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Meharry Medical College

Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, it was the first medical school for African Americans in the South. While the majority of African Americans lived in the South, they were excluded from many public and private racially segregated institutions of higher education, particularly after the end of Reconstruction.

Former names

Medical Department of Central Tennessee College

Worship of God through Service to Mankind

Private historically black medical school

1876 (1876)

United Methodist Church[1][2]

ORAU

$156.7 million (2020)[3]

James E. K. Hildreth

956 (Fall 2021)

Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
United States

36°10′01″N 86°48′25″W / 36.167°N 86.807°W / 36.167; -86.807

www.mmc.edu

Meharry Medical College was chartered separately in 1915. In the early 21st century, it has become the largest private historically black institution in the United States solely dedicated to educating health care professionals and scientists.[4][5] The school has never been segregated.[6]


Meharry Medical College includes its School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, a School of Allied Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies and Research, the Harold R. West Basic Sciences Center, and the Metropolitan General Hospital of Nashville-Davidson County. The degrees that Meharry offers include Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.), Master of Science in Public Health (M.S.P.H.), Master of Health Science (M.H.S.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. Meharry is the second-largest educator of African-American medical doctors and dentists in the United States.[7] It has the highest percentage of African Americans graduating with Ph.Ds in the biomedical sciences in the country.[8]


Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is a public health journal owned by and edited at Meharry Medical College. Around 76% of graduates of the school work as doctors treating people in underserved communities.[5] School training emphasizes recognizing health disparities in different populations.[8]

Edward Lewis Turner (1938–1944),

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M. Don Clawson (1944–1950),

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Harold D. West (1952–1966),

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(1968–1981),[19]

Lloyd C. Elam

Richard G. Lester (1981-1982),

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(1982–1993),[5]

David Satcher

John E. Maupin (1994–2006),

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Wayne J. Riley (2006–2013),

A. Cherrie Epps (2013-2015),

James E.K. Hildreth (2015–present)

Asthma Disparities Center

Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences

Center for Women's Health Research

Clinical Research Center

Export Center for Health Disparities

Meharry Center for Health Disparities Research in HIV

Sickle Cell Center

Meharry Medical College spent $96 million on research during fiscal years between 2013 and 2017.[8] The school has a Graduate Studies and Research department.[5]


Research centers include:

BS/MD Program[edit]

Ten universities are in partnership with Meharry to better recruit and prepare their best pre-med students for the academic rigor of Meharry. The ten universities are Alabama A&M University, Albany State University, Alcorn State University, Fisk University, Grambling State University, Hampton University, Jackson State University, Southern University, Tennessee State University, and Virginia Union University.[52]

Brawley, James P. (1974). . New York: Vantage Press. ISBN 9780533006496 – via Internet Archive.

Two Centuries of Methodist Concern: Bondage, Freedom, and Education of Black People

Martin, Thad (March 1986). . Ebony. 41 (5): 44–50.

"Turnaround at Meharry"

Poinsett, Alex (October 1976). . Ebony. 31 (12): 31–40.

"Meharry Medical College Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary"

Watson, Wilbur H. (1999). . New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-585-32416-6. OCLC 45843812 – via Internet Archive.

Against the Odds : Blacks in the Profession of Medicine in the United States

Johnson, Charles (2000). The Spirit of a Place Called Meharry. Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press.

Smith, John Abernathy. Cross and Flame: Two Centuries of United Methodism in Middle Tennessee. Commission on Archives and History of the Tennessee Conference, United Methodist Church, Parthenon Press, Nashville, Tennessee (1984).

Summerville, James. Educating Black Doctors; A History of Meharry Medical College. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1983.

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