The Department of Internal Medicine is at the forefront of UTMB's mission to advance health for everyone through innovation, research, education, and patient care. We are proud to offer advanced medical care, cutting-edge research, and exceptional training in the region's only academic health science center south of Houston.
Our vision, Moving Medicine Forward, focuses on six key areas:
Transparency & Accountability: We are committed to open communication and clear expectations, ensuring that every team member understands their role in our shared success.
Rewarding Excellence & Success: We recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions across all our missions - patient care, research, education, and innovation - through a fair and transparent compensation plan.
Quality: We prioritize patient safety and are dedicated to creating a culture of safety throughout our organization. This involves continuous improvement of our processes, proactive risk management, and fostering an environment where all team members feel empowered to speak up for safety.
Value: We focus on ensuring our clinicians perform at the top of their scope, optimizing their skills and time for direct patient care. We strive to deliver cost-effective, high-impact care that maximizes outcomes and patient satisfaction while efficiently utilizing resources.
Building Careers: We support the professional growth of our faculty at all stages, providing mentorship, resources, and opportunities for advancement in clinical practice, research, and leadership.
The Team: We foster a collaborative environment where diverse expertise comes together to solve complex problems and advance medical knowledge. We actively seek input from our faculty, ensuring that their voices are heard, and their ideas shape the future of our department and UTMB as a whole.
These six pillars form the foundation of our approach to moving medicine forward, creating an environment where patient safety is paramount, clinicians are empowered to provide optimal care, innovation thrives, careers flourish, and healthcare value is maximized through teamwork and active faculty participation.