and trainees. Likewise, to enhance transparency of the department's business and academic plans, regular faculty meetings will be held at which faculty attendance will be essential. Vision for the Department: I will offer a more formal vision for the department at a Grand Rounds in the first quarter of 2013. I will also be updating you on the state of the department through a reinvigorated web page and blog. I hope to use these to share my plans/thoughts and celebrate your achievements, so send them my way. The Pledge: I will give you my very best effort to ensure that Queen's Department of Medicine realizes its amazing potential. In return, I ask for your ideas and the full engagement of your talents, not only in the traditional domains of medicine, research and education but also availing the department of your connections to the community, philanthropy, government, and NGOs. Our success will largely be determined by your abilities to serve as ambassadors of the university and the department in these diverse venues. Whether you are a medical student or the most senior faculty member, your energy and drive is needed to make the department a nationally recognized center of excellence where patient-centered care, superior medical training and research thrive. The Dream: The dream -- which I hope you share -- is to work at a medical center where exemplary, patient-centered care is built upon clinical programs of distinction. The clinical world should be buttressed by, and, in turn support high caliber