The Wake Forest University School of Medicine
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine is part of Wake Forest University, and in conjunction with North Carolina Baptist Hospital, forms a Medical Center, which is a regional referral center for an area of nearly five million people. The Medical Center trains students in medicine as well as in allied health fields including physician assistants, medical technologists and nurse anesthetists. The Medical Center offers training programs for house officers in 23 specialties, each of which is approved by the Council of Medical Education in Hospitals of the American Medical Association and their respective specialty boards. The Medical School also has basic science programs with graduate training in Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Comparative Medicine, Neurobiology/Anatomy and Physiology/Pharmacology. Wake Forest University has very large and distinguished Department of Public Health Sciences which offers graduate training in Epidemiology. The Medical Center is well known for its outstanding clinical training but also has placed additional emphasis on continuing achievements in medical research.