Carolina del Norte, Raleigh- Líderes in the area of the health announcement that Charlotte will first have a medical school, which students will be able to prepare for four years from 2024.
Charlotte is one of the largest cities in the country that does not have a medical career.
The school is an alliance between Atrium Health and Wake Forest School of Medicine.
Will be constructed on a 20-acre lot in the S. McDowell St. and Baxter St. near I-277, near the city center.
The alcaldesa of Charlotte, Vi Lyles, califio the announcement a hit hit.
“Traer the medical school of four years in Charlotte, has been so much that this community has been busy for many years,” said Lyles.
Economic impact
It is hoped that the school will have an economic impact of $ 5,200 million, in addition to more than 40,000 employees.
Wake Forest officials said at a Facebook press conference that the School of Medicine has more than 11,000 people who applied this year to pay only 145 cups.
Otros leads like Governor Roy Cooper, Congressman Alma Adams, praising videos that were shared during the virtual event, the effort to coach the Ciudad Reina school.
“This medical school has the most salutation in the area of Charlotte and the Aledonian communities,” Cooper said.
First class in 2024
The health systems are combined with the number of Atrium Health. Eugene Woods, President of Atrium, will serve the same charge for the health systems.
While doctor Julie Ann Freischlag, president of Wake Forest Baptist Health in dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine, will be the academic director for this second campus in North Carolina.
The construction of the school is expected to begin in the principles of 2022, and will become its first class of students in 2024.