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About the Council of Academic Societies
The Council of Academic Societies (CAS) represents the faculty
leadership of U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals through
representation from 94 member professional organizations. The mission
of the CAS is to help the faculty of academic medical centers in
their primary responsibilities of research education, and patient
care, with an ultimate goal of improving the health of all Americans.
Mission
The formal mission statement of the Council of Academic Societies
is:
- The CAS is composed of faculty who represent medical school
departments and their chairs, academic societies, and individual
faculty members.
- Our mission is to help the faculty of medical schools and teaching
hospitals to pursue their primary responsibilities of research,
education, and patient care.
- Our goal is to help medical faculty, their institutions, and
their societies, improve the health of all Americans.
Goals
To accomplish its mission, the Council of Academic Societies is
committed to the following goals:
- To analyze, prioritize and articulate information and issues
relevant to the core values of faculties and constituent societies.
- To support faculty and constituent societies in the exercise
of essential core values.
- To articulate the role of the medical school faculty to academic
medicine and to the public.
- To foster networking among scholars.
- To ensure that the CAS represents the broad interests of academic
faculty and that constituent societies play an actual role in
the CAS.
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