John Michael DiCarlo Graduates from Mercer University's School of Medicine

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MACON, GA (07/13/2010)(readMedia)-- John Michael DiCarlo of Alpharetta, Ga., earned the Doctor of Medicine degree from Mercer University's School of Medicine during the School's commencement on May 8 on the University's Macon campus. Mercer President William D. Underwood conferred the degree.

In all, the University held 10 ceremonies in May in Macon and Atlanta and conferred approximately 1,600 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

About the Mercer University School of Medicine (Macon and Savannah):

Mercer University's School of Medicine was established in 1982 to educate physicians and health professionals to meet the primary care and health care needs of rural and medically underserved areas of Georgia. The School only accepts Georgia residents into its medical degree program. Students entering Mercer University School of Medicine will be graduated from a school that utilizes a problem-based medical education program that provides early patient care experiences. Such an academic environment fosters the early development of clinical problem-solving and instills in each student an awareness of the place of the basic medical sciences in medical practice. In August 2008, the inaugural class of 30 students began study at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah at Mercer's second full, four-year doctor of medicine program. The School also offers master's degrees in public health, family therapy, family services and nurse anesthesia.

About Mercer University:

Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The University enrolls more than 8,000 students in 11 schools and colleges – liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and continuing and professional studies – on major campuses in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah and at three regional academic centers across the state. Mercer is affiliated with two teaching hospitals - Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah and the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, and has educational partnerships with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Warner Robins and Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. The University operates an academic press and a performing arts center in Macon and an engineering research center in Warner Robins. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia to field an NCAA Division I athletic program. For more information, visit www.mercer.edu.

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