Emory’s School of Medicine opened its doors on June 28, 1915. From 1915 to 1917, the School of Medicine was located in a building formerly used by the Atlanta College of Medicine, which was located across the street from the relatively new Grady Memorial Hospital. There was no hospital on Emory’s Druid Hills campus until 1922, when Wesley Memorial Hospital was completed and its name was changed to Emory University Hospital. When the new hospital was completed, Emory effectively had a “split campus,” but faculty members quickly adjusted to navigating between the two. In the years ahead, Emory University School of Medicine would add four additional hospitals, a large clinic, and numerous satellite clinics under its umbrella.
Department of Medicine Important People and Moments
Learn more about the history of the Department of Medicine in these short videos.
Department of Medicine Chairs
- Carlos del Rio, MD (2024- present)
- David S. Stephens, MD (2023–2024)
- W. Robert Taylor, MD Interim Chair (2022-2023)
- David S. Stephens, MD (2013–2022)
- R. Wayne Alexander, MD (1999–2013)
- Juha P. Kokko, MD, PhD (1986–1999)
- J. Willis Hurst, MD (1957–1986)
- Paul Beeson, MD (1947–1952)
- Eugene A. Stead Jr., MD (1942–1946)
- Russell Oppenheimer, MD (1931–1941)
- J. Edgar Paullin, MD (1926–1931)
- Cyrus Strickler, MD (1918–1926)
- W. S. Kendrick, MD (1915–1918)