The Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership is a four-year medical school campus of the Medical College of Georgia. In 2009, the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and the University of Georgia partnered to create a four-year medical school campus in Athens to alleviate a statewide shortage of physicians that threatens the health of Georgians. The AU/UGA Medical Partnership combines the significant instructional and research resources of UGA, the birthplace of public higher education, with the expertise of Georgia’s only public medical school, the Medical College of Georgia.