The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center is the birthplace of the "Biopsychosocial Model of Medical Illness," which serves as the cornerstone of education and training of students and trainees across the field of psychiatry. With the biopsychosocial model as the core organizing principle, we strive together to develop the Rochester model of psychiatry as the international leader in clinical care, community service, education, and research in psychiatry.