Excellence in the care of all patients needing emergent or urgent care services.

Enhancement of Emergency Medicine educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, especially the residency programs.

Enhancement of research in the areas of prehospital care, acute injury and illness, emergent and urgent care services, injury prevention, and resuscitation.

Continue to define the unique biology of Emergency Medicine through service, research and educational opportunities.

Align the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center to provide a vehicle for faculty development, extramural funding and discovery of new knowledge.