2025-2026 Augusta University Catalog
Medical College of Georgia
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College Overview
The impact of the state of Georgia’s only public medical school spans from its founding nearly 200 years ago, in 1828, as one of the nation’s first medical schools to its current role optimizing health and health care in Georgia and beyond through education, discovery and service.
The Medical College of Georgia is one of the nation’s largest medical schools by class size, with 260 students per class. The educational experience is anchored by the main campus in Augusta, regional clinical campuses for third- and fourth-year students across the state and a second four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. MCG’s expanding partnerships with physicians and hospitals across Georgia currently provides about 350 sites where students can experience the full spectrum of medicine, from complex care hospitals to small-town solo practices. MCG and its teaching hospitals also provide postgraduate education to more than 500 residents and fellows in 50 different Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved programs.
Our researchers and clinicians focus on what most impacts the health of Georgia’s and America’s children and adults, including cardiovascular biology and disease, cancer, neurosciences and behavioral sciences, public and preventive health, regenerative and reparative medicine, personalized medicine, and genomics. Our physician faculty also share their expertise with physicians and patients at about 100 clinics and hospitals statewide.
augusta.edu/mcg
College Administration
Dean: David Hess, MD
706-721-2231
MCGdean@augusta.edu
Augusta - Main Campus
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs: Michael Brands, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Evaluation, Accreditation and CQI: Andria Thomas, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and DIO: Natasha Savage, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions: Kelli Braun, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum: Shilpa Brown, MD
Assistant Dean for Curriculum – Foundations: Nicole Winston, EdD PharmD
Assistant Dean for Curriculum – Advanced Foundations: Wanda Jirau-Rosaly, MD
Assistant Dean for Curriculum – Clinical Integration: Carolyn Zahler-Miller, MD
Assistant Dean for Curriculum – Enrichment: Chris Fly, MD
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning: Matthew Lyon, MD
Associate Dean for Faculty Development: Michelle Krupp, EdD
Associate Dean for Regional Campuses: Kathryn Martin, PhD
Associate Dean of Student Affairs: Jennifer Tucker, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs - Preclerkship: Lynne Coule, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs - Clerkship: Eric Lewkowiez, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs – Enrichment: Chris Watson, MD
Assistant Dean for Career Advising: Leila Stallworth, MD
Assistant Dean for Academic Advising: Lashon Sturgis, MD PhD
Assistant Dean for Learner Well-Being: Tracy Casanova, PhD
Associate Dean for Student Success: Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy, MD
AU/UGA Medical Partnership - Athens
Campus Dean: Shelley Nuss, MD
Campus Associate Dean for Curriculum: Andy Morris, PhD
Campus Associate Dean for Integration & Academic Enhancement: Leslie Petch-Lee, PhD
Interim Campus Associate Dean for Student Affairs: W. Scott Richardson, MD
Campus Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development: Gerald Crites, MD
Campus Associate Dean for Research: Jonathan Murrow, MD
Campus Basic Sciences Chair: Matthew Boegehold, PhD
Northwest Campus - Rome
Campus Associate Dean: Paul Brock, MD
Campus Assistant Dean: Dixon Freeman, MD
Southwest Campus - Albany
Campus Associate Dean: Doug Patten, MD
Campus Assistant Dean: Koosh Desai, MD
MCG Savannah at Georgia Southern
Campus Dean: Elizabeth Gray, MD
Campus Assistant Dean for Preclerkship: Folami Powell, PhD
Campus Assistant Dean for Clerkship: John Rowlett, MD
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