Founded in 1854, Emory University School of Medicine is ranked among the nation’s finest institutions for education, biomedical research, and patient care. Emory University School of Medicine has 3,792 full- and part-time faculty and 1,059 volunteer faculty. 

The school had 12,880 applications for 141 first-year medical student positions. This class is composed of 71% women and 86% of the class members are nontraditional (they were out of college for at least a year before entering medical school). In 2024, the pass rate for first-time takers of step 1 of the National Board Exam (testing basic science knowledge and skills) was 93%. The school has 611 medical students and trains 1,439 residents and fellows in 120 accredited programs. The school has 92 MD/PhD students in an NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program, the only one in Georgia and one of 51 in the country. Some of these students are in a joint program with Georgia Tech, with which the medical school shares a biomedical engineering department ranked #2 in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The medical school also offers a joint MD/MSCR (master’s in clinical research) degree, an MD/MPH degree with public health, and an MD/MA in bioethics with Laney Graduate School. Dual programs with law (juris master) and business (MBA) also are available. Some 138 medical faculty also train predoctoral bioscience researchers in eight programs in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences in the graduate school. Faculty in five allied health programs train 532 students. These include physician assistant (PA) and physical therapy (PT) programs, ranked #8 and #4, respectively, in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The allied health programs also include the Anesthesiologist Assistant (AA) program, Genetic Counseling Training program, Bachelor of Medical Science Medical Imaging (BMSc) program, and Radiologic Technology Certificate.

Medical school faculty received $738.5 million in sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2024, plus another $113.8 million in funds at other units in health sciences and at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Ranked #18 nationally in NIH dollars received, the school is best known for its work in infectious disease, brain health, heart disease, cancer, transplantation, orthopaedics, pediatrics, renal disease, ophthalmology, and geriatrics. 

Physician faculty in Emory’s own and affiliate teaching hospitals and outpatient venues were responsible for 6.3 million patient service visits in FY 2023. Alumni totals: 6,690 medical school, 16,666 residency and fellowship, and 7,800 health professions alumni. In addition, 10,828 physicians and other health care professionals participated in continuing medical education classes offered by Emory in FY24.