General Faculty Council

The General Faculty Council (GFC) is comprised of faculty representatives elected by Weill Cornell Medicine’s academic departments, as well as faculty members elected to represent key affiliated organizations, such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Hospital for Special Surgery. Non-voting members of the GFC include representatives from every administrative area of the institution.

The GFC, together with the Executive Faculty Council, has 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 Board of Fellows and university president candidates for degrees who have fulfilled the requirements therefore; 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 at Weill Cornell Medicine.

The faculty councils also are key components 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, 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.

PDF icon General Faculty Council Bylaws

General Faculty Council Meeting Dates

General Faculty Council Committees

Leadership Group List: 

General Faculty Council 2025-2026

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Michele Fuortes, M.D., Ph.D.
  • GFC Chair
  • Research Rep. - Cell & Developmental Biology
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Susan Samuels, M.D.
  • GFC Vice Chair
  • Psychiatry Rep.
amy chadburn
Amy Chadburn, M.D.
  • GFC Secretary
  • Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Rep.
alan astrow
Alan Bennett Astrow, M.D.
  • Area Affiliate Rep. - NYP/Brooklyn Methodist
Samprit Banerjee
Samprit Banerjee, Ph.D.
  • Population Health Sciences Rep.
Steve Behrens, M.D.
Steve Behrens, M.D.
  • Orthopaedic Surgery Rep.
Heidi Bender, PhD
Heidi Bender, Ph.D.
  • Neurological Surgery Rep.
Braverman
Genna Braverman, M.D.
  • HSS Rep.
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Jingli Cao, Ph.D.
  • Cell & Developmental Biology Rep.
Rohit Chandwani
Rohit Chandwani, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Research Rep. - Molecular Biology
manjil
Manjil Chatterji, M.D.
  • Radiology (Imaging-Research) Rep.
Justin Chen
Justin Chen, M.D.
  • Psychiatry Rep.
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Michelle Chi, M.D.
  • Rehabilitation Medicine Rep.
carl crawford
Carl V. Crawford, M.D.
  • Medicine 5 Rep.
Alessandro De Camilli
Alessandro De Camilli, M.D.
  • MSKCC Rep.
Bishoy Faltas
Bishoy Faltas, M.D.
  • Hematology & Oncology Division Rep.
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Giuseppe Faraco, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute Rep.
Brendan Finnerty
Brendan M. Finnerty, M.D.
  • Surgery Rep.
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Daniel Goldin, M.D.
  • Voluntary Faculty Rep. - Medicine
Cary Gunther, MD, PhD
Cary Gunther, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Vol. Faculty Rep. - Psychiatry
Iman Hajirasouliha, Ph.D.
Iman Hajirasouliha, Ph.D.
  • Physiology & Biophysics Rep.
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Peter U. Hámor, Ph.D.
  • Postdoctoral Associate Rep.
Padmaja Kandula
Padmaja Kandula, M.D.
  • Neurology Rep.
James Kashanian
James A. Kashanian, M.D.
  • Urology Rep.
Deirdre Kelleher
Deirdre Kelleher, M.D.
  • Anesthesiology (Early-Career Rep.)
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Philip Leopold, Ph.D.
  • Genetic Medicine Rep.
Jack Levy, MD
Jack Levy, M.D.
  • Dermatology Rep.
Susan Loeb-Zeitlin
Susan Loeb-Zeitlin, M.D.
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology Rep.
Charles A. Mack
Charles A. Mack, M.D.
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Rep.
C. Ronald MacKenzie
C. Ronald MacKenzie, M.D.
  • Medicine 4 Rep.
Himel Mallick, PhD
Himel Mallick, Ph.D.
  • Research Rep. - Population Health Sciences
Julie Marcus, MD
Julie Marcus, M.D.
  • Medicine 3 Rep.
Jyothi Mathad
Jyoti Mathad, M.D.
  • Research Rep. - Immunology and Microbial Pathology
john moore
John P. Moore, Ph.D.
  • Microbiology and Immunology Rep.
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Ammar Nasser Eddin, M.D.
  • Area Affiliate Rep. - Lincoln Hospital
Kristen Pleil
Kristen Pleil, Ph.D.
  • Pharmacology Rep.
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Miriam B. Samstein, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Pediatrics (Early-Career Rep.)
Amos Shemesh
Amos Shemesh, M.D.
  • Emergency Medicine Rep.
Liang Shen
Liang Shen, M.D., M.P.H.
  • Anesthesiology (Mid-Late Career) Rep.
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Richard Shin, M.D.
  • Area Affiliate Rep. - NYP/Queens
Madeline Sterling
Madeline R. Sterling, M.D., M.P.H.
  • Med 1 (General Medicine Plus) Rep.
Xiao-Han Tang
Xiao-Han Tang, Ph.D.
  • Research Rep. - Pharmacology
Mary Teruel
Mary Teruel, Ph.D.
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics Rep.
Andrew Tassler, MD
Andrew Tassler, M.D.
  • Otolaryngology Rep.
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Claire I. Vanpouille-Box, Ph.D.
  • Radiation Oncology Rep.
Sarah Van Tassel
Sarah H. Van Tassel, M.D.
  • Ophthalmology Rep.
Harel Weinstein, D.Sc.
  • Research Rep. - Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology
Vivien Yap
Vivien Yap, M.D.
  • Pediatrics (Mid-to late Career Rep)

GFC Senior Councilors

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Dr. Szilard Kiss
Szilárd Kiss, M.D.
Steven Gross
Steven Gross, Ph.D.
Alexis Halpern
Alexis Halpern, M.D.