Our Mission, Vision & Values

The mission of the Department of Medicine is to improve the health of individual patients and populations by providing safe, evidence-based, humanistic care in a manner that is efficient, equitable, and always improving and to advance the field of medicine through leadership in education, groundbreaking research and innovation.


Our vision for the Department of Medicine is to provide the support and structure that will empower every individual member of the Department to succeed and excel along the lines of their talent and passion, while contributing to the collective mission, and to promote respect for equality and human rights. In order to accomplish this mission successfully, a large spectrum of expertise and talent is needed, and the Department must provide the institutional and technical structure to empower faculty and trainees to work in teams within the philosophy of “flying-in-formation”. The faculty must be secure and enfranchised to be willing to take professional risks. It is the aim to strike a unique balance between entrepreneurship and discipline to allow collaboration within and outside the Department to promote collective breakthroughs.


In attaining our vision, we will maintain the following values:
  • Alignment, transparency, accountability.
  • Honesty, truthfulness and open communication. The mission has to be articulated clearly by the leadership and communicated to those in the trenches in a way that invites a dialogue.
  • Fiscal discipline and transparency.
  • Fairness and respect for diversity and human rights at all levels.
  • Respect for confidentiality and privacy.

The Chair's Office provides information on budgetary and operational direction to the Department of Medicine and all of its divisions. These services are designed to support and promote the mission and goals of the Department of Medicine and the School of Medicine under the leadership of the Chair of the Department.
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