About Mercer University School of Medicine (Macon, Savannah and Columbus) Mercer University’s School of Medicine was established in 1982 to educate physicians and health professionals to meet the primary care and health care need...
Savannah Could Get Medical School; Memorial Medical Center Exploring Additional Ties with Mercer University School of MedicineByline: ANNE HARTSAVANNAH, Ga. -- Chances are Savannah will become home to Georgia's sixth medical school in the next five years.Bob Colvin, president and CEO of Memorial...
” said Jean Sumner, M.D., FASCP, dean of the School of Medicine. “Southwest Georgia has the greatest need for improved access to health care in the state. The Columbus campus will allow Mercer to help address some of those needs. We appreciate the opportunity...
“Now in rural Georgia, there are (fewer) physicians, so children can’t aspire to be something they don’t see. They don’t see that role model out there, so we have to connect with them some way,” said Sumner, who became dean of the Mercer University School of Medicine a...
’s relocation and expansion of its Columbus campus, first announced in May 2019, will enable the School of Medicine to increase the campus’ enrollment to 240 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) students over the next several years, eventually equaling the size of its campuses in Macon and Savann...