The mission of the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine is to lead the next generation of medical education and continually improve the quality of healthcare available to the South Florida community. The College of Medicine will accomplish its mission by:

• Training physicians to serve South Florida's diverse population through a patient-centered curriculum instilling cultural competence,
• Providing Florida students greater access to medical education, and
• Fostering research to discover and advance medically relevant knowledge.

FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Class of 2013