We are the first family medicine residency program in the country, with our first accreditation in 1968. As pioneers in family medicine and geographically positioned as the gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America it is our mission to prepare resident physicians committed to serve the unique health care needs of the diverse, multicultural population that is Miami. It is our comprehensive resident training, seated in evidence-based research, and multiculturalism with an emphasis on social determinants, that allows our faculty to launch competent family physician leaders onto the national and global stages of health care while forever committed to the local community we proudly serve.

On the local level, our second mission is to improve access and the delivery of quality primary medical care throughout the Miami-Dade County. This starts with our resident-based family medical center being positioned beyond the walls of the medical campus, but within the historic community of Overtown, Miami. Residents are ambassadors for patient education, serve as health care champions and partner with patients to be advocates for improving health equity in undeserved and at-risk populations.