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The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) encompasses components of Emory University responsible for education of health professionals, research affecting health and illness, patient care, and policies for prevention and treatment of disease. The WHSC’s namesake, the legendary leader of The Coca-Cola Company, was a man whose vision and generosity left a lasting imprint on Emory and on Atlanta.
In addition to the WHSC components listed in the following pages, Emory University includes Emory College, Oxford College, a graduate school of arts and sciences, and professional schools of business, law, and theology. The student body, including the WHSC, totals 12,570. Faculty total 3,077 and employees, 22,404 (including faculty). At $5.6 billion (as of fiscal year 2007), Emory’s endowment ranks 17th among universities in the United States.
Many of the WHSC facilities are located on or near Emory’s main campus, 631 acres along the Clifton Corridor, 15 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Emory’s Briarcliff Campus, 1 mile west of the main campus, is the site of EMTech, a business incubator developed with Georgia Tech. Emory’s Clairmont campus, 1 mile east of the main campus, is the site of residential facilities for patients’ families.
Faculty and staff perform the WHSC’s core missions — teaching, research, and patient care — at various hospitals owned by or affiliated with Emory and at a number of Emory Healthcare sites and affiliates throughout the city and state. Physicians in Emory Healthcare and affiliate hospitals are responsible for 4.4 million patient visits a year.
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