...awarded or continued, or about a quarter of the grants that would have been funded, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.David Hefner, GRU's executive vice president for clinical affairs, has estimated would mean about...

...of doctors in Georgia ? particularly the rural parts of the state ? and the rest of the nation. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that by 2020, there will be a shortage of more than 90,000 physicians in the United States...

High school students visited GHSU on Tuesday as part of a program geared to provide students interested in the medical field an early taste of what might be ahead.

The number of Hispanics enrolled in medical school in 2012 nationally increased 6 percent over last year, with the number of blacks increasing 3 percent and the number of Asians increasing 5 percent respectively, according to analysis of the enrollment data by the Augusta Chronicle. At MCG, with relatively small numbers of Hispanic and black students, the number shifts were more dramatic.

Fincher, a frequently honored medical educator and mentor to the junior faculty at MCG, also made her mark on the national scene by helping to found groups to improve clinical education. In particular, she said, was the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine.

...Eunji Thomas, Nathaniel VanginkelMedical awardDr. Ruth-Marie "Rhee" Fincher has received the Association of American Medical Colleges' Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education. She is Professor Emeritus and...

...the end of the month. Kirch said she will still play a key role as a newly elected board member of the Association of American Medical Colleges.There will always be the thousands of students to remind her of what her career has been all about...

...more than 15 percent of the state population.The problem is compounded by a shortage of doctors. The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that 15 years from now, with the ranks of insured patients expanding, the United States will...

Dr. Brian Miller received a 2011 National Alliance on Mental Illness Exemplary Psychiatrist Award.

...challenge will be to find enough doctors for them, and for future growth.It's a problem nationwide. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a national shortage of more than 90,000 physicians in the next decade. But it's the high-growth...