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The Medical College of Georgia (often referred to as MCG) is the flagship public medical school for the U.S. state of Georgia and one of the top 10 largest medical schools in the United States.〔https://www.aamc.org/download/321540/data/factstable31.pdf〕 Established in 1828 as the Medical Academy of Georgia, MCG is the oldest and founding school of Augusta University. With 22 departments, it offers both a Doctor of Medicine (MD) as well as an MD-PhD degree, in conjunction with the University System of Georgia. Clinical training is offered at more than 135 sites across Georgia, providing students with the full spectrum of medicine - from tertiary/quaternary care hospitals to small town solo practices. MCG is part of Georgia Regents University, one of four public, comprehensive research universities in Georgia. GRU includes nine colleges and schools, with nearly 9,000 students and 125 educational programs. GRU is also home to the state's only dental school, a growing intercollegiate athletics program, the highly respected Hull College of Business, and an aligned and integrated health system, GRHealth. The educational experience in anchored by MCG's main campus in Augusta, as well as regional campuses in Rome, Savannah/Brunswick, and Albany, and a four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. Research at MCG focuses on cardiovascular biology and disease, cancer, neurosciences and behavioral sciences, public and preventive health, regenerative and reparative medicine, personalized medicine, and genomics. ==History== (詳細はOld Medical College building, leading to the bachelor of medicine degree. The next year, the governor signed a legislative act altering the charter of 1828 by expanding the curriculum to two years, culminating in a doctor of medicine degree, and changing the name to the Medical Institute of Georgia. The school changed its name in 1833 to its current name, and for the next 80 years continued to operate with an emphasis on research and training physicians. Many discoveries were made by faculty, including the first hysterectomy performed in the United States and the first documented case of sickle cell disease. In 2010, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents officially changed the name from the Medical College of Georgia to Georgia Health Sciences University, to reflect the university having "more than just a medical school" as President Ricardo Azziz stated to the Augusta Chronicle. In 2013, GHSU and Augusta State University, a four-year liberal arts university, consolidated to become Georgia Regents University. The "Medical College of Georgia" name was retained by the medical school. In 2015, Georgia Regents University became Augusta University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Medical College of Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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