Health Sciences

Woodruff Health Sciences Center 

At A Glance

Named for the legendary leader of the Coca-Cola Company, the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University is an academic health sciences center focused on missions of teaching, research, health care, and public service.

Its components include Emory University School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and Rollins School of Public Health; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Winship Cancer Institute; and Emory Healthcare, the largest, most comprehensive health system in Georgia.

The Woodruff Health Sciences Center has $2.8 billion in operating expenditures, 22,356 employees (including 2,681 faculty), 1,550 affiliated faculty, 5,072 students and trainees, and a $5.5 billion economic impact on metro Atlanta.

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Leadership

Dr. Wright Caughman

Wright Caughman, MD

Executive Vice President for Health Affairs,
CEO of WHSC,
Chairman of Emory Healthcare

Emory Health Magazine


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Member of AAHC


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The Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) is a non-profit organization that seeks to advance the nation's health and well-being through vigorous leadership of the nation’s academic health centers. WHSC is a member.