Recently celebrating its 25-year milestone, the School admitted its first class in 1982. Accepting only legal residents of Georgia into its Doctor of Medicine Program, the School is committed to meeting Georgia’s health care needs of medically-underserved areas. The initial class of 30 first-year medical students on the Savannah campus began study in the fall of 2008. The school also offers the Master of Public Health, Master of Family Therapy, and Master of Science in Anesthesia degrees.  In August 2012, the School of Medicine will launch a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences, Master of Science in Pre-Clinical Sciences and the Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Medical Psychology programs.
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Mercer University School of Medicine’s American Medical College Application Services (AMCAS) Prep Course is designed to improve the application of disadvantaged students, to the Doctor of Medicine program, who are interested in applying to an Early Decision program within the state of Georgia. Learn More

Faculty Notable Dr. Edward C. Lauterbach, professor emeritus of psychiatry and neurology, recently co-authored “Psychopharmacological neuroprotection in neurodegenerative disease, part III: criteria-based assessment,” In the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2011;23:242-60. He also participated in a scientific advisory board meeting for Avanir Pharmaceuticals and published with Brazilian colleagues, “Fontenelle LF et al. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms among patients with blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm,” in General Hospital Psychiatry 2011;33:476-81.