Mercer University Health Sciences Center
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 2012 |
| Dean | Dr. Hewitt W. (Ted) Matthews |
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Administrative staff
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400 |
| Students | 1700 |
| Location | Columbus, Georgia, USA |
| Website | www.mercer.edu |
The Mercer University Health Sciences Center opened on July 1, 2012. The Health Sciences Center has campuses in Macon, Atlanta, Savannah and Columbus in the U.S. state of Georgia.
The Mercer University board of trustees established the Health Sciences Center on April 20, 2012. The center provides centralized administration and unity of purpose for the university's programs in medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and health professions.
The Health Sciences Center enrolls more than 1,700 students, employs more than 400 full-time faculty and staff, and graduates more than 500 physicians, nurses and nurse educators, physician assistants, pharmacists, physical therapists, family therapists, public health professionals, and biomedical scientists each year.
Dr. Hewitt W. (Ted) Matthews, Dean of the College of Pharmacy, leads the Health Sciences Center as the university's Senior Vice President for Health Sciences.
The School of Medicine, founded in 1982, is partially state funded and accepts only Georgia residents into the Doctor of Medicine program. The school's core mission is to train primary care physicians and other health professionals for service in rural and medically underserved areas of Georgia. In addition to the Doctor of Medicine, the school offers master's programs in family therapy and nurse anesthetist.
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