Dean's Message

On August 16, 2006 the Board of Trustees of Florida Atlantic University created the 9th college of the FAU system, the College of Biomedical Science. This college was created as a direct result of our emergence into the world of medical education, through our affiliation with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida's first medical school, well known for its patient care and research missions. This relationship calls for the development of a four year regional medical campus at FAU, with a novel curriculum encompassing the multidisciplinary, comprehensive care of patients. We have been charged with the responsibility to provide an academic and scholarly environment for medical and graduate student education in South Florida.

We currently teach 63 medical students and 97 graduate students. When we are at full capacity, we will teach 256 medical students. Our medical education and graduate program will be delivered through collaboration with a consortium of hospitals, biotechnology groups such as Scripps on our Jupiter campus and other clinical and research partners with whom we are forming affiliations. We look forward to the threefold mission of medical education, i.e. teaching, research and services. We are confident that our medical school graduates will be superbly equipped to provide the highest quality health care for our citizens and that our graduate students will make important contributions to scientific research and discovery.

Michael L. Friedland, M.D.

Vice President for Medical Programs
       Dean of the Regional Campus
       Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science