Simple Beginnings

From a barefoot kid on a country farm to a nationally recognized pediatric radiologist, Dr. Charles Williams looks back on his many influences. A dirt road outside Moultrie, Georgia, led Dr. Charles Williams, ’66 all...

That Fighting Spirit

Dr. Manuel Pena emigrated from Cuba to the United States when he was just 7 years old. The young Maya woman was pregnant and had walked four hours over the mountains of Guatemala with her husband and child. After Dr...

Artificial Intelligence

MCG researchers leverage the power of IBM’s Watson to improve targeted therapies for cancer IBM’s Watson has beat human champions on Jeopardy. Now researchers are hoping this icon of artificial intelligence will help...

Our Aging Infrastructure

Scientists strive to preserve bone and muscle With age, the form and function of our bones and muscles drop off, putting us at increased risk for frailty and falls. Now researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at...

MCG Fall 2017/Winter 2018 In Memoriam

Dr. Harry R. Foster Jr. (’55) died June 29. Foster was former director of the pediatric teaching program at Georgia Baptist Hospital and former director of the Children’s Medical Services Cardiac Program for the state...

Welcome Home, Tommy

MCG’s third black student takes pride in where he has gone — and in coming back. He would like to have seen that statistical analysis. He would like to have seen that statistical analysis. His medical school class of...

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