Mission and Goals

With this statement we affirm our commitment to the principles and vision that guided the creation of the medical school at Stanford.

Through the pursuit of our mission, we will realize the following vision:

A medical school founded on the advancement of knowledge through research and education and recognized as one of the best research-intensive medical schools in the world.
A medical school in which an environment of investigation, discovery, scholarship, and intellectual exchange supports a community of faculty, students, and staff with strong academic leaders in the biomedical sciences.
A medical school in which the common goal of improved health guides patient care, education, and research, thereby fostering the collective pursuit of knowledge and its translation, through education and application, to bettering the human condition.
A School and University each made stronger and, together, greater through close academic and administrative partnerships.

We commit to our mission and the fulfillment of our vision by striving to meet the following goals:

Become a leader in the movement to reform and rejuvenate the education and career development of biomedical innovators.
Transform the future of biomedical, translational, and clinical research and education by fostering novel collaborative alignments among basic and clinical scientists, clinicians, and educators throughout the University, as well as with public and private partners worldwide.
Earn the public's trust and respect as a premier medical school through outstanding patient care and academic medicine.