A committee chaired by Jim Kaper, PhD and Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS, has completed a full analysis of promotions data across basic science and clinical departments. Based on these findings, two Equity in Promotions initiatives are being implemented:
Annual Faculty Promotional Status Report. This annual report, developed by the Office of Academic Administration, will include a list of faculty members with a calculation of the number of years to possible promotion. All department chairs will receive this report and be required to develop action plans as part of annual progress reports.
New APT Guidelines Committee. Dean Reece is forming a new APT (Appointments, Promotions & Tenure) Guidelines Committee, which will:
Supplement current assessments
Contemporize interpretation of “scholarly contributions”
Develop “education value units” to assess education contributions.
Faculty Salary Equity. Dean Reece has charged Louisa Peartree, MBA, Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer, with conducting a comprehensive UMSOM faculty salary equity study by gender and rank and to identify and address salary inequities.
“We must ensure that our promotions guidelines value the new and innovative ways that our faculty engage in educational scholarship.”
Nancy Ryan Lowitt, MD, EdM, FACP
Members of the APT Guidelines Committee include:
Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS (Chair) Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health Associate Dean for Trans-Disciplinary Research Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Training
Bennie Jeng, MD (Vice Chair) Professor and Chair Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Brian Browne, MD Professor and Chair Department of Emergency Medicine
Derik Davis, MD Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Erin Giudice, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics Director, Pediatric Residency Program
James Kaper, PhD James & Carolyn Frenkil Distinguished Dean’s Professor and Chair Department of Microbiology & Immunology Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Donna Parker, MD, FACP Associate Professor of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
Jill RachBeisel, MD Associate Professor and Interim Chair Vice Chair for Clinical Services Department of Psychiatry
William F. Regine, MD, FACR, FACRO Isadore & Fannie Schneider Foxman Chair in Radiation Oncology
Peter Rock, MD, MBA Dr. Martin Helrich Chair for Anesthesiology
Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Sheri Slezak, MD Professor of Surgery Division Head, Plastic Surgery Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs Department of Surgery
Rodney Taylor. MD, MPH Associate Professor and Interim Chair Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Rose Viscardi, MD Professor of Pediatrics Director, Joint Departmental Faculty Academic Career Development Program
Susan Wolfsthal, MD The Celeste Lauve Woodward, MD Professor in Humanitarian and Ethical Medical Practice and Associate Chair Program Director, Internal Medicine Department of Medicine
