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.
DAC Members
Name | Hospital | Division | Rank | Academic Position Description | Appointment Type |
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Dr. Gillian Hawker (DAC Chair) | Women's College Hospital | Rheumatology | Professor | Clinician-scientist | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Mark Boulos | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Neurology | Assistant Professor | Clinician-investigator | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. William Coke | Trillium Health Partners | General Internal Medicine | Associate Professor | Clinician-educator | Clinical Part-time |
Dr. Marie Faughnan | St. Michael's Hospital | Respirology | Professor | Clinician-investigator | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. David Frost | University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital | General Internal Medicine | Associate Professor | Clinician-teacher | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Iliana Lega | Women's College Hospital | Endocrinology and Metabolism | Assistant Professor | Clinician-scientist | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Sara Mitchell | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Neurology | Assistant Professor | Clinician Quality & Innovation | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Maral Nadjafi | North York General Hospital | General Internal Medicine | Lecturer | Clinician-teacher | Clinical Part-time |
Dr. Geoffrey Nguyen | Sinai Health System - Mount Sinai Hospital | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Professor | Clinician-scientist | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Ravi Retnakaran | Sinai Health System - Mount Sinai Hospital | Endocrinology and Metabolism | Professor | Clinician-scientist | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Sharron Sandhu | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Rheumatology | Assistant Professor | Clinician-teacher | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Simron Singh | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Medical Oncology | Associate Professor | Clinician Quality & Innovation | 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-teacher | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Darren Yuen | St. Michael's Hospital | Nephrology | Assistant Professor | Clinician-scientist | Clinical Full-time |
Dr. Ali Zahirieh | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Nephrology | Assistant Professor | Clinician-teacher | Clinical Full-time |
FAAC Representative 2018-2021 | |||||
Dr. Vinod Chandran | UHN - Toronto Western Hospital | Rheumatology | Associate Professor | Clinician-scientist | Clinical Full-time |