Medical College of Georgia

In case you missed it, officials celebrated the opening of the Wellstar Columbia County Medical Center in Grovetown last week.
https://jagwire.augusta.edu/au-celebrates-the-new-wellstar-columbia-county-medical-center/
The event celebrated the completion of Georgia’s newest hospital and the continued partnership between Wellstar Health System, the University System of Georgia, the Medical College of Georgia, Wellstar MCG Health and Augusta University.

AU celebrates the new Wellstar Columbia County Medical Center – Jagwire Campus NewsCommunityHealth AU celebrates the new Wellstar Columbia County Medical Center Stacey Eidson6 min readAugust 7, 2026 Augusta University President Russell T. Keen joined Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp, University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue and Wellstar President and CEO Ketul J.....

In today's Dean's Diary: Wellstar Columbia County Medical Center ribbon cutting is the culmination of years of planning; our newest Peach State Scholars, the largest cohort ever, were pinned today; and Augusta-based students received their first stethoscopes this week.

August 7, 2026 | Dean's Diary August 7, 2026 August 7, 2026Dean's Diary - Medical College of GeorgiaAlexander Yeager, Anna Scott Brown, Anna-Racquel Perez, Chaston Weaver, Dakota Vern Phillips, Dixon Freeman, Esther Kim, Fernando Vale-Enriquez, Heidi Hicks, Jeremiah Clemmons, Joyabhishek Charles, Ketul Patel, Mark Ellison, Peace...

Quantum computing is often framed as a hardware race with attention fixed on machines that promise amazing speed. But a foundational mathematical problem remains unresolved.
No complete framework yet exists for converting massive amounts of data generated by fields such as healthcare, disease surveillance, financial transactions and climate monitoring into units a quantum machine can process.
https://jagwire.augusta.edu/rethinking-how-data-meets-the-atom/

Recently engaged, Abby Simon and Charlie Weeks, both members of the Medical College of Georgia’s Class of 2026, successfully navigated Match Day as a couple and have started their residencies in Nashville. Residency matching is stressful for everyone, and then the couple added a layer of stress to apply to the same place. Simon and Weeks explain how they met and how they avoided the heartbreak that strikes other couples trying to begin their profession in the same city.

Abby Simon and Charlie Weeks | My MD at MCG student profile Recently engaged, Abby Simon, originating from Savannah, and Charli...

In today's Dean's Diary: MCG Class of 2030 welcomed to Augusta and Savannah this week; this group has our first Assurance in Medicine cohort; and in house risk assessment testing for severe preeclampsia is a gamechanger.

July 24, 2026 | Dean's Diary July 24, 2026 July 24, 2026Dean's Diary - Medical College of GeorgiaAshley Saucier, Assurance in Medicine Program (AIM), Kelli Braun, LaShon Sturgis, Madden Jones, MCG Class of 2030, Michael Brands, Padmashree WoohamDavid C. Hess, MD Dear Medical College of Georgia friends, MCG Class of 2030 welcome...

Kelli Braun, MD, a Medical College of Georgia alum who has led the medical school’s admissions efforts for the last decade, has been named MCG’s next vice dean for academic affairs, effective Aug. 1.

Kelli Braun, MD, named new vice dean for academic affairs for MCG – Jagwire Campus News Kelli Braun, MD, named new vice dean for academic affairs for MCG Tim Rausch2 min readJuly 21, 2026 Kelli Braun, MD, a Medical College of Georgia alum who has led the medical school’s admissions efforts for the last decade, has been named MCG’s next vice dean for academic affairs, ef...

Another rite of passage for orientation week at the Medical College of Georgia is for the first-year students to get measured for their white coats. The coats will be donned in October.

This is orientation week for first-year medical students. On Monday, the Class of 2030 were “sorted” Harry Potter style into their academic houses.