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Georgia Regents University Medical College of Georgia

1120 15th Street . Augusta, GA 30912 . [email protected] . gru.edu/mcg

Medical College of Georgia179th Graduating Class

Hooding Ceremony 2015

Medical College of Georgia179th Graduating Class

MAY 7, 2015

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


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 that brought 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 that we, 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, MDDean, Medical College of GeorgiaInterim CEO, Georgia Regents Medical Center and Georgia Regents Medical AssociatesInterim Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Georgia Regents University

REFLECTIONS OF THE DEAN

Great Doctors, Great Medicine Since 1828


PROGRAM

PROCESSIONAL Orchestra

Works by Handel, Purcell, Mozart, Bach(audience seated)

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONSPaul 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 WELCOMEGretchen B. Caughman, PhD

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Georgia Regents University

DEAN’S ADDRESSPeter F. Buckley, MD

Dean, Medical College of GeorgiaInterim CEO, Georgia Regents Medical Center and Georgia Regents Medical Associates

Interim Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Georgia Regents University

INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKERDr. Buckley

HOODING ADDRESS Threads of Connection: Biology and Medicine in the 21st century

James L. Olds, PhDAssistant Director, Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

National Science Foundation

AWARD PRESENTATIONSDr. Wallach

INTERLUDEJohn Caldwell, ’15


THE HOODING TRADITIONLois T. Ellison, MD ’50

Medical Historian in Residence, Provost Emeritus,Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Surgery

PRESENTATION OF CLASSKimberly Vess Loomer, EdD, MA

Associate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs, Medical College of GeorgiaStewart Shevitz, MD, MSHA

Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Fourth Year Class T. Andrew Albritton, MD, MACP

Senior Associate Dean for Curriculum, Medical College of GeorgiaT. Wayne Rentz, MD ’72

Campus Associate Dean, Southeast Campus, Medical College of GeorgiaSandra Mobley, PhD, RN

Campus Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Southwest Campus, Medical College of GeorgiaLeonard Reeves, MD

Campus Assistant Dean, Northwest Campus, Medical College of GeorgiaScott Richardson, MD

Campus Associate Dean for Curriculum, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership

PRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC HOODSMedical College of Georgia Faculty

Selected by the Class of 2015

RECEIVING THE CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATIONDr. BuckleyDr. Wallach

Barbara L. Schuster, MD, MS, MACPCampus Dean, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership

REMARKSThe Art of Medicine

S. Wright Caughman, MDExecutive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University

CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center

HIPPOCRATIC OATH (MODIFIED)Dr. Schuster

CLASS PRESIDENT’S ADDRESSLael Reinstatler, ’15

Augusta Campus


Michael Schecter, ’15GRU-UGA Medical Partnership

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INDUCTIONBuffi Boyd, MD ’99

President, Medical College of Georgia Alumni Association

U.S. MILITARY OFFICER OATH OF OFFICEColonel John Bojescul, MD

Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Chief Medical OfficerU.S. Army Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center

CLOSING REMARKSDr. Wallach

RECESSIONAL Orchestra

Works by Handel, Mozart, Clarke(audience seated)

RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWINGAugusta Convention Center Courtyard

Reynolds StreetAugusta

MACE BEARERJatinder J. Bhatia, MBBS

President, Medical College of Georgia Faculty Senate

HONORARY MARSHALSLeslie Petch-Lee, PhD

Campus Assistant Dean for CurriculumGRU-UGA Medical Partnership

Joseph Hobbs, MD ’74Georgia Academy of Family Physicians

Joseph W. Tollison, MD Distinguished University ChairChairman, Department of Family Medicine

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Primary CareKatherine Menezes

President, Class of 2017Drew Willey

Secretary/Treasurer, Class of 2017D. David Davis

President, Class of 2018Edwin Shoemaker

Secretary/Treasurer, Class of 2018


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 HIPPOCRATIC TRADITIONThe Oath (Modified)

The Hooding Ceremony formally acknowledges medical studentachievement through the administration of the Hippocratic Oath.


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.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER


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.

THE ART OF MEDICINE


MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA Mission, Vision, & Values

MISSIONTo lead Georgia and the nation to better health through excellence in biomedical education, discovery, patient

care, and service.

VISIONMCG 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.

VALUESCollegiality

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


CLASS OF 2015Augusta Campus

Jeffrey AhlstedtEinstein/Montefiore Medical Center, New YorkPathology

Summer Nameer AldrughUniversity of Massachusetts Medical SchoolInternal Medicine

Jennifer Kelly Anderson ♦LSUHSC-Shreveport, LouisianaMedicine-Preliminary

Aubrey Marie Armento + ♦University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverPediatrics

Zuhha AshrafUniversity of Southern CaliforniaPathology

Merius-Russell Teba AtangchoUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, WichitaFamily Medicine

William Douglas BakerPalmetto Health, Richland, South CarolinaInternal Medicine

Danielle Elizabeth BayerUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, BirminghamInternal Medicine

Daniel Rahe BelewMedical College of GeorgiaSurgery-PreliminaryMedical College of GeorgiaUrology

Carmen Gabrielle BlackHospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPsychiatry

Evan BradyEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Bryan Richard BroachMedical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Elliott Boyd Burdette ♦ Emory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaPathology

Mary Elizabeth Burriss + ♦University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PennsylvaniaObstetrics/Gynecology


William Brian BushUniversity of Tennessee St. Thomas HospitalsInternal Medicine

Benjamin Rhett ButlerUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, MontgomeryInternal Medicine

Michael Ruochen CaiDrexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital, PennsylvaniaMedicine-PreliminaryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New YorkRadiology-Diagnostic

Austin Joseph CailSpartanburg Regional Healthcare, South CarolinaTransitionalBarnes-Jewish Hospital, MissouriRadiology-Diagnostic

John Price Caldwell Jr. +Boston University Medical Center, MassachusettsInternal Medicine

Nayer Canton VafabakhshMemorial Health-University Medical Center, GeorgiaPediatrics

Anna Carol CarterUniversity Hospital, Jackson, MississippiObstetrics/Gynecology

Lindsey Page Carter +Greenville Health System/University of South CarolinaObstetrics/Gynecology

Christopher Youngs Caughman ♦ Emory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryEmory UniversityNeurology

Amanda Claire ChaffinMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Alice ChanEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaPediatrics

Andy Ling Chang ♦Icahn School of Medicine St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, New YorkOrthopaedic Surgery

Puja Chebrolu + ♦ Barnes-Jewish Hospital, MissouriInternal Medicine

Hana ChoAnderson Area Medical Center, South CarolinaFamily Medicine

Curtis Howard Cleveland +University of Vermont Medical CenterSurgery-PreliminaryUniversity of Vermont College of MedicineUrology

Zachary Aaron ColbaughBaptist Health System, AlabamaTransitionalUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, BirminghamAnesthesiology

Caroline Grace ColdenMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Kathryn CroweMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Aaron Cunningham + ♦Oregon Health & Science UniversityGeneral Surgery

Carolyn Cutler ♦Harbor-UCLA Med Center, CaliforniaEmergency Medicine

Lauren Cherie DanielsFlorida Hospital, Orlando, FloridaFamily Medicine


Kimberly Mailinh Dao ♦ Emory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaPediatrics

David Brooks DuffMedical University of South CarolinaAnesthesiology

Robert Hunter Dunlap, III + ♦ Swedish Medical Center, WashingtonSurgery-PreliminaryJohns Hopkins Hospital, MarylandRadiology-Diagnostic

Phu Thanh DuongSt. Joseph’s Hospital, ArizonaNeurology

Alexander James EasonMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Rachel Elizabeth Elam ♦Barnes-Jewish Hospital, MissouriPathology Anatomical/Clinical & Anatomical Pathology

Christopher Lee EllingtonMedical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Thomas Julian Ergen +Palmetto Health Richland, South CarolinaOrthopaedic Surgery

Erik Randall EwingFloyd Medical Center, GeorgiaFamily Medicine

Hunter Allen Faircloth +Medical College of GeorgiaEmergency Medicine

Nasir Husain FakhriRhode Island Hospital/Brown UniversityMedicine-PreliminaryRhode Island Hospital/Brown UniversityNeurology

Zachary James FarmerMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Amina FarooqDefer Residency

Fiyinfoluwa FawoleLoma Linda University, CaliforniaFamily Medicine-Preventative Medicine

Opeoluwa Olufolakemi Fawole +Jackson Memorial Hospital, FloridaOtolaryngology

William Lee Forehand, IIIMedical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Evan Hamilton FountainMedical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Christopher Miles FowlerPalmetto Health, Richland, South CarolinaPediatrics

Diana Markovna FridlyandMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

David GayVirginia Commonwealth University Health SystemGeneral Surgery

Ryan Michael HarkinsMedical College of GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryUniversity of Arizona Affiliated HospitalsAnesthesiology

Amber Stanley Henson +Mountain Area Health Education Center, North CarolinaFamily Medicine

Zachary Samuel HoffmannMedical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine


Maria Cristina IsalesMcGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, IllinoisPathology

James Alexander Isom +University of Florida College of Medicine,Shands HospitalPathology

Rita JenUniversity of Michigan Hospital, Ann ArborSurgery-Preliminary University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann ArborUrology

Jenny JiaBoston University Medical Center, MassachusettsMedicine-Preventative Medicine

Daniel Lee Johnson + ♦ University of Southern CaliforniaEmergency Medicine

John Wesley JohnsonMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Steven Michael JohnsonUniversity of North Carolina HospitalsPathology

Thomas Michael Johnson ♦ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TennesseeEmergency Medicine

Matthew C. Jones + ♦ Medical College of GeorgiaOrthopaedic Surgery

Hena JoshiEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaTransitional/RadiologyEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaRadiology-Diagnostic

John Michael KelleySt. Anthony North Hospital, ColoradoFamily Medicine

Susan KimUniversity of Michigan Hospital, Ann ArborFamily Medicine

Anna Mariah KirschHennepin County Medical Center, MinnesotaEmergency Medicine

Amel KomicMedical College of GeorgiaGeneral Surgery

Morgan Elizabeth LaneGrand Strand Regional Medical Center, South CarolinaSurgery-PreliminaryMedical College of GeorgiaAnesthesiology

Mary Carroll Francis LeeCarilion ClinicVirginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineEmergency Medicine

Anna LegostaevUniversity of Texas Health Science Center-San AntonioPediatrics

Stuart Anthony LehnMedical University of South CarolinaAnesthesiology

Natanel LeibuTulane University School of Medicine, LouisianaNeurology

Austin Comer LivelyMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Amir Ali MakhmalbafWinthrop-University Hospital, New YorkInternal Medicine


William Lloyd MansourUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, BirminghamInternal Medicine

Rachel Riley MarksMedical College of GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryMedical College of GeorgiaDermatology

Christopher MartinSan Diego Naval HospitalGeneral Surgery

Manoj Chalakuzhy MathewMedical College of GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryUniversity of Texas Medical School, HoustonRadiology-Diagnostic

John Patrick McCaskeyFloyd Medical Center, GeorgiaFamily Medicine

John Bates McCutcheonMedical College of GeorgiaEmergency Medicine

Janelle Ann McGillMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Zubin MehtaDefer Residency

John Carol MercadoLSU School of Medicine, Baton Rouge, LouisianaEmergency Medicine

Shuaib MohammadMedical College of GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryWake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North CarolinaRadiology-Diagnostic

Arsezahra R. MominMedical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Robert MorganDefer Residency

Benjamin Douglas MoserWest Virginia University School of MedicineEmergency Medicine

Alexander Walker MurpheyMedical University of South CarolinaOtolaryngology

Justin Bowen NeislerDefer Residency

Kevin Erik NesbitMedical College of GeorgiaFamily Medicine

Kayce Lynn Newbern ♦ University of Kentucky Medical CenterObstetrics/Gynecology

David Thai NguyenMedical College of GeorgiaFamily Medicine

Joseph Blake NormanUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, BirminghamAnesthesiology

Adatee Ifeoma OkonkwoMorehouse School of Medicine, GeorgiaGeneral Surgery

Alexandra Ann Olney +Medical College of GeorgiaObstetrics/Gynecology

Christabell Chinonso OsakweMorehouse School of Medicine, GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, BirminghamRadiology, Diagnostic

Florence OthienoMedical University of South CarolinaOtolaryngology


Harshang PatelMedical College of GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, BirminghamRadiology-Diagnostic

Reena Manhar Patel +Medical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Jordan Johanssen Patton ♦ Medical College of GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryMedical College of GeorgiaOphthalmology

Katherine Leah PerofskyMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Jack Raymond Pines IIILSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LouisianaPhysical Medicine & Rehab

Mitra Dean PoorakKendall Regional Medical Center, FloridaGeneral Surgery

Matthew Richard Powell ♦ Medical College of GeorgiaPathology

Harry Ross PowersUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, Shands HospitalInternal Medicine

Eugene Adjei QuarshieMedical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Samuel D. Quaynor **University of Chicago Medical Center, IllinoisNeurology

Jaskaran RakkarPhoenix Children’s Hospital, ArizonaPediatrics

Karishma Gantla Reddy + ♦ University of North Carolina HospitalsPlastic Surgery (Integrated)

Lael Suzanne Reinstatler +Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New HampshireSurgery-PreliminaryDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New HampshireUrology

Emi Michelle Rendon PopeMemorial Health-University Medical Center, GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Harold Phillip Rivner ♦Jackson Memorial Hospital, FloridaInternal Medicine

Devin Rogers ♦ Vanderbilt Universtiy Medical Center, TennesseeEmergency Medicine

Jeffrey Mark RyckmanUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterRadiation Oncology

Yolanda Roberta SaffordMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Erica Danielle SappMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Lydia Williams SearcyMedical College of GeorgiaNeurology

Shadi Vida ShamsSt Joseph’s Hospital, ArizonaNeurology

Rebekah Syd Shaw ♦ Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.Pediatrics

Robert John Shelley Jr. ♦ Medical College of GeorgiaOrthopaedic Surgery

Tiffany Garsing SheuUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, Shands HospitalSurgery-Preliminary


Pia Anishka ShivdasaniMedical College of GeorgiaPediatrics

Thomas SmithGwinnett Medical CenterFamily Medicine

Robert Vaughn StarlingUniversity of New Mexico School of MedicineNeurological Surgery

Sandra Elizabeth Stepp + ♦ Medical College of GeorgiaEmergency Medicine

Lindsay Anne SternadVanderbilt University Medical Center, TennesseePediatrics

Jacob Aaron SwartzGeorgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.Psychiatry

Alison Joyce TammanyUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, MontgomeryInternal Medicine

Daniel Tanenbaum • ♦ Emory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaRadiation Oncology

Dantera TangpisuthipongsaSelf Regional Healthcare, South CarolinaFamily Medicine

Brandon James TaylorMedical College of GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Joseph Spears Tingen +Greenville Health System/University of South CarolinaGeneral Surgery

Katherine Laura TisonIndiana University School of MedicineMedicine-Pediatrics

Cindy Thanh TranUniversity of Tennessee St. Thomas HospitalsInternal Medicine

Evan John Van Peursem +University of Alabama Medical Center, BirminghamAnesthesiology

Victoria Claire VaughanUniversity of Alabama Medical Center, MontgomeryMedicine-Preliminary

Rosalie Shoshana VaymanMemorial Health-University Medical Center, GeorgiaPediatrics

Christopher L. Wallace + ♦ University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann ArborEmergency Medicine

Sarah Jo Wetherington ♦Presence Saint Francis Hospital, IllinoisTransitionalEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaDermatology

Jennifer Rene White ♦ Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Otolaryngology

Michael Broughten Whitlow ♦ Medical University of South CarolinaInternal Medicine

Garrison Patrick Wier + ♦ Colorado Health Foundation Transitional University of ColoradoOphthalmology

Ashley Marie Wilson + CMC-Northeast Medical Center, Cabarrus, North CarolinaFamily Medicine Sook Kyung Yoon Memorial Health-University Medical Center, GeorgiaMedicine-PreliminaryEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation


Lydia Song YoumansUniversity of Texas Medical School, HoustonPediatrics

Michael YoungHalifax Medical Center, FloridaFamily Medicine

Megan Lyndall YuUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, Shands HospitalAnesthesiology

Quincy Xue-Ying ZhongUniversity of VirginiaPsychiatry

Chelsea Ferguson ZimmermanUniversity of Florida College of Medicine,Shands HospitalPediatrics

GRU-UGAMEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

Roberto AguileraVidant Medical Center/East Carolina University, North Carolina CMedicine-Emergency Medicine

Theodora Lee Brandon ♦ Jackson Memorial Hospital, FLMedicine-Pediatrics

Brian Nicholas BrewerGRU-UGA Medical PartnershipSt. Mary’s Healthcare System, GAInternal Medicine

Wesley Nathan Bryson ♦ Trident Medical Center, South CarolinaTransitional-MUSCBarnes-Jewish HospitalRadiology-Diagnostic

Nicholas Gaston CallihanUniversity of Texas Medical School, HoustonEmergency Medicine

Rocco Joseph Cannistraro +♦Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, FloridaNeurology

Sylvan Charles CoxUniversity of New Mexico School of MedicineInternal Medicine

Saumya Dave +Icahn School of Medicine/Beth-Israel, New YorkPsychiatry

Logesh DharmarMaimonides Medical Center, New YorkEmergency Medicine

Jeffrey John Donahue +Atlanta Medical Center, GeorgiaOrthopaedic Surgery

Joanna Beth EldredgeNorth Shore-LIJ Health System, New YorkInternal Medicine

Kristina Lee FalkenstromMedical College of GeorgiaGeneral Surgery

Nicholas Scott FitzpatrickMedical University of South CarolinaPediatrics

Gregory Scott FosterMedical University of South CarolinaAnesthesiology

Monica Denice GavallerMorehouse School of Medicine, GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Nigel Steven GeorgeDenver Health Medical Center, ColoradoEmergency Medicine

Natalie Nicholson GilesEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Alexander GuileKaiser Permanente-Riverside, CaliforniaFamily Medicine


Dave Raj GuptaEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaInternal Medicine

Christopher D’Marius JacksonUniversity of Tennessee College of Medicine, MemphisInternal Medicine

Evan Gregory JonesAlaska Family Medicine/Providence HospitalFamily Medicine

Jennifer Margaret KentLSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Louisiana Surgery-PreliminaryUrology

Boris Vladimir KovalenkoUniversity of Washington Affiliated HospitalsOrthopaedic Surgery

Russell Warren Ledford + ♦ Johns Hopkins Hospital, MarylandInternal Medicine

Ari Samuel LevineToledo Hospital, OhioFamily Medicine

Brett Alexander Magner +Oregon Health & Science UniversityFamily Medicine

Matthew Reece MengMedical College of GeorgiaOrthopaedic Surgery

Andrew Lamar Miller ♦ Walter Reed Memorial HospitalInternal Medicine

Sagal Yusuf MohamedUniversity of Tennessee St. Thomas HospitalsInternal Medicine

Thomas Anthony Olinger ♦ University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann ArborPlastic Surgery (Integrated)

Courtney Peteet RaybonUniversity of California-San FranciscoSurgery-Preliminary

Zachery Williams RohmEmory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaMedicine Preliminary/Neurology

Aison Charruf RuchWake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North CarolinaEmergency Medicine

Andrew Justin RuegeGreenville Health System/University of South CarolinaPsychiatry

Michael Hugh SchecterMedical University of South CarolinaNeurology

Benjamin Parker Smith +Medical College of GeorgiaEmergency Medicine

Lindsey Etheridge SweatAnderson Area Medical Center, South CarolinaFamily Medicine

Eric J. WangHospitals of the University of PennsylvaniaSurgery-PreliminaryJohns Hopkins Hospital, MarylandAnesthesiology

Wittstatt Alexandra Whitaker-LeaVirginia Commonwealth University Health SystemNeurological Surgery

NORTHWEST CAMPUS

William Christopher HardingUniversity of VirginiaInternal Medicine

Sung Gon LeeUniversity of TennesseeGraduate School of Medicine, KnoxvilleGeneral Surgery


Elizabeth J. SchmidtJohns Hopkins Hospital, MarylandEmergency Medicine

Anne Louise StaigleGreenville Health System/University of South CarolinaObstetrics/Gynecology

Bianca Marie WhittenCase Western/MetroHealth Medical Center, OhioEmergency Medicine

SOUTHEAST CAMPUS

David A. Apatov •Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New YorkAnesthesiology

Andrew Chi •St Joseph Hospital SCL Health, ColoradoSurgery-Preliminary University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverRadiology-Diagnostic

Angela Claire Coker • All Children’s Hospital, FloridaPediatrics

Drew Alexander Gunio •Icahn School of Medicine Beth-Israel, New YorkSurgery-PreliminaryIcahn School of Medicine St. Luke’s, Roosevelt-New YorkRadiology, Diagnostic

Andrew Tyler Heffernan • ♦ Eastern VA Medical SchoolOtolaryngology

Jessica Brooks Howell • ♦ Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Otolaryngology

Heather Corinne Jekot • ♦ Florida Hospital OrlandoFamily Medicine

Emily Anne King •Jackson Memorial Hospital, FloridaAnesthesiology

Morgan Leigh Montgomery •Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New YorkAnesthesiology

Kyana Morton • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North CarolinaInternal Medicine

Ziyad Nasrawi •New York Methodist HospitalGeneral Surgery

Narra Santosh Reddy •+Beaumont Health System, MichiganSurgery-Preliminary

Brent Andrew Sager •Mountain Area Health Education Center, North CarolinaObstetrics/Gynecology

Michael Thomas Simmons •+ ♦ University of South Alabama HospitalsGeneral Surgery

Claire Brey White •Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, FloridaFamily Medicine

Daniel Andrew Wilkinson •Greenville Health System/University of South CarolinaSurgery-Preliminary


SOUTHWEST CAMPUS

Donna Marie Boucher *Orlando Health, FloridaObstetrics/Gynecology

Aleiya Justasia Butler *Medical College of GeorgiaPsychiatry

William Clayton Hartley *Defer Residency

Zachary Derek Hudson *Emory University School of Medicine, GeorgiaPsychiatry

Michael V. Pham *University of Florida College of Medicine,Shands HospitalPediatrics

Gloria Jean Sayer *Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, New YorkObstetrics/Gynecology

Sarah Lucillia Zadeh *University of VirginiaPathology

* PLACGraduates(PhysicianLeadershipandAdvocacyCertificateProgram)• HOPEGraduates(HealthofthePopulationandEnvironmentCertificateProgram)♦ AlphaOmegaAlphaHonorSocietyInductees+ GoldHumanismHonorSociety** M.D./Ph.D.ProgramGraduate


Dr. T. Andy AlbrittonDr. Shilpa BrownDr. Greer FallsDr. John FisherDr. Robyn HatleyDr. Lisa LeggioDr. Kathleen McKieDr. Walter MooreDr. Dale SicklesDr. Jennifer Tucker

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

GRU-UGA MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP (Athens)Dr. Howard CohenDr. Stephen LucasDr. Michele MonteilDr. Jonathan Murrow

SOUTHEAST CAMPUS (Savannah, Brunswick)Dr. John OdomDr. Darrin Strickland

SOUTHWEST CAMPUS (Albany)Dr. Darrell JordanDr. 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.

NORTHWEST CAMPUS (Rome)Dr. Paul BrockDr. Dixon Freeman


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.

AWARDS AND HONORS


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.


MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA LEADERSHIP

Peter F. Buckley, MD Dean

Interim CEO, Georgia Regents Medical Center and Georiga Regents Medical AssociatesInterim 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, MPAAssociate Dean for Regional Campus Coordination

T. Andrew Albritton, MD, MACPSenior Associate Dean for Curriculum

Renee Page, MDAssociate Dean for Curriculum

Walter J. Moore, MD, MACPSenior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Veterans Affairs

Anthony L. Mulloy, PhD, DOSenior Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Charbonnier Professor of Medicine

Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhDAssistant Dean for Global Translational Research

Kevin C. Dellsperger, MD, PhDAssociate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Georgia Regents Medical Center

Kimberly Loomer, EdD, MAAssociate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs

Stewart Shevitz, MDAssociate Dean for Student Affairs, Fourth Year Class

Eric Lewkowiez, MDAssociate Dean for Student Affairs, Third Year Class

D. Greer Falls III, MDAssociate Dean for Student Affairs, Second Year Class

Lynette Bauza, MDAssociate Dean for Student Affairs, First Year Class

Andria M. Thomas, PhDAssociate Dean for Evaluation, Accreditation, and Continuous Quality Improvement

Gina N. Duncan, MDAssociate Dean for AdmissionsRalph A. Gillies, PhD, MS

Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development


Denise Kornegay, MSWAssociate Dean for Area Health Education Centers

John Francis, MD, PhDCampus Associate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership

Shelly A. Nuss, MDCampus Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership

W. Scott Richardson, MDCampus Associate Dean for Curriculum, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership

C. Granville Simmons, MD ’73Campus Associate Dean, Southwest Campus

Sandra C. Mobley, PhD, RNCampus Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Southwest Campus

T. Wayne Rentz, MD ’72Campus Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Southeast Campus

Leonard D. Reeves Sr., MDCampus 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, PhDChairman, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Shuang Huang, PhDInterim 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., MDChairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Marshall B. Allen Jr., MD Distinguished Chair in Neurology


Michael P. Diamond, MDChairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, William H. Brooks, MD Distinguished Chair in

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Dean for ResearchDavid C. Hess, MD

Chairman, Department of Neurology, Presidential Distinguished ChairJoseph Hobbs, MD ’74

Chairman, Department of Family Medicine, Georgia Academy of Family PhysiciansJoseph W. Tollison, MD Distinguished University Chair, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Primary Care

Nancy M. Hockley, MDChairwoman, Clinical Sciences, GRU-UGA Medical Partnership

Charles G. Howell Jr., MD ’73Chairman, Department of Surgery, Moretz/Mansberger Distinguished Chair in Surgery

D. Monte Hunter, MDChairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Charles Goodrich Henry and Carolyn Howell Henry Distinguished Chair of Orthopedics Stilianos E. Kountakis, MD, PhD

Chairman, Department of OtolaryngologyEdward S. Proubsky Distinguished Chair

Charles W. Linder, MDChairman, Department of Pediatrics

Michael P. Madaio, MDChairman, Department of Medicine, Virgil P. Sydenstricker, MD Endowed Chair

W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MSChairman, Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior,

Case Distinguished University Chair of Psychiatry and Health BehaviorSteffen E. Meiler, MD

Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineWaleed F. Mourad, MD

Interim Chairman, Department of Radiation OncologyJulian J. Nussbaum, MD

Chairman, Department of Opthamology, Assistant Dean for Ambulatory Care ServicesJames V. Rawson, MD

Chairman, Department of Radiology and Imaging, P.L., J. Luther, Ada Warren Professorship of RadiologyAmyn M. Rojiani, MD, PhD

Chairman, Department of Pathology, Edgar R. Pund, MD Distinguished Chair in PathologyRichard B. Schwartz, MD

Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Services

RESEARCH CENTERSDavid J. Fulton, PhD, MS

Director, Vascular Biology CenterGregory Harshfield, PhD

Director, Georgia Prevention InstituteDorothy A. Hahn, MD Chair in Pediatrics


Jin-Xiong She, PhD, MSDirector, Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Georgia Research Alliance

Bradley Turner Eminent Scholar Chair in Genomic Medicine

SPECIAL GUESTS

James L. Olds, PhDAssistant Director for the Directorate of Biological Sciences, National Science Foundation

S. Wright Caughman, MDExecutive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University

CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences CenterMaria Andrews, MS, FACHE

Medical Director, Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical CenterJoseph P. Bailey Jr., MD

Emeritus, Associate Dean for Clinical ServicesColonel John Bojescul, MD

Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Chief Medical Officer,U.S. Army Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Buffi Boyd, MD ’99President, Medical College of Georgia Alumni Association

Julie Coffman Barnes, MD, FACPChief Medical Officer, Redmond Regional Medical Center

Dan DeLoach, MD ’74Member, Georgia Medical Composite Board

Lois T. Ellison, MD ’50Medical Historian in Residence, Provost Emeritus,

Professor Emeritus of Medicine and SurgeryPaul Ferguson, MD

Chairman, Northwest Campus Advisory CommitteeChristopher Melcher, JD

Vice President and General Counsel, Georgia Regents UniversityJames B. Osborne Sr., EdD

President and CEO, Medical College of Georgia FoundationDoug Patten, MD, FACS

Chief Medical Officer, Georgia Hospital AssociationSteven Scott, MPH, FACHE

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgia Regents Medical CenterAmanda Hopkins Tirrell, MBA, FACHE

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgia Regents Medical AssociatesPam Whitten, PhD

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and ProvostUniversity of Georgia

Jack Yu, MDChairman, Georgia Regents Medical Associates

Milford B. Hatcher Professor and Chief of Plastic Surgery


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 theMedical College of Georgia Foundation incommemoration of its sixtieth anniversary.

2014


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.

MILITARY OATH OF COMMISSION


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


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.

SINCE 1828 AUGUSTA, GA

Albany, Savannah/Brunswick, Rome, and Athens (four-year campus, UGA partnership)

Clinical training offered at 135 sites statewide

30-40 percent practice primary care

A L U M N I

GA PHYSICIANS ARE MCG ALUMS OR COMPLETED A

MCG/GRHEALTH RESIDENCY

1 IN 5

Over 11,270 located;5,289 live in GA

STAFF:680 TOTAL629 full-time51 part-time

S T U D E N T S

26 MD/PhD487 Residents and Fellows in 44 programs156 Postdoctoral Fellows

920 230 per class

95% ARE FROMGA

FA C U LT Y

181 part-time1,823 community-clinical/adjunct

14 AMERICA’S TOP DOCTORS

552full-time

65 IN BEST DOCTORS; 50 ENDOWED CHAIRS

2,556TOTAL

EMPHASIS: Cardiovascular Biology and Disease, Cancer, Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, Public and Preventive Health, Regenerative and Reparative Medicine, Personalized Medicine and Genomics

RESEARCH

Total FY2014 Extramural Grants and Contracts

MIL

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96

44 NIH Funding

2,684 applicants11.7 to 1 acceptance ratio

GPA 3.73 overall (above national average)

MCAT 31.3 mean(at national average)

74TH NATIONALLY NIH Research Grants

1ST in GA 8TH NATIONALLY FOR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FUNDING

gru.edu/mcg

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA

50 PERCENT OF MCG STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH

Tuition$27,802 + fees, resident$55,606 + fees, non-resident

Dr. Peter F. Buckley, a psychiatrist whose expertise includes leadership development and planning, was named 26th dean in 2011.

Office of the DeanMedical College of GeorgiaGeorgia Regents UniversityAA-1002, Augusta, GA 30912 [email protected]

Dean’s Office: 706-721-2231Admissions: 706-721-3186Financial Aid: 706-737-1524GME Office: 706-721-7005

MCG is the beneficiary of programmatic support by the Georgia Research Alliance, which is an internationally acclaimed model for bringing business, research universities and state government together to create and sustain a vibrant, technology-driven economy for the state. MCG has eight GRA Eminent Scholars, who lead extraordinary research and development programs.

BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS FOR RESEARCH76TH

2015 FACT SHEET

REGIONAL CAMPUSES:

22 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

3 CENTERS AND INSTITUTES

FY2015 BUDGET$294,983,361

MCG has the ninth largest freshman class and 10th largest total enrollment in the nation. The new educational home of MCG, the J. Harold Harrison, MD, Education Commons, opened in 2014. MCG students volunteer extensively in the community, including staffing an after-hours health care clinic for Augusta’s homeless and uninsured, tutoring disadvantaged youth, and running a farmer’s market that offers produce 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. 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-ly at or above the national average. In 2015, 220 MCG senior students obtained residencies in 18 specialties in 35 states and 40 percent matched in primary care. A record 30 per-cent stayed in Georgia, 20 percent at GRHealth. Their match rate was 97.7 percent, higher than the national average.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA, GEORGIA’S ONLY PUBLIC MEDICAL SCHOOL, SPANS FROM ITS FOUNDING NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO, AS ONE OF THE NATION’S FIRST MEDICAL SCHOOLS, TO ITS CURRENT ROLE OPTIMIZING HEALTH CARE IN GEORGIA AND BEYOND THROUGH EDUCATION, DISCOVERY, AND SERVICE.

GRHealth also includes the Medical Office Building, with more than 80 outpatient practice sites in one building. A variety of other centers and units include the Digestive Health, Georgia Radiation Therapy, Sports Medicine, and Cancer centers. The health system has strategic clinical alliances across the state, including an affiliation with Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation and a long-standing relationship to manage health care for 59 prison facilities for the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Georgia Regents University, home of the Medical College of Georgia, is one of four public comprehensive research institutions in Georgia. It includes nine colleges and schools with nearly 9,000 students, 1,000 full-time faculty members, 7,000 staff members, and 125 educational programs. GRU is also home to the state’s only dental school, an aligned and integrated health system, a growing intercollegiate athletics program, and the highly respected Hull College of Business, among other units.

GRU and MCG are based in Augusta, Ga., a beautiful city on the banks of the Savannah River, which offers an eclectic blend of big-city amenities with small-town ambiance. The Augusta area, which has a population of about a half million, is an established health care destination in the Southeast, 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 STUDENTS

ABOUT GRU

OUR HEALTH SYSTEM

NORTHWEST CAMPUSThird- and Fourth-year,18 students

ROME

ATHENS

Clinical Practice Sites Hometowns of Classes of 2013-15 Located Alums

AUGUSTA

SOUTHWEST CAMPUSThird- and Fourth-year,20 students

ALBANY

SAVANNAH

BRUNSWICK

SOUTHEAST CAMPUSThird- and Fourth-year,38 students

GRU/UGA PARTNERSHIPFour-year Campus,40 Freshmen

MAIN CAMPUSFour-years,190 Freshmen

OUR MAIN CAMPUS

Enhancing philanthropy remains a top priority for medical college leadership. In 2013, the MCG Foundation received an unprecedented $66 million gift from noted vascular surgeon and MCG alumnus, the late Dr. J. Harold Harrison. That gift is creating 10 endowed chairs and 48 scholarships over the next five years. The current MCG endowment at the Medical College of Georgia Foundation is $162.2 million, an all-time high.

FUNDING AND PH ILANTHROPY

n 478-bed adult and 154-bed children’s hospitalsn over 19,000 admissions in FY2014n 360,250 outpatient visitsn 85,273 emergency room visitsn nearly $41 million in charity caren 13-county region’s only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers

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