Giving Back: Distinguished Alumnus a Pillar of His Community

Dr. Ben W. Jernigan Jr. has been on the fast track most of his life. “I think I was born to be a dentist,” says Jernigan (’76), who grew up in the Atlanta area. “I’ve been very fulfilled my entire career. I’ve never regretted a single day.” That being the case, he was a prime candidate when DCG...

Wide Open: Endodontic Research has Countless Applications

Drs. Franklin Tay and Fucong Tian have cumulatively traveled tens of thousands of miles to get where they are today, but the journey has been well worth the effort. Tay, chair of the Department of Endodontics, left Hong Kong 16 years ago to join the DCG faculty. Prior to that, he spent eight years...

A Heart for Service

“I believe we are all leaders, if not leaders of people or projects, then of our own lives.” This is Dr. Scott T. Wallace’s summation of one of the most vital lessons he believes educators can impart to students. And he thinks the philosophy should be reinforced both in and out of the classroom. As...

History with a Mission

Guardhouse Museum renovation breathes new life into an original Arsenal building.

Following the Frontline

Yearlong study of coronavirus in frontline workers underway Fifteen hundred frontline workers are being recruited for a yearlong study to find what percentage are positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, what percentage become positive and whether the antibodies they produce — naturally and in...

Latest Articles

POWER COUPLE

You can’t think of the Medical College of Georgia without thinking of Charles and Betty Wray. Charles Wray, MD, ’59, and Betty Wray, MD, ’60, have spent their entire careers at the MCG — about the same length of time as...

FOR BETTER & WORSE

I was a first-year medical student when the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to in-person learning MCG. The changes that disrupted our learning shaped my experiences in the classroom and hospital in obvious ways. However...

The MED SQUAD

On a small screen, a 30-second capsule flies by like a whirlwind. First-year medical student Irielle Duncan makes coffee, drives to campus, eats breakfast before class, shows a brief tour of a learning commons, walks...

2023 PEACH STATE SCHOLARS

The MCG3+ Primary Care Pathway Program allows students to finish their medical school training in three, rather than four years, before directly entering a primary care residency in Georgia. In exchange for their...

MCG ANESTHESIA EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM HELPS GROW PROFESSION

A unique program that sees students at the Medical College of Georgia working as anesthesia technologists throughout their four years of medical school can influence more of them to pursue the specialty as a career...

Secret Lives

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Secret Lives: Reaping What She Sews

While growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Michigan, Dean Carol A. Lefebvre remembers her parents designating a strict budget for school clothes. Once the money was gone, it was gone, so Lefebvre and her sister...

In the Field

Donna Martin meets President Obama

In the Field: A Bountiful Harvest

After the 2010 census revealed Burke County had one of the highest child poverty rates in the country, with 48 percent of children living below the poverty line, CBS was interested in filming a special about poverty in...

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