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Medical School expands to Athens
BRIAN MINK
Issue date: 1/22/08 Section: News
The plan estimates a $567 million regional economic impact and the direct or indirect development of 3,000 new jobs as a result of the Athens expansion. The report also calls for expansions of existing campuses in Augusta, the site of MCG's main campus, as well as Savannah and Albany, where existing residential campuses are located.
MCG generates about $1 billion annually in economic impact, the report reads, and expansions across the state would increase that figure by nearly $800 million by 2020. During a period of several years, taxpayers can expect to see a return of $2.54 for every $1 they invest in MCG, the report concludes.
If the partnership is carried out, the report reads, "the cost to educate medical students at the Athens campus will be the lowest in the nation, approximately half the average per student cost for all U.S. medical schools."
Georgia ranks 40th in the country for the number of physicians per capita, University System Chancellor Erroll Davis said at a news conference following the regents' monthly meeting on Jan. 15.
Paul Umbach, president of Tripp Umbach, said at the news conference that expanding medical education is a national trend the state is leading through its expansion of MCG.
"This is truly a statewide program that has statewide benefits," he said.
MCG generates about $1 billion annually in economic impact, the report reads, and expansions across the state would increase that figure by nearly $800 million by 2020. During a period of several years, taxpayers can expect to see a return of $2.54 for every $1 they invest in MCG, the report concludes.
If the partnership is carried out, the report reads, "the cost to educate medical students at the Athens campus will be the lowest in the nation, approximately half the average per student cost for all U.S. medical schools."
Georgia ranks 40th in the country for the number of physicians per capita, University System Chancellor Erroll Davis said at a news conference following the regents' monthly meeting on Jan. 15.
Paul Umbach, president of Tripp Umbach, said at the news conference that expanding medical education is a national trend the state is leading through its expansion of MCG.
"This is truly a statewide program that has statewide benefits," he said.
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Winfield J. Abbe
posted 1/22/08 @ 5:28 PM EST
How many of the current graduates of MCG in Augusta remain to practice in Georgia? Silence on this question. There is no guarantee a single medical doctor produced at any proposed new campus will remain in Georgia. (Continued…)
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