Our Mission
The U-M Department of Surgery will create a positive, substantive impact on human health, through collaboration among clinicians, scientists, medical and business professionals to achieve:
- Highly effective, compassionate patient care
- Innovative science and meaningful discovery
- Superior, engaging education
Our Vision
The U-M Department of Surgery will be the best such academic group in the world, dedicated to:
- Improving patients’ chances of healthy survival while bettering the quality of their care
- Discovering and developing insights, innovations and tools needed to better prevent and treat disease
- Educating next generations of surgeons and researchers
Our Values
The people of the U-M Department of Surgery are committed to advancing medicine and serving humanity through living and teaching our core values of:
- Respect and compassion
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Excellence