First-Ever Four-Year Medical School Opening In Charlotte

(Queen City News, Bailey Striepling) — Charlotte leaders are welcoming the area’s first-ever four-year medical school.

The Pearl is located on McDowell Street in Midtown.

The Charlotte campus of Wake Forest University School of Medicine was created through a partnership led by Atrium Health and Wexford Science and Technology.

Local officials say it’ll usher in a new era for the Queen City and beyond.

This school will also be home to the exclusive North American headquarters of IRCAD, a world-renowned surgical training network.

The facility will welcome its first students in August.