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The UAB Department of Medicine is committed to providing:

  • Outstanding clinical service to its patients and to the community
  • Exceptional medical education for medical students, residents, and other health professionals, and,
  • Innovative research to expand the frontiers of biomedical knowledge and clinical practice.


To attain this, the Department promotes life-long learning among faculty, staff, and students and integration of our missions so that each supports and, in turn, benefits from the others.