MISSION STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE 

--fosters and assesses the skills, knowledge, and professionalism of students necessary for success in graduate medical education and military medical practice;

 --maintains an academic environment strongly supporting productive basic science and clinical research endeavors;

 --fosters academic excellence through effective faculty development programs, periodic faculty review, and strong support for academic advancement;

 --demonstrates, through a skilled faculty, the role model of a compassionate, dedicated caregiver and teacher as well as an innovative, ethical clinician-scientist; 

--supports military readiness with in-depth expertise on infectious diseases, toxic exposures, wellness measures, and other internal medicine concerns of particular operational significance;

 --fosters academic excellence in professional training throughout military graduate medical education;

 --provides public presentations supporting graduate and continuing medical education on internal medicine and related topics.                    

 Robert E. Goldstein, MD, Chair, Dept. of Medicine         March 2002