The Sackler Faculty of Medicine is one of Israel's leading health-care resources. It combines a cadre of 1,600 physicians and scientists, and a physical plant centered at the Tel Aviv University (TAU) that reaches out to encompass the central region of the country serving 40 percent of the population of Israel. The Sackler Faculty of Medicine has grown over the years to meet the needs of a developing Israel, whose population has grown over a short period of time. Meeting Israel's health needs has been achieved by adding programs in the allied health sciences; by constantly upgrading undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate medical education to keep pace with worldwide developments by engaging in ongoing research that assures its place in the mainstream of science and medicine.

Excellence in medical education, medical care and a broad approach to health problems have been the aims of the Faculty since its inception in 1964, when it became the major driving force in setting and maintaining a high standard of medicine in the Tel Aviv area. The Faculty has had a profound influence on the country's health standards. It is responsible for the academic supervision of six general medical centers, a rehabilitation hospital, psychiatric and children centers in the greater Tel Aviv Area. The Sackler Faculty of Medicine provides quality education to 770 students in the 6-year Israeli Program, and 270 in the New York State/American Program. This latter program was established in 1977 through a charter of the New York State Department of Education. The program admits students from throughout the U.S. into a 4-year curriculum.

The Faculty's building at the TAU campus houses teaching and research facilities for the basic sciences and pre-clinical studies. Clinical studies are held in the affiliated teaching departments of the hospitals in the greater Tel Aviv area.