Annual Report 09 - MCCG General Surgery Residency

Mercer University School of Medicine
The School of Medicine was organized in 1982,
part of a thirteen-year effort by city and community
groups, the Bibb County Medical Society,
and the Georgia State Legislature to educate
physicians and other health professionals to
meet the primary and ancillary healthcare needs
of rural and medically underserved areas of
Georgia. The charter class graduated in 1986.
The Georgia State Legislature continues to support
the School with annual appropriations. Programs
have been offered by Mercer University
School of Medicine in collaboration with the
Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon
since 1984
Bruce J. Innes M.D., Professor of Surgery and Clerkship Director
teaching third year students during suture class.
Medical Center of Central Georgia
MCCG has a 100-year history of serving the central and south
Georgia regions. At 603 beds, it is the second largest hospital in
the state, the largest in a large region of a 1.2 million population
bounded by Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville (Florida), and Birmingham
(Alabama). Accredited by the Joint Commission of
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, MCCG has been
named one of the top one hundred hospitals in the nation with
top programs in cardiac services, orthopaedics, and neurology.
The hospital has 28 operating rooms with the full range of advanced
surgical technology, including robotics, neuroimaging,
and endovascular and minimally invasive surgery. It is certified
by the Georgia Division of Public Health and the Office of
Trauma as a Level 1 Trauma Center, with more than 1,500 admissions
annually.
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