Faculty Governance

Saint Louis University School of MedicineNew Faculty Orientation

August 20, 2013

Levels of GovernanceDepartment:

• Departmental faculty meetings• Department committees

School of Medicine:• Faculty Assembly• Faculty Affairs Committee• Executive Committee of the General Medical

Faculty• School of Medicine committees

University:• Faculty Senate• University committees

SOM Elected Positions

Faculty Affairs Committee

Faculty Assembly Executive Committee

Faculty Senate

Secretary of the General Faculty

At-large faculty representatives on the

Executive Committee of the Faculty

The School of Medicine Faculty Assembly• All general medical faculty are members • Represented by elected members of the Faculty Assembly

Executive Committee• Advisory to the Dean as outlined in the Faculty Manual• Addresses issues regarding academic policies

Executive Committee:Paul Schmitz, MD (Nephrology) PresidentBarbara Whitman, PhD (Pediatrics) Secretary

Mark Knuepfer, PhD (Pharm/Phys Sciences)Carmine Coscia, PhD (Biochem & Molecular Biochem)Florian Thomas, MD, MA, PhD (Neurology)Christine Hachem, MD (Internal Medicine)Jane McHowat, PhD (Pathology)

Faculty Affairs Committee“Committee on Committees”

• Work under the direction of the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development

• Request nominations of faculty members for elections or for committee memberships

• Nominate or recommend faculty members to the Dean for membership on SOM committees

• Nominate faculty members for awards• Receive grievances from faculty• Report to the Executive Committee of the Faculty• Review and propose revisions to the School of Medicine

Faculty Constitution and Bylaws

Executive Committee of the General Faculty at the School of Medicine

Meets ten times a year (closed meetings)• Voting members comprised of elected faculty (including

the Secretary of the Faculty), departmental chairpersons• Vote on appointments, rank and tenure, policies• Review reports from standing committees• Advisory and consultative body to the Dean

Three general faculty meetings a year • chaired by the Dean, all faculty encouraged to attend• Fall (Sept.)--President Biondi’s Annual Address• Winter (Feb.), Spring (May)• All start at 4:30pm in the Pitlyk Auditorium in the LRC

General Medical Faculty Meetings

• Three times per year

• Chaired by the Dean

• Fall (October 14) - President Biondi’s Annual Address

• Winter (Feb.), Spring (May)

• 4:30pm in LRC, Pitlyk Auditorium

All Faculty Encouraged to Attend

Faculty Representatives on the School of Medicine Executive Committee

Secretary of the Faculty--Barbara Whitman, PhD (Pediatrics)

At-large members:• Michael Temporal, MD (Family Community Med)• Randy Sprague, MD (Pharm Phys Sci)• Lia Lowrie, MD (Family and Community Medicine)• William Perman, MD (Radiology)

SOM Standing Committees Academic/Sabbatical Leave Committee Admissions Committee Committee on Continuing Medical Education Committee on Student Progress and Program Planning Credentials Committee Curriculum Management Committee Curriculum Oversight Committee Executive Committee of the Faculty Faculty Affairs Committee Graduate Medical Education Committee Graduate Program Advisory Council Research Planning Committee Research Space Review Committee

Terrance Egan, Ph.D.Pharmacological and Physiological Science

Gillian Stephens, M.D.Family and Community Medicine

Miguel Paniagua, M.D.Internal Medicine

Mary Mayo, M.D.Pathology

John Chibnall, Ph.D.Neurology & Psychiatry

Jacki Kornbluth, Ph.D.Chair-ElectPathology

Laurie Byrne, M.D.ChairEmergency Medicine

Faculty Affairs Committee

Faculty Senate Principal body and voice of the faculty in matters of University-wide

concern; concerned with matters as outlined in the Faculty Manual Senator representatives from each of the academic units

• Twelve full-time faculty from the School of Medicine, elected by the general medical faculty

Executive Committee (President, At-large members) Standing and ad hoc committees

• Professional Relations Committee• Compensation and Fringe Benefits Committee• Governance Committee• Academic Affairs Committee

Open meetings 5-6 times a year www.slu.edu/organizations/fs/

School of Medicine Faculty Senate RepresentativesSteve Bolesta, MD (Pathology)Lauren Schwarz, PhD (Neurology)John Martin, PhD (CASE)Mark Voigt, PhD (Pharm Phys Sci)Matthew Council, MD (Ophthalmology)Alexander Lin, MD (Surgery)Debra Zand, PhD (Pediatrics)Preeti Dalawari, MD, MSPH (Emergency Medicine)Al Nakanishi, MD, MPH (Pediatrics)Robin Chamberland, PhD (Pathology)Christine Hachem, MD (Internal Medicine)Daniela Salvemini, PhD (Pharmacological and Physiological

Science)Reema Syed, MD (Internal Medicine)

Jane Turner, MD, PhD (Pathology) President

University Committees

Faculty representatives to the Board of Trustees

Committee on Rank and Tenure Recognition Committee

QUARTERLY GENERAL FACULTY MEETINGSCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Monday, October 14, 20134:30-6:00 p.m.

LRCPITLYK AUDITORIUM