georgia

The Medical College of Georgia, the founding school of Georgia Health Sciences University, offers clinical training in approximately 100 sites across the state offering the full spectrum of medicine, from tertiary/quaternary care hospitals to small-town solo practices. The experience is anchored by MCG’s main campus in Augusta as well as regional clinical campuses for third- and fourth-year students and a four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. Research initiatives focus on illnesses that affect most Georgians and Americans, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and obesity/diabetes. The sustained growth and productivity of the past decade is helping transform health in areas as diverse as childhood obesity, sickle cell disease and surgical recovery. MCG’s clinical service homes in on the diverse needs of the state and nation as well, offering everything from frontline wellness care to complex care for the sickest adults and children. MCG’s faculty share their expertise with physicians and patients at about 80 clinics and hospitals statewide and utilize technology, developed at MCG, to virtually travel to the bedside of stroke patients.

Mission: The mission of the Georgia Health Sciences University Medical College of Georgia is to improve the health of Georgians. The last decade for the Georgia Health Sciences University Medical College of Georgia has yielded strategic, phenomenal growth in educational, research and clinical initiatives in diseases affecting every family in Georgia and the United States. Growth in areas such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, is validated by unprecedented research funding and clinical activity as well as a re-chiseling of the face of MCG, Georgia’s health sciences university. These initiatives are reflected in five discovery institutes being launched to enhance collaboration between basic and clinician scientists. The discovery institutes – Brain & Behavior, Cardiovascular, Diabetes & Obesity, Immunologic and Vision Science – will more efficiently advance patient treatment and disease prevention.

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