Welcome to the School of Medicine

We are a young institution with the passion to excel. When the history of our School is written, it will be noted this was "our time." We are on the threshold of an historic and transformational era of growth and achievement for our School, and our University that will change the future of health.

We seek the pursuit of scientific truth at our School of Medicine - the clinical bridge from the laboratory to the bedside. Ours is a unique care experience that brings the latest discoveries to benefit our patients and our students.

Mission

The mission of the School of Medicine is to provide responsive and comprehensive education, research and service of the highest quality in order to meet the health-related needs of the citizens of Texas. In all aspects of fulfilling this mission, the School of Medicine is committed to fostering the broadest diversity and inclusion that ensures successful achievement of the institutional priorities to:

• Cultivate a pervasive, adaptive and respectful environment promoting diversity, inclusion, equity, professionalism, humanism and opportunity
• Provide exemplary medical education and training to a diverse body of health career professionals at all levels while fostering a commitment to scholarship, leadership and life-long learning across the educational continuum.
• Build and sustain recognized leadership and advance scholarship excellence across the biomedical and health-related research spectrum
• Deliver exemplary and compassionate health care to enhance every patient's quality of life
• Serve as a responsive resource to address community health needs whether local or global
• Attain health equity for the diverse patient population of South Texas