Juliet Chhay Earns Degree from Mercer University's School of Medicine

2012 Jun 7

Juliet Chhay of Savannah, Ga., earned a Doctor of Medicine from Mercer University's School of Medicine during the School's commencement this spring in Savannah. Mercer President William D. Underwood conferred the degree.

Chhay was one of the first 38 students to graduate from the University's Savannah campus, in the first commencement ceremony held by Mercer in Savannah. In 2008, the School of Medicine launched a four-year Doctor of Medicine in Savannah.

In all, the University held five ceremonies in May in Savannah, Macon and Atlanta and conferred more than 1,700 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

About the Mercer University School of Medicine (Macon, Savannah and Columbus):

Mercer University's School of Medicine was established in 1982 to educate physicians and health professionals to meet the primary care and health care needs of rural and medically underserved areas of Georgia. The School only accepts Georgia residents into its medical degree program. Mercer School of Medicine students benefit from a problem-based medical education program that provides early patient care experiences. Such an academic environment fosters the early development of clinical problem-solving and instills in each student an awareness of the place of the basic medical sciences in medical practice. In May 2012, the inaugural class of four-year students studying on the Medical School's campus at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah earned their medical degrees. In February 2012, the Medical School announced a new partnership to begin clinical training for third- and fourth-year M.D. students at The Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital in Columbus. The School also offers master's degrees in public health, family therapy, preclinical sciences and biomedical sciences and a Ph.D. in Clinical Medical Psychology. medicine.mercer.edu

About Mercer University:

Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The University enrolls more than 8,300 students in 11 schools and colleges – liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and continuing and professional studies – on major campuses in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah and at four regional academic centers across the state. Mercer is affiliated with four teaching hospitals - Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, and The Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital in Columbus - and has educational partnerships with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Warner Robins and Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. The University operates an academic press and a performing arts center in Macon and an engineering research center in Warner Robins. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia to field an NCAA Division I athletic program. www.mercer.edu