Emory University Department of Medicine

ABOUT We advance health through discovery, education, and care, as we work to make a significant positive impact on our communities and the world. HISTORY The history of the Department of Medicine is closely intertwined with that of the School of Medicine and includes exceptional and world-renowned physicians, researchers, and educators who were not just leaders and pioneers at Emory but in all of medicine. Emory’s School of Medicine opened its doors on June 28, 1915. From 1915 to 1917, the School of Medicine was located in a building formerly used by the Atlanta College of Medicine, which was located across the street from the relatively new Grady Memorial Hospital. There was no hospital on Emory’s Druid Hills campus until 1922, when Wesley Memorial Hospital was completed and its name was changed to Emory University Hospital. When the new hospital was completed, Emory effectively had a “split campus,” but faculty members quickly adjusted to navigating between the two. In the years ahead, Emory University School of Medicine would add four additional hospitals, a large clinic, and numerous satellite clinics under its umbrella.