VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WELCOMES CHARTER CLASS
Medical education will be research-focusedROANOKE, Va. (Aug. 2, 2010) – The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTC) welcomed its charter class to the school’s brand new campus in Roanoke this morning. After a welcome from Dean Cynda Johnson M.D., a brief orientation, and group photo, the students began their first day of classes. The new medical school is the first public-private partnership of its kind in the state, a joint venture of Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic. The charter class consists of 42 students, 12 women and 30 men. A third of the students are Virginia residents.