First-ever four-year medical school opening in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Charlotte leaders are welcoming the area's first-ever four-year medical school.
The Pearl is located on McDowell Street in Midtown.
The Charlotte campus of Wake Forest University School of Medicine was created through a partnership led by Atrium Health and Wexford Science and Technology.
Local officials say it'll usher in a new era for the Queen City and beyond.
This school will also be home to the exclusive North American headquarters of IRCAD, a world-renowned surgical training network.
The facility will welcome its first students in August.
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