Becoming a medical schoolMedical school faculty member is both rewarding and challenging: rewarding due to the vast opportunities to teach, pursue scholarly activities, and perform service in a diverse and exciting environment, but challenging due to the requirement of having to balance and align these sometimes-disparate missions. This is particularly true because of the rapidly changing landscape of healthcare delivery, financial strains on academic health centersAcademic health center (AHC), evolving medical schoolMedical school curricula, and cuts in research fundingFunding, among others. The decision to pursue a faculty position in academic medicine should be made carefully and as early as possible in your education, with consideration of your long-term career goals and aspirations. Guidance from mentors in medical schoolMedical school, residency, and fellowship, as well as interactions with faculty role models and advisorsAdvisors, can be very helpful in making your decision. The subsequent chapters of this book will address questions frequently asked by both current and aspiring medical schoolMedical school faculty members.