About Our faculty

The Oakland University William Beaumont basic science faculty members are master medical educators. As master educators, they are leading the development of an innovative curriculum that will foster intellectual curiosity and a lifetime of inquiry and discovery for our medical students.  

Master educators teach in the classroom and at the bedside along with clinicians and researchers and conduct research in the scholarship of education within their scientific disciplines. They are forging unique collaborations in basic sciences, clinical teaching and problem-based learning experiences.

Our Faculty encourage our students in transdisciplinary scholarship and serve as student mentors to prepare them as physicians of the future.

Innovative Instruction by Dedicated Faculty

Our basic science faculty are members of the Department of Biomedical Sciences.  Many faculty members have been recruited from around the nation, bringing new perspectives and a respected research and teaching backgrounds in disciplines including anatomy, microbiology, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology,neuroscience, and the behavioral sciences. 

Our clinical faculty — based at Beaumont Health System — are grounded in inter-professional understanding, inquiry, translational research, cultural competence and integrated learning methods.

Beaumont Health System is a three-hospital, 1,700-bed tertiary care teaching, research and referral system. The Beaumont medical staffs include more than 3,700 physicians. The system has a long history of participation in medical education and patient care.

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Providing Our Students with a Multi-Layered System of Support