FACULTY AFFAIRS Lawrence Young, MD Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs
The Department of Internal Medicine Faculty Affairs, led by Vice Chair Lawrence Young, MD, is committed to fostering the successful career development of our faculty. Faculty Affairs oversees new faculty appointments; the faculty mentoring program; and all aspects of the promotions process. Academic fiscal year 2021 (FY21), efforts focused on enhancing the mentoring program; expediting the faculty appointment and promotions process; developing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for new faculty recruitment; and revising the voluntary faculty guidelines.
and section chiefs review the mentoring progress reports and provide additional feedback. Following this model, a schoolwide mentoring program has started and other departments are using the structure established in the Department of Medicine.
Faculty Appointments/Promotions In FY21, the Department of Internal Medicine Appointment and Promotions (A&P) Committee reviewed over 100 faculty applications for promotion, appointment, or reappointment. The Committee is
chaired by Young. Committee members include Peter S. Aronson, MD; Lori Bastian, MD, MPH; Richard Bucala, MD, PhD; Gary V. Désir, MD, Auguste Fortin, VI, MD, MPH; Rachel Lampert, MD; Richard Marottoli, MD, MPH; Vahid Mohsenin, MD; Deborah Proctor, MD; Carrie Redlich, MD, MPH; and Michal Rose, MD. In FY21, the A&P Committee recommended approval of 40 promotions and new appointments for Department of Medicine faculty, all of whom were approved by the senior/tenured faculty of the department, and subsequently by Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and the university. Ten faculty were promoted or appointed to the rank of professor, including: • Benjamin Doolittle, MD, MDiv clinician-educator track • Lloyd Friedman, MD clinical track • Shuta Ishibe, MD traditional track • Yasuko Iwakiri, PhD investigator track • Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS clinician-scientist track • Margaret Pisani, MD, MPH clinician-educator track • Deborah Rhodes, MD clinician-educator track • Tamar Taddei, MD clinician-educator track • Li Wen, MD, PhD investigator track • Klar Yaggi, MD clinician-scientist track
Mentoring Program The Department of Medicine faculty mentoring program was launched in 2016. Almost all ladder track faculty now participate in the program, which strives to provide ladder track faculty with insight into the opportunities and expectations of an academic career at Yale. The mentoring program provides guidance and feedback on research, clinical program development, education, and professionalism. Mentoring started at the new faculty orientation in September, when Young introduced the mentoring program; provided career guidance; and explained the metrics for promotion in each of the tracks. Each junior faculty member selects a mentor and has the option to also assemble a formal mentoring committee. Mentee and mentor(s) meet at least twice a year, and subsequently the mentors, senior faculty
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