About Us
President Mendelsohn's Message
At M. D. Anderson, we have a deep and enduring commitment to eliminating cancer as a health threat. Here, our diverse group of more than 19,000 caregivers, researchers, educators, business professionals and volunteers come together to provide research-driven patient care, seek new knowledge about cancer, educate others, explore ways to prevent cancer and manage the substantial resources entrusted to us.
The challenges ahead of us in this journey are formidable, but the opportunities today also are great. Our achievements must keep pace with an increasing demand for our services. It is essential that we balance and manage our growth by creating shared, measurable goals that set our targets, guide our work, inspire us and move us forward.
The 2005-2010 Strategic Vision, with seven new fundamental goals, is a pathway for us to follow in our four mission areas - patient care, research, education and prevention - as well as in our efforts to increase our collaborations outside of the institution, build and sustain our facilities and technical infrastructure, and recruit and retain the best people by creating a culture that encourages and rewards employees and volunteers.
*We have recently revised this document to capture additional priorities for us in the coming years, such as enhancing survivorship and customer service initiatives, striving for increased research funding, employing more rigorous metrics for measuring our progress, and growing our institutional knowledge and expertise globally.
I look forward to working with you in our joint efforts to achieve the ambitious goals we have set for ourselves over the next five years. I am grateful to each of you for your passion, dedication and capabilities that are making cancer history for our patients and for people everywhere.
John Mendelsohn, M.D.
President
*Updated July 2008