Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) includes Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 14 dialysis centers, One Technology Place, Richard H. Dean Biomedical Research Facility and other buildings in the Piedmont Triad Research Park. WFUHS is the driving force behind the expansion of the downtown research park.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) prides itself in providing its graduates with the skill to be lifelong learners.
The School of Medicine is noted for its innovations in medical and graduate student education. In 2002, the school graduated its first class under a new curriculum that combines a small group, problem-solving approach, early clinical experience and new technology such as laptop and hand-held computers to access academic and clinical databases. The medical school curriculum underwent a thorough reevaluation in 2006, and the first two years were revised and enhanced to improve both consistency and quality. WFU students have pass rates that exceed the national average on the clinical components of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam. Areas of research emphasis include addiction, atherosclerosis, cancer, stroke, hypertension, nutrition, women’s health, public health, neurosciences, tissue engineering, pediatrics, dermatology, orthopaedics, behavioral medicine, internal medicine, surgery, physiology/ pharmacology and aging.
WFUSM provides continuing medical education as well as advanced training for health care professionals through the Northwest Area Health Education Center, as well as leadership and organizational development education and research in continuing medical education.
In addition to the M.D., Ph.D., and M.S. degrees (including an M.S. for physician assistants), the medical school has five joint degree programs: the M.D./M.S. in Health Sciences Research, the M.D./Ph.D., the M.D./M.B.A., the Ph.D./M.B.A., and the M.D./Graduate Certification Program in Spirituality and Health (School of Divinity at WFU).
Financial aid—scholarships and loans—to medical students during the 2006-2007 school year totaled $19,191,201. Approximately 80 percent of the students enrolled received financial assistance. Graduate students received $10,804,799 in financial support.
WFUHS Administration
WFUSM Administration
Points of Excellence
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Centers
Brain Tumor Center of Excellence
Waldemar Debinski, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Center for Biomedical Engineering
Peter Santago, II, Ph.D., Director
Center for Biomolecular Imaging
Kerry M. Link, M.D., Director
Center for Community Research
Mark Wolfson, Ph.D., Director
Center for Diabetes Research
Donald W. Bowden, Ph.D., Director
Center of Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Learning (CERTL)
Ann Lambros, Ph.D., Director
Center for Human Genomics
Eugene Bleecker, M.D., Co-Director
Deborah A. Meyers, Ph.D., Co-Director
Center for Medical Ultrasound
Frederick W. Kremkau, Ph.D., Director
Center for Neurobehavioral Study of Alcohol
David Friedman, Ph.D., Director
Center for Neurobiological Investigation of Drug Abuse
Steven R. Childers, Ph.D., Director
Center for Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology
James C. Rose, Ph.D., Director
Center for Sleep Disorders
W. Vaughn McCall, M.D., Director
Center for Structural Biology
Leslie Poole, Ph.D., Director
Center for Voice & Swallowing Disorders
S. Carter Wright, M.D., Director
Catherine J. Rees, M.D., Medical Director
Comprehensive Cancer Center
A. Julian Garvin, M.D., Ph.D., Director (interim)
Diabetes Care Center
K. Patrick Ober, M.D., Director
General Clinical Research Center
Charles E. McCall, M.D., Director
Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
Carlos M. Ferrario, M.D., Director
Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Anthony J. Atala, M.D., Director
J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging
Stephen Kritchevsky, Ph.D., Director
Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health
Ronny A. Bell, Ph.D., Director
N.C. Lions Clinical Research Division
Craig M. Greven, M.D., Director
Northwest AHEC
Michael P. Lischke, Ed.D., Director
MICROMED – Resource Center for Electron Microscopy
Mark C. Willingham, M.D., Director
Stroke Research Center
James F. Toole, M.D., Director
Women’s Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education
Mary Lou Voytko, Ph.D., Director
Disciplines in Which Faculty Serve as Presidents or Chairs of Professional or Scientific Organizations
• Anesthesiology
• Cancer Biology
• Dentistry
• Dermatology
• Family and Community Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Neurobiology and Anatomy
• Neurology
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Physiology and Pharmacology
• Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
• Public Health Sciences
• Radiologic Sciences
• Emergency Medicine
• General Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Urology
• Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Endowed Professorships
Eben Alexander Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery
Charles L. Branch, Jr., M.D.
Dewitt C. Cordell Professor of Surgery Research
Carlos M. Ferrario, M.D.
Dalton-McMichael Chair, Section on Cardiology
William C. Little, M.D.
Thomas H. Davis Professor of Internal Medicine
Eugene R. Bleecker, M.D.
Vardaman M. Buckalew, Jr., M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Michael V. Rocco, M.D.
John H. Felts III Professor of Internal Medicine
Barry I. Freedman, M.D.
Caryl J. Guth Chair for Holistic and Integrative Medicine
Kathi J. Kemper, M.D.
Frank C. Greiss, Jr., Professor of Perinatal Research
James C. Rose, Ph.D.
James A. Harrill Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology
J. Dale Browne, M.D.
Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D., Chair of Internal Medicine
Thomas D. DuBose, Jr., M.D.
Julius A. Howell Professor and Chair of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Louis C. Argenta, M.D.
Francis M. James III, M.D. Professor of Anesthesiology
James C. Eisenach, M.D.
Weston M. Kelsey Professor and Chair of Pediatrics
Jon S. Abramson, M.D.
Richard T. Myers Professor and Chair of General Surgery
J. Wayne Meredith, M.D.
Charles L. Spurr Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Frank M. Torti, M.D.
Walter C. Teagle Professor of Neurology
James F. Toole, M.D.
William H. Boyce Professor and Chair, Department of Urology
Anthony Atala, M.D.
Fredrick W. Glass Chair in Emergency Medical Services
James W. Hoekstra, M.D.
A. Robert Cordell Professor of Surgical Research
James E. Jordan, Ph.D.
Orthopaedic Professorship
Gary Poehling, M.D.
Andrew L. Koman, M.D.
Richard G. Weaver Chair in Ophthalmology
Craig M. Greven, M.D.
R. Grey Weaver, Jr., M.D.
Robert W. Prichard Chair of Pathology
A. Julian Garvin, M.D., Ph.D.
Argenta Endowment Chair for Plastic Surgery
Louis Argenta, M.D.
McKinney/Avant Endowed Chair
Charles Tegeler, M.D.