Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has announced plans to construct a $50 million, 168,000-square-foot medical education building.
Construction is set to begin immediately, and the education facility will be ready to welcome students in July 2016.
Wake Forest School of Medicine Dean Edward Abraham, MD, said the new facility is needed. "Our medical school's present facilities have been the training ground for our students since 1969," he said. Since then, "medicine has fast-forwarded to the digital age with computer-guided imaging and surgical procedures, lasers instead of scalpels and electronic medical records that allow patients to look up their medical test results, speak to their doctors and make appointments from their laptops and cell phones," he explained.
Fundraising efforts for the construction project are already underway. "Our volunteers and community leaders are enthusiastic about this significant philanthropic endeavor, which will sustain and grow the incredible legacy of medical education at Wake Forest School of Medicine," said James W. Johnston, chair of WakeForestBaptistMedicalCenter's campaign cabinet.
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