Mission and Values

The mission of the Department of Emergency Medicine is to provide compassionate, equitable and timely care in service to our community through innovation, collaboration and research, and to train the future of the specialty, as we have done since the birth of Emergency Medicine.  Our vision is to be international leaders in emergency clinical care, education and research.

Vision:

To be international leaders in emergency clinical care, education, and research.

Pillars:

LEADERSHIP  |  EDUCATION  |  ADVOCACY  |  DISCOVERY

The department strives to:

• Perform funded clinical and basic research, which is considered clinically important and innovative, and influences clinical practice in the field.
• Provide superior education and training for emergency medicine residents and medical students.
• Attract and train resident physicians who will assume leadership positions in the field of emergency medicine across the US.
• Deliver care which is compassionate and represents the collaboration of outstanding attending and resident physicians, providing “state of the art” evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury in emergency patients.