MCG at Augusta University joins National HHS Nutrition Education Initiative
"I appreciate our academic affairs team and their rapid and thoughtful response to make these additions to our curriculum," says MCG Dean David Hess, MD.
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The new campus is the first in the Atlanta area for MCG and is the sixth two-year regional campus.
In 2023, MCG sent the first dedicated group of 17 students to Kennestone to complete all required core clinical clerkships.
In January of this year, MCG received official recognition from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, solidifying the Atlanta campus as an accredited and permanent part of MCG’s statewide medical education landscape.
Located 25 minutes northwest of Atlanta, Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center is one of the largest and most advanced hospitals in the state, serving as a transfer center for nearby Georgia counties and equipped with a state-of-the-art continuity clinic.
New Medical College of Georgia campus opens at Wellstar Kennestone
Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia officially launched its newest two-year clinical campus Tuesday at Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center. The campus is MCG’s first in the Atlanta area.
The celebration of the new campus–known as MCG Atlanta at Wellstar Health System–marked a bold step forward in expanding medical education into the heart of Metro Atlanta, where 48 third- and fourth-year students will now live, learn and care for patients as part of their training.
Their areas of focus will include internal and family medicine, pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry and neurology.
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