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Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center
Fiscal Year 2007
Updated 3/28/08




Health Sciences
At a Glance

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The Woodruff Health Sciences Center’s annual budget is $2.2 billion, and its patient care component, Emory Healthcare, provided $53.6 million in charity care in fiscal year 2007. Research funding for 2006–2007 was $358.7 million. Faculty: 2,334, plus 1,556 adjunct or volunteer faculty and collaborative scientists. Students and medical residents in training: 4,351, including 434 students in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences and 533 postdoctoral fellows. Employees: 14,544, including Emory Healthcare. Total employees, including faculty: 16,878. A partnership with Hospital Corporation of America and a joint venture with Emory-Adventist Hospital bring the WHSC’s total hospital beds to 1,708, total annual hospital admissions to 56,503 and total outpatient visits to 2.4 million.

Components:

  • Emory University School of Medicine
  • Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
  • Rollins School of Public Health
  • Yerkes National Primate Research Center
  • Emory Healthcare
    • The Emory Clinic
    • Emory University Hospital
    • Emory Crawford Long Hospital
    • Wesley Woods Center
    • Emory University Hospital Northlake
    • Emory-Children's Center
    • Emory-Adventist Hospital
    • EHCA, LLC
      • Emory Eastside Medical Center
      • Emory Johns Creek Hospital

Annual Budget: $2.2 billion
Research funding (FY06): $358.7 million
Endowment market value (As of August 31, 2007): $2.1 billion
Total Emory University Endowment
   Market value (As of August 31, 2007): $5.6 billion
Total faculty: 2,334
Institute of Medicine members: 21
Total employees: 16,878
Total students & residents in training: 4,351
Total gifts: $119.4 million
Emory Healthcare total beds: 1,708
Total WHSC admissions: 56,503
Emory Healthcare total outpatient visits: 2.4 million
Total charity care provided: $53.6 million
Estimated annual economic impact on Metro
   Atlanta: $4.8 billion
Total Woodruff Health Sciences Center Buildings: >100
Total Net Square Feet: 4.33 million

Faculty Data

Emory University School of Medicine
    Total faculty: 2,053
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
    Total faculty: 65
Rollins School of Public Health
    Total faculty: 180

Student Data

Emory University School of Medicine
    Medical students: 480
        MD/PhD students: 66
        Residents: 1,100
    Allied Health students: 420
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
    BSN students: 207
    MSN students: 194
    PhD students 12
Rollins School of Public Health
    MPH students: 781
    PhD students: 121

Research Awards

Total WHSC Research Awards: $358.7 million
Emory University School of Medicine: $301.3 million
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing: $3.3 million
Rollins School of Public Health: $54.7 million
Yerkes National Primate Research Center: $42.6 million
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs: $1.3million

Emory Healthcare Clinical Operations

Emory Hospitals
    Emory University Hospital
        Licensed beds: 579
        Admissions: 23,494
        Outpatient visits: 81,919
        Employees: 3,568
    Emory Crawford Long Hospital
        Licensed beds: 511
        Admissions: 22,775
        Outpatient visits: 157,138
        Employees: 2,749
    Wesley Woods Center
        Licensed beds: 100
        Admissions: 2,375
        Outpatient visits: 37,584
        Employees (Wesley Woods Center) 665
        Employees (Wesley Woods
         Senior Living residential
         retirement facilities)
271
    Emory University Hospital Northlake  
        Licensed beds: 120
Joint Venture Hospitals
    Emory-Adventist Hospital
        Acute care beds: 88
        Admissions: 1,939
        Outpatient visits: 56,003
        Employees: 450
    EHCA, LLC
        Emory Eastside Medical Center
                Licensed beds: 200
                Admissions: 3,104
                Outpatient visits: 20,159
                Employees:

1,500

        Emory Johns Creek Hospital
        (11 months)
 
                Licensed beds 110
                Admissions: 2,816
                Outpatient visits: 8,084
                Employees 500
The Emory Clinic
    Patient visits: 1,904,326
    Employees: 2,327
Emory Children's Center
    Patient visits: 92,131
    Employees: 117


Notable Rankings:
  • National specialty rankings by U.S. News & World Report for 2007 for Emory University Hospital:

    • Geriatrics, 11th
    • Ophthalmology, 11th
    • Psychiatry, 12th
    •  Heart and Heart Surgery, 16th
    •  Ear, Nose, and Throat, 21st
    •  Neurology and Neurosurgery, 25th
  • Other national rankings by U.S. News & World Report, for 2008:
    • Emory University School of Medicine, 20th for research
    • Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (joint department between Emory School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology), 2nd
    • Physician Assistant Master’s Program, 3rd
    • Physical Therapy Doctoral Program, 11th
    • Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, 26th
    • Nurse and Midwifery graduate program, 8th
    • Rollins School of Public Health, 7th
    • Emory University School of Medicine ranked 18th in the nation for NIH awards in 2007 (most recent data available).

From fiscal year 2007 (September 1, 2006-August 31, 2007)









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