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
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Professor of Medicine and Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
(Basic Science at Large Representative) - Geoffrey W. Abbott, Ph.D.
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Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology in Medicine
(Basic Science at Large Representative) - Seth G. Aidinoff, M.D.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
(Vol. Fac. Representative) - Joseph F. Murray, M.D.
- Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Jerry Nagler, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
(Vol. Fac. Representative) - Madhumitha Nandakumar, Ph.D.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
- Mukesh Prasad, M.D.
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Associate Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology
(Representing Dermatology, Urology and Otolaryngology) - Neeta S. Roy, Ph.D.
- Assistant Research Professor of Neuroscience
- Gregg Rusczyk, M.D.
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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.
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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.
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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
