OMA

Our Mission

ABOUT US

Founded in 1996, the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), is dedicated to ensuring that physicians from disadvantaged backgrounds are reflective of a diverse U.S. population. The office seeks to assist students from diverse backgrounds to be successful as they progress along the educational pathway in pursuit of a career as a physician. The principle focus of OMA, is to emphasize prevention, rather than crisis intervention. To this end, the Office seeks to entice, encourage, enable and empower, students who have medicine as their career goal. Our staff endeavors to support students from diverse backgrounds along the educational pathway leading to a career in medicine. We invite you to consider Saint Louis University School of Medicine!

Mission Statement
The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), is a student-centered, student friendly office which has a commitment to support the matriculation, retention and timely graduation of students. The Office of Multicultural Affairs is a first line point of contact and a resource center for the disadvantaged undergraduate student and the secondary student who is in search of information related to a health career in medicine and a diverse caring environment in which to reach their greatest potential.

The charge of the Office of Multicultural Affairs is to support and enhance the academic, education, social, and cultural interests of the diverse student constituency at Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Medicine (SOM) and to maximize the student's abilities in pursuit of a medical career.