Our Mission

We are committed to the well-being and success of all community members. Columbia complies with all applicable civil rights laws and does not engage in illegal preferences or discrimination.

In alignment with the goals and objectives of the overall department and the larger NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, our mission is:

To maintain a broad and growing number of programs, policies, and practices that support the recruitment, training, and retention of a diverse and inclusive body of students, faculty, staff, and other members of our academic community, regardless of gender, age, culture, race, religion, disabilities, and sexual orientation.
To educate and develop physicians of the highest caliber to focus on excellence in the delivery of safe, equitable, affordable, quality care; and to demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to the overall health and well-being of the diverse populations they will serve.
To value the strength that a diverse and inclusive community of physicians brings to medical care.