About the School and Community
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine is part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The Medical Center is a regional referral center for an area of nearly five million people. In addition to a medical program, WFUBMC also trains students in other allied health fields including physician assistants, medical technologists and nurse anesthetists. The Medical Center offers training programs for house officers in 23 specialties, each of which is approved by the Council of Medical Education in Hospitals of the American Medical Association and their respective specialty boards. The Medical School also has basic science programs with graduate training in Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Comparative Medicine, Neurobiology/Anatomy and Physiology/Pharmacology.
Wake Forest University has very large and distinguished Department of Public Health Sciences that offers graduate training in Epidemiology. The Medical Center is well known for its outstanding clinical training but also has placed additional emphasis on continuing achievements in medical research.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Wake Forest University
Wake Forest is a small, comprehensive university that has been consistently ranked as one of our Nation's finest. The undergraduate population totals 3,800 with 2,300 graduate and professional students. Wake Forest College moved to Winston-Salem from its previous location in Wake Forest, North Carolina in 1956. Winston-Salem is a city of approximately 171,000 located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. The city has a moderate climate with an average year-round temperature of 59º. It is conveniently located about one and a half hours from the mountains and three to four hours from the Atlantic coast beaches. Winston-Salem has long been known for its support of the arts, and its residents enjoy a wide variety of cultural activities. Many of these are sponsored through Wake Forest University and through the North Carolina School of the Arts, also located in Winston-Salem. The cost of living in Winston-Salem is very reasonable, and a variety of rental houses and apartments, as well as houses for sale are available for incoming fellows.