Weill Cornell Faculty Councils

The Medical College has two faculty governance bodies as provided for in the University Bylaws. The Executive Faculty Council consists of the University President, the Dean and Provost for Medical Affairs, the associate deans and department chairs of the Medical College, and such other persons as may be designated by the President from time to time. The General Faculty Council (GFC) is comprised of faculty representatives elected by the academic departments of the Medical College and faculty members elected to represent key affiliated organizations, such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Hospital for Special Surgery. Non-voting members of the GFC include representatives from every administrative area of the institution.

Together the two Faculty Councils have the duty to determine the entrance requirements for students; to prescribe and define courses of study for them; to determine the requirements for such degrees as are offered to students; to recommend to the Overseers/President candidates for degrees who have fulfilled the requirements therefor; to enact and enforce rules for the guidance and supervision of students in their academic work; and in general to exercise jurisdiction over the academic interests of students and all other educational matters in the Medical College.

The Faculty Councils also are a key component in the flow of information between the faculty and the administration. Members of the two councils have the responsibility to bring information and concerns forward from their constituencies to the Councils, as well as to serve as an information resource on policy and procedural questions emanating from the administration through the Council review and approval process. In addition to the general review conducted by the full Council, each Council has from time to time established topic-specific committees to address key areas of concern to their membership.

The Faculty Councils may be reached through the Weill Cornell Office of the Secretary by email to secretary@med.cornell.edu or by phone at 212-746-6010.

Executive Faculty Council 2011-2012

Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D. - Chair
The Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean and Provost for Medical Affairs
Ronald Adelman, M.D.
Co-Director, Center for Aging Research and Clinical Care
Jack D. Barchas, M.D.
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Charles L. Bardes, M.D.
Associate Dean (Admissions)
K.S. Clifford Chao, M.D.
Chief, Division of Radiation Oncology
Frank A. Chervenak, M.D.
Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ronald G. Crystal, M.D.
Chair, Department of Genetic Medicine
Donald J. D'Amico, M.D.
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Thomas J. Fahey, Jr., M.D.
Associate Dean (MSKCC)
Oliver T. Fein, M.D.
Associate Dean (Affiliations)
Matthew E. Fink, M.D.
Acting Chair, Department of Neurology & Neuroscience
Scott J. Goldsmith, M.D.
Associate Dean (Continuing Medical Education)
Marc Goldstein, M.D.
Executive Director, Men's Service Center, Institute for Reproductive Medicine
Richard D. Granstein, M.D.
Chair, Department of Dermatology
Lorraine J. Gudas, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
David P. Hajjar, Ph.D.
Sr. Executive Vice Dean
Katherine A. Hajjar, M.D.
Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Caren Heller, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Intercampus and Industry Initiatives)
Julianne Imperato-McGinley, M.D.
Associate Dean (Translational Research & Education)
O. Wayne Isom, M.D.
Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Daniel M. Knowles, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Mark S. Lachs, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director, Center for Aging Research and Clinical Care
Harry M. Lander, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost (Research Administration)
Eliot J. Lazar, M.D.
Associate Dean (Healthcare System)
Gerald M. Loughlin, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Peter M. Marzuk, M.D.
Associate Dean (Curricular Affairs)
Frederick R. Maxfield, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Biochemistry
Fabrizio Michelassi, M.D.
Chair, Department of Surgery
Shari R. Midoneck, M.D.
Associate Dean (Academic Affairs)
Carlyle H. Miller, M.D.
Associate Dean (Student Affairs and Equal Opportunity Programs)
Robert J. Min, M.D., M.B.A.
Chair, Department of Radiology
Alvin I. Mushlin, M.D., Sc.M.
Chair, Department of Public Health
Ralph L. Nachman, M.D.
Associate Dean (Clinical Research)
Carl F. Nathan, M.D.
Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Zev Rosenwaks, M.D.
Executive Director, Women's Service Center, Institute for Reproductive Medicine
John J. Savarese, M.D.
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Andrew I. Schafer, M.D.
Chair, Department of Medicine
Peter N. Schlegel, M.D.
Chair, Department of Urology
Thomas P. Sculco, M.D. (HSS)
Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Eelco Slagter
Associate Dean (Research Strategy-Qatar)
Javaid Sheikh, M.D., M.B.A.
Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar
David J. Skorton, M.D.
President, Cornell University
Joel Stein, M.D.
Chair, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine
Michael G. Stewart, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D, M.D.
Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Carol Storey-Johnson, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean (Education)
Stephen J. Thomas, M.D.
Associate Dean (Billing Compliance)
Mary Beth Walsh, M.D.
Associate Dean (Burke Rehabilitation)
Harel Weinstein, D.Sc.
Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics

General Faculty Council 2011-2012

Ethel Cesarman, M.D., Ph.D. - Chair
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Patrick Flynn, M.D. - Vice Chair
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Alan M. Weinstein, M.D. - Secretary
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
(Basic Science at Large Representative)
Geoffrey W. Abbott, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology in Medicine
(Basic Science at Large Representative)
Seth G. Aidinoff, M.D.
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry
(Vol. Fac. Representative)
Jason Banfelder, B.E., M.Ch.E.
Assistant Professor of Engineering Biophysics in Physiology & Biophysics
David J. Christini, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Medicine
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Professor of Computational Biomedicine
(Basic Science at Large Representative)
Anna Di Gregorio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
Marc Dinkin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Stephen Kaminsky, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor of Genetic Medicine
Shefali Khanna, M.B.B.S.
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
(Affil. Rep.)
Paul D. Kligfield, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Garrick H. Leonard, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Danielle M. Lindenmuth, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Madhu Mazumdar, Ph.D.
Professor of Biostatistics in Public Health
Kevin Mennitt, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
John P. Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Kevin P. Morrissey, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
(Vol. Fac. Representative)
Joseph F. Murray, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Jerry Nagler, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
(Vol. Fac. Representative)
Madhumitha Nandakumar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Mukesh Prasad, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology
(Representing Dermatology, Urology and Otolaryngology)
Neeta S. Roy, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor of Neuroscience
Gregg Rusczyk, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in Clinical Pediatrics - New York Hospital Queens
(Affil. Rep.)
Jaspreet S. Sandhu, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Urology (MSKCC)
Rache M. Simmons, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Brendon M. Stiles, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
(Representing CT Surgery, Neurological Surgery & Orthopaedic Surgery)
Miklos Toth, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
John A. Wagner, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
(Basic Science at Large Representative)
J. David Warren, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Arthur M. Yee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (HSS)

GFC SENIOR COUNCILORS

John Barnhill, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Joseph T. Cooke, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

GFC Standing Committees 2011-2012

Benefits Committee

Patrick Flynn, M.D.
Pediatrics
Steven Gross, Ph.D.
Basic Science at Large
Monn Monn Myat, Ph.D.
Cell and Developmental Biology
Rache Simmons, M.D.
Surgery

Basic Science Committee

Ethel Cesarman, M.D., Ph.D.
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Michele Fuortes, M.D.
Basic Science at Large
John Moore, Ph.D.
Microbiology and Immunology
Dolan Sondhi, Ph.D.
Genetic Medicine
David Warren, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
Alan Weinstein, M.D.
Basic Science at Large

Clinical Committee

Sylvia Karasu, M.D.
Psychiatry - Voluntary Faculty
Paul Kligfield, M.D.
Medicine
Jerry Nagler, M.D.
Medicine - Voluntary Faculty
Brendon Stiles, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Multi-Departmental Representative

Education Committee

Marc Dinkin, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Michele Fuortes, M.D.
Basic Science at Large
David Warren, Ph.D.
Biochemistry
Alan M. Weinstein, M.D.
Basic Science at Large

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