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

LESS INSOMNIA WITH ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION

Insomnia affects up to half of people with schizophrenia and is thought to worsen the impact of their disease, including their risk of suicide. A new meta-analysis of the antipsychotics these patients take indicates...

PANOBINOSTAT SHOWS POTENTIAL

A class of drugs used for their ability to stop tumor cells from dividing is now under study for their potential to reduce the pain and damage caused by sickle cell disease, investigators report.  The drugs are called...

SOUTHWEST CAMPUS RECEIVES $2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING

U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. has helped secure $2 million in federal funding for the Medical College of Georgia’s Southwest Campus as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 funding bill. MCG will use the funds to create a...

ACTING IT OUT

To better prepare medical students at the Medical College of Georgia to work with adolescent patients, April Hartman, MD, division chief of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine developed the Pediatric Pathways...

PREMATURE VISION

In the spiraling cycle that can lead to vision loss in premature newborns, Medical College of Georgia scientists have found a new target and drug that together appear to stop the destruction in its tracks. In babies...

Secret Lives

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Secret Lives: Art Rahn

Carving Out a Niche When Dr. Art Rahn embarked on a dental career, he realized that, in a sense, he’d been practicing his craft since childhood. True, he was a novice at working on teeth when he enrolled in dental...

In the Field

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A Positive Cycle

“These grandparents are basically foster parents but without the resources.”

Magazines

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In Memoriam: July-December, 2021

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