The mission of the School of Medicine has always been to serve the people of North Carolina. Our physicians diagnose and treat patients from all 100 counties in our state. More doctors who practice in North Carolina earned their degree here than at any other medical school.

We train the next generation of doctors through our MD program. We also offer a basic science graduate program, degrees in allied health services, post-doctoral education and residency training programs.

The School of Medicine consistently ranks among the nation's top ten medical schools for primary care by U.S. News & World Report. It ranks 14th among the nation's 125 medical schools in research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Its faculty members are widely regarded as international leaders in clinical specialties such as cancer, hemophilia, burns, gastrointestinal disorders and transplants. And, we have nationally recognized centers in alcoholism, aging, arthritis, birth defects, cancer, cardiovascular disease, cystic fibrosis, gastrointestinal disease, gene therapy, infectious disease, nephrology, neurosciences, thrombosis and hemostasis.

The School of Medicine is part of a campuswide initiative to the emerging field of genome sciences. The collaborative effort will make UNC-Chapel Hill a driving force in determining how the genomics revolution will change the way we treat human diseases, design drugs and grow crops.

At the heart of it all, the School of Medicine is:

The school's MacNider Hall was completed in 1939 and named for Dr. William deBerniere MacNider who was dean of the school from 1937-1940 and a member of the faculty for almost a half a century, The first building in the medical school complex, MacNider added a north wing in 1952 and south wing a year later. A massive renovation took place in 1980.

Berryhill Hall was completed in 1970 and named for Dr. W. Reece Berryhill, dean of the school from 1941 to 1954. It contains multi-disciplinary laboratories for teaching students, lecture rooms, administrative offices, a snack bar and other facilities.