Department Appointments Committee
Purpose
The Department Appointment Committee (DAC) serves as an advisory committee to the Chair of the Department of Medicine (DoM) at the University of Toronto (U of T) for all matters concerning faculty appointments and junior promotion (promotion from lecturer to assistant professor).
DAC provides independent review of all candidates for clinical appointment to the DoM and applications for junior promotion. Upon satisfactory review by the DAC, the DoM Chair recommends the candidate for appointment to the Dean, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty Academic Appointment Committee (FAAC).
Meetings
The DAC meets monthly, in person or via teleconference. A minimum of five DAC members must be present for a meeting to take place. At monthly committee meetings, each candidate is presented to and discussed by the reviewers, followed by general committee questioning and development of a consensus recommendation to the Chair based on a majority vote.
Membership
The chair of the DAC shall be a full-time clinical faculty member of the DoM, U of T, will hold the rank of full professor, and will have the deciding vote in a tied decision. The remainder of the committee will consist of a minimum of nine members, and have broad representation including gender, rank, position description, and appointment type.
If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact dom.academicappts@utoronto.ca.
DAC Members
Name | Hospital | Division | Rank | Academic Position Description | Appointment Type |
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Dr. Vinod Chandran (DAC Chair) | University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital | Rheumatology | Associate Professor | Clinician Scientist | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. William Coke | Trillium Health Partners | General Internal Medicine | Associate Professor | Clinician Educator | Clinical Part-Time |
Dr. Rahim Valani | St. Joseph's Health Centre | Emergency Medicine | Associate Professor | Clinician Teacher | Clinical Part-Time |
Dr. Nicholas Vozoris | St. Michael's Hospital | Respirology | Assistant Professor | Clinician Investigator | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. Alexandra Stefan | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Emergency Medicine | Assistant Professor | Clinician Teacher | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. Nazia Selzner-Malekkiani | University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital | Gastroenterology | Associate Professor | Clinician Scientist | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. Jacob Udell | Women's College Hospital | Cardiology | Associate Professor | Clinician Scientist | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. Auro Viswabandya | University Health Network - Princess Margaret Hospital | Hematology | Associate Professor | Clinician Quality & Innovation | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. Nazia Sharfuddin | Trillium Health Partners | General Internal Medicine | Lecturer | Clinician Quality & Innovation | Clinical Adjunct |
Dr. Alice Kam | University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Assistant Professor | Clinician Teacher | Clinical Part-Time |
Dr. Amit Kaushal | University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital | Nephrology | Assistant Professor | Clinician Teacher | Clinical Part-Time |
Dr. Nimish Mittal | University Health Network - TRI | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Assistant Professor | Clinician Teacher | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. Tarek Abdelhalim | University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital | General Internal Medicine | Assistant Professor | Clinician Teacher | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. Aylin Reid | University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital | Neurology | Assistant Professor | Clinician Scientist | Clinical Full-Time |
Dr. Philip Segal | University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital | Endocrinology | Associate Professor | Clinician Teacher | Clinical Full-Time |