OVERVIEW
Morehouse
College has an outstanding history of producing health professionals.
Among its alumni are more than one thousand physicians and
dentist. The College is the number one producer of African
American male medical, dental and public health professional
students in the nation.
Established
in 1974, the Office of Health Professions has played a major
role in attracting and increasing the numbers of Morehouse
undergraduates applying to and entering health professional
schools.
In keeping
with the College’s commitment to address the critical
shortage of minority health professionals, a two-year School
of Medicine at Morehouse College was opened in 1979. It
is now a fully accredited four-year medical school. A close
working relationship exists between the Office of Health
Professions and the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Specific
aims of the Office are: