MD/PhD

The MD/PhD Program (Medical Scientist Training Program) provides the initial, pre-doctoral training for a career in academic medicine. It is designed to provide highly qualified students with the indepth, high-caliber research training and medical education needed by biomedical academicians of the future.

The Emory MD/PhD Program combines a rigorous preparation in clinical medicine with interdisciplinary training in the basic sciences. The program design allows students considerable flexibility in arranging both the graduate and medical school phases of study.

The Emory MD/PhD Program provides the research training necessary to work at the forefront of a scientific field while concurrently developing outstanding clinical skills. Upon completion of the program, students receive appointments to the nation’s top residency training and post-doctoral training programs, generally receiving their first choice of appointments.