Mission:

Our mission is to deliver quality healthcare primarily to the poor and underserved.  We help students and residents with low resource backgrounds enter and excel the healthcare professions.  We deliver cutting-edge research to help improve healthcare and eliminate disparities.  Our goal is to become a premier surgical department and national leader in surgical innovations particularly as they relate to underserved minority populations.

Vision

Our vision is to provide compassionate and innovative approaches to excellence in patient care, education and research.

Why Are We Here?

We exist to provide excellent and compassionate care to all patients in Nashville with particular emphasis on historically disenfranchised or marginalized members of our community. As a component of this, we will provide innovative discovery to lead change for improving compassionate quality patient care. We also exist to promote quality training of residents and students focusing on culturally sensitive communications to ensure the development of a future work force focused on our vision of compassionate patient care with excellence.