Wake Forest School of Medicine

(pictured above:  Dr. Alain Bertoni speaks as Dr. Kathryn Weaver sits close by.) In a national conversation dominated by cancer, diabetes and hypertension, one grave health disparity gets lost. In fact, few even consider gun violence a disparity...

(pictured above:  Medical School Dean Dr. Edward Abraham presents Dr. Velma Gibson Watts with the Distinguished Service Award.) Velma Gibson Watts, Ph.D., was among those honored recently by the Medical Alumni Association (MAA) of Wake Forest...

LIFT Diabetes stands for the Lifestyle Intervention for the Treatment of Diabetes by Wake Forest School of Medicine’s Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity.  The project is designed to reduce diabetes- complications experienced by many groups...

New WFU program will focus on training people-friendly docs Wake Forest University’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Pathway to Medicine Program aims to train a new generation of doctors who will treat patients holistically. The new program offers...

Prominent women from across the Southeast donned their trademark emerald and white and flocked to the Twin City last weekend for the 63rd Annual Conclave of The Moles, Inc. More than 500 Moles and their significant others, known as Mules,...

Wake Forest School of Medicine is the fourth most selective medical school in the country, according to a ranking released this week by U.S. News & World Report. The School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, had an...

Consider this situation: you are driving home in a rain storm; you lose control of your car and hit a tree. You are taken to the hospital and need emergency medical attention. After the surgery, they determine that there is no hope of recovery,...