Meharry Medical College

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Meharry Medical College
Established: 1876
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Affiliations: United Methodist Church[1][2]
Website: http://www.mmc.edu/

Meharry Medical College, which is located in Nashville, Tennessee, is a graduate and professional institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church[1][2] whose mission is to educate healthcare professionals and scientists. It was founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College and is currently the largest private historically black institution in the United States solely dedicated to educating healthcare professionals and scientists.

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[edit] History of Meharry Medical College

A young man named Samuel Meharry, who was a salt trader, was traveling through the rough terrain of Tennessee when his wagon suddenly slipped off of the road and fell into a swamp. Meharry sought, and found, the help of a family of freed slaves, whose names are unknown. This family of freed slaves gave Meharry food and shelter in the night and helped him to recover his wagon the next morning. That morning, Meharry told the former slave family, "I have no money, but when I can I shall do something for your race."

In 1875, Samuel Meharry along with four of his brothers donated $15,000 to assist with the establishment of a medical department at Central Tennessee College. Meharry Medical Department was established as a Department of Walden University, which was initially established as Central Tennessee College, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, North. With the contribution of the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church North, George W. Hubbard and John Braden, an English Methodist cleric, were able to open the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College in 1876. The first class had one graduate. The second class, which had its Commencement in 1878, had three graduates with the diplomas written in Latin; among those graduates was Lorenzo Dow Key, the son of Hillery Wattsworth Key, one of the founding members with Braden of the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, which split from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, on the issue of slavery and was not reunited until 1939. In 1886, the Dental Department was founded, followed by a Pharmacy Department that was founded in 1889.

In 1900, Central Tennessee College changed its name to Walden University after a bishop of the Methodist Church. In 1915, the medical department faculty of Walden University received a separate charter as Meharry Medical College. Hubbard served as Meharry Medical College's first president until his death in 1921.

After Hubbard's death, Meharry Medical College presidents have included John J. Mullowney (1921-1938), Edward Lewis Turner (1938-1944), M. Don Clawson (1945-1950), Harold D. West (1952-1966), Lloyd C. Elam (1968-1981), David Satcher (1982-1993), John E. Maupin (1994-2006), and Wayne J. Riley(2006-present).

Today, Meharry Medical College includes a medical school, dental school, graduate school, and an allied health school. The degrees that Meharry offers include Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.), Master of Science in Public Health (M.S.P.H.), Master of Science (M.S.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. Meharry is the second largest educator of African American medical doctors and dentists in the United States. Also, it is the largest producer of African American Masters in Public Health graduates and Ph.D.s in biomedical science graduates.

[edit] Public Health Journal Owned by and Edited at Meharry Medical College

[edit] Research Centers at Meharry Medical College

  • Asthma Disparities Center
  • Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences
  • Center for Women's Health Research
  • Clinical Research Center
  • Export Center for Health Disparities
  • Meharry Center for Health Disparities Research in HIV
  • Sickle Cell Center

[edit] Notable Alumni

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Dr. Audrey Manley Deputy Surgeon General of the United States, 1995-1997.
Dr. Audrey Manley Deputy Surgeon General of the United States, 1995-1997.
  • Dr. E. Anthony Rankin, Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Providence Hospital & Founder of Rankin Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Second Vice President of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Dr. Rankin is the first African-American to stand in the presidential line of succession at AAOS, one of the premier not-for-profit organizations that provides education programs for orthopaedic surgeons and has more than 29,000 members. He obtained his M.D. degree from Meharry Medical College in 1965 and received a number of awards including induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society. He was selected as the most outstanding Senior Medical Student in both Medicine and Surgery. He did a rotating internship at Walter Reed General Hospital in 1965 and completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency there in 1970. He served as Chief of Orthopaedics at the 12th Evacuation Hospital and at the 95th Evacuation Hospital in the Republic of Vietnam and received the Bronze Star Medal for his service there. He completed his military service at Fort Dix, New Jersey, as Chief of Orthopaedics at Walson Army Hospital and received the Army Commendation Medal as a Major in the U.S. Army.
  • Dr. Willie Adams, Jr. - Mayor of Albany, Georgia
  • Dr. Billy Ray Ballard, MD, DDS - First African American Board Certified Oral Pathologist, Previous Chair for the AAMC Group on Student Affairs; Former Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Dean of Students and Admissions, UTMB Galveston Medical School
  • Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda - President of the Republic of Malawi
  • Dr. Edward S. Cooper - President of the American Heart Association
  • Dr. Reginald Coopwood - CEO of the Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority
  • Dr. Cleveland W. Eneas, Sr. - Senator, Government of The Bahamas. Author of The History of The Class of 1941 of Meharry Medical College
  • Dr. Sandra Gadson - Former President of the National Medical Association
  • Dr. Audrey F. Manley - Deputy Surgeon General of the United States
  • Dr. John E. Maupin - President of Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Maj. General Leonard Randolph, Jr. - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Plan Administration
  • Dr. Louis Christopher Pendleton -- (1931-2007), dentist and civil rights leader in Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Dr. Charles V. Roman - President of the National Medical Association. Author of A History of Meharry Medical College
  • Dr. Walter R. Tucker, Jr. - Mayor of Compton, California
  • Dr. Reuben Warren - Associate Director for Minority Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Dr. Charles H. Wright - Founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
  • Lorenzo Raymond Sylvanus Nelson, M.D.- Regimental Surgeon, Major, Medical Corps, 366th Infantry Regiment, 5th Army, World War II, grandson of Lorenzo Dow Key, M.D., 1878 and great-grandson of Hillery Wattsworth Key, D.D., Trustee, Walden University, one of 22 founders of Tennessee Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church North, (1833-1912), years of Ministry including District Superintentent of Cumberland River District, Methodist Episcopal Church North, Nashville, Tennessee (1866-1912)
  • Jeanne Spurlock, M.D., noted Psychiatrist, Chairman of Department, Meharry Medical College (1968) and Department of Neuropsychiatry, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Fellow, American Association of Psychiatry
  • Dr. Emily F. Pollard, M.D., FACS - noted plastic surgeon, "TOP Doctor" in Philadelphia Magazine, appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show
  • Dr. Carl C. Bell, M.D. - Community Psychiatrist, International Researcher, Academician, Author, President/C.E.O.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Meharry Medical College. International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges, and Universities (IAMSCU). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
  2. ^ a b About Meharry. Meharry Medical College. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
  • Johnson, Charles (2000). The Spirit of a Place Called Meharry. Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press. 
  • Smith. Cross and Flame: Two Centuries of United Methodism in Middle Tennessee,. Commission on Archives and History of the Tennessee Conference, United Methodist Church, Parthenon Press, Nashville, Tennessee (1984). .

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