Faculty Affairs

Lawrence Young, MD, Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs

Adam Mayerson, MD, Associate Chair, Community & Voluntary Faculty

Faculty Growth

Over the last five years, ladder track faculty members have grown from 521 to 616. The faculty has steadily increased in the clinician scientist, clinician educator-scholar, and academic clinician tracks. The most significant growth has been in the academic clinician track to expand clinical programs and develop new sites for patient care. The traditional and investigator tracks have remained stable during this period.

Mentoring Program

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) launched the Faculty Development Annual Questionnaire (FDAQ), an instrument to be used by our faculty to support their career development efforts in December 2022. The department uses the FDAQ as a critical component of the mentoring program for all ladder track faculty. The FDAQ was used intensively by department faculty with a 99% completion rate. The information was accessible electronically to mentors and section chiefs, who provided feedback to faculty on their accomplishments and goals. Junior faculty members met with their mentors and section chiefs, while professors met with their section chiefs to discuss their FDAQ and career development.

Track Renaming

YSM renamed the clinical track as the academic clinician track in July 2023. This track gives faculty making outstanding contributions in the clinical and/or educational areas the opportunity to be recognized and to advance within the academic ranks. The clinician educator track was renamed the clinician educator-scholar track to emphasize scholarly contributions.

Faculty Appointments/ Promotions

The following faculty members were promoted to or appointed full professor of medicine:

• Fadi Akar, PhD, Investigator Track (Cardiovascular Medicine)
• William Becker, MD, Clinician Scientist Track (General Medicine)
• Gretchen Berland, MD, Academic Clinician Track (General Medicine)
• Jonathan Bogan, MD, Traditional Track (Endocrinology)
• Myron Brand, MD, Academic Clinician Track (Digestive Diseases)
• Jonathan Dranoff, MD, Clinician Educator-Scholar Track (Digestive Diseases)
• E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, Clinician Scientist Track (General Medicine)
• James Freeman, MD, MPH, Clinician Educator-Scholar Track (Cardiovascular Medicine)
• Veda Giri, MD, Clinician Scientist Track (Medical Oncology)
• Daniel Greif, MD, Traditional Track (Cardiovascular Medicine)
• Stephanie Halene, MD, Dr. Med, Clinician Scientist Track (Hematology)
• Manisha Juthani, MD, Clinician Educator-Scholar Track (Infectious Diseases)
• Richard Kibbey, MD, PhD, Traditional Track (Endocrinology)
• Ian Krop, MD, PhD, Clinician Scientist Track (Medical Oncology)
• Lisa Sanders, MD, Clinician Educator-Scholar Track (General Medicine)
• Mireille Serlie, MD, PhD, Investigator Track (Endocrinology)
• Sandra Springer, MD, Clinician Scientist Track (Infectious Diseases)

In addition, 20 faculty members were promoted to or appointed associate professor, 49 to assistant professor, and 17 to instructor. Jiasheng Zhang, MD, was promoted to senior research scientist (cardiovascular medicine) in the research ranks. Six faculty members were promoted to or appointed research scientist, and 24 to associate research scientist.

Four members of the voluntary faculty were promoted this year:

• Philip Goldberg, MD, Associate Clinical Professor (Endocrinology)
• Nancy Kim, MD, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor (General Medicine)
• Robert McLean, MD, Clinical Professor (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology)
• John Toksoy, MD, Associate Clinical Professor (General Medicine)

Four faculty members were appointed to professor adjunct in recognition of their contributions to the department’s mission:

• Ali Abu-Alfa, MD (Nephrology)
• David Felson, MD, MPH (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology)
• Inginia Genao, MD (General Medicine)
• Edoardo Giannini, MD, PhD (Digestive Diseases)

Seventy-one ladder track faculty members were reviewed and reappointed to an additional term at their current rank, including 46 assistant professors, 23 associate professors, and two professors.

The FY 2023 A&P Committee reviews all applications for appointment and promotion, and then advises the sections and the senior/tenured faculty on their recommendations. The committee members included Peter Aronson, MD; Lori Bastian, MD, MPH; Gary Désir, MD; David Fiellin, MD; Terri Fried, MD; Rachel Lampert, MD; Richard Marottoli, MD, MPH; Margaret Pisani, MD, MPH; Deborah Proctor, MD; Michal Rose, MD; Albert Shaw, MD, PhD; and Lawrence Young, MD.

Voluntary Faculty Awards

2023 marked the first year for the following honors for the voluntary faculty:

• Distinction in Leadership Award: Lucille Burgo-Black, MD
• Primary Care/ General Medicine Award: Amenuve Bekui, MD, MPH
• Distinction in Research: Carolina Borz-Baba, MD
• Specialist Award: Gilead Lancaster, MD
• Inpatient Medicine Award: Jensa Morris, MD

Faculty Affairs Team

Erica Janosko joined the department’s faculty affairs team in August 2023. She partnered with Catherine Severino, Mansi Ahuja, and Laura Whitley to coordinate promotion and appointment activities and other faculty affairs issues. The team oversees the academic leave process, faculty recruitment efforts, and retirement and emeritus applications. It provides training for staff and faculty members on all aspects of the department’s faculty policies and procedures.