Welcome to the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. As the college's sixth dean, I am privileged to be a part of an enterprise that has educated physicians for more than thirty years. 

We've come a long way from the basement of the Teague Research Center in 1977 to the 132,000-square foot Health Professions Education Building on the Health Science Center's new Bryan campus today, and every day, we endeavor to build the physical and academic infrastructure required to maintain and improve the rigors of medical education.  We do this by:

• Focusing on teaching and learning so that we become the best medical school in Texas.
• Emphasizing primary care and rural medicine in order to serve the needs of the state and the nation as a public medical school.
• Seeking diversity in our students and faculty to honor our obligation to train a workforce that mirrors the population it serves.
• Developing more interdisciplinary research within the college, with the Texas A&M Health Science Center, the Texas A&M System, Scott & White and the VA.
• Emphasizing stewardship of our finances and resources to maximize each program, activity and opportunity not only for our students, but for our communities as well.
• Creating a culture of excellence in all that we do.

Those goals and your support enable us to enrich the learning opportunities for our students, enhance research opportunities for our faculty, and elevate the level of care in all of our communities-Bryan, College Station, Houston, Round Rock, Temple and more. 

We are well-positioned to continue to meet the multiple milestones set forth by the College of Medicine and the Texas A&M Health Science Center leadership, and our success is entirely dependent on our exceptional physicians, scientists, faculty and students. Please explore our site to learn more about the College of Medicine, and contact us if you have any questions or comments.  

Looking forward to the future,

T. Sam Shomaker, M.D., J.D.
The Jean and Thomas McMullin Dean of Medicine and
Vice President for Clinical Affairs for the Texas A&M Health Science Center