BSD Faculty Engagement Taskforce for Clinical Departments

Creating an environment that our physicians find supportive and that allows them to meet their professional goals, clinical duties, and academic aspirations is among the highest institutional priorities.  To this end, and at Dean Polonsky’s behest, the BSD Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) is leading a process to identify areas for improvement and make specific recommendations.  Thus, the OFA seeks input on how best to support the well-being and engagement of clinical faculty in the BSD. 

In partnership with the Medical Staff Office, we have convened a Faculty Engagement Taskforce (FACET) whose members have demonstrated experience and interest in this arena. The taskforce will build on prior efforts of many faculty, which were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The immediate goal is to generate a plan by spring quarter of 2021. 

The success of this effort will depend on timely and active input from the broader faculty. We urge you to send your ideas and concerns to the FACET co-chairs: Wei Wei Lee (Medicine), Alison Tothy (Pediatrics), or to Jay Pinto (Office of Faculty Affairs).  We also encourage you to contact your department’s FACET representative (listed below and attached document).

Jay Pinto, MD and Ruth Anne Eatock, PhD
Deans, BSD Office of Faculty Affairs

 

Faculty Engagement Taskforce (FACET)

Office of Faculty Affairs

Jay Pinto

jpinto@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Medicine (co-chair)

Wei Wei Lee

wlee3@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Pediatrics (co-chair)

Alison Tothy

atothy@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu

Chief Medical Officer

Stephen Weber

sgweber@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Chief Ambulatory Med. Officer

Ken Nunes

knunes@bsd.uchicago.edu

President, Medical Staff Office

Mohammed Minhaj

mminhaj@dacc.uchicago.edu

Departmental representatives

Anesthesia/Critical Care

Allison Dalton

adalton@dacc.uchicago.edu

Family Medicine

Sonia Oyola

soyola@bsd.uchicago.edu

Medicine

Neda Laiteerapong 

nlaiteer@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Medicine, Past President MSO

Ted Naureckas

enaurecka@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Neurology

Christopher Kramer

ckramer1@neurology.bsd.uchicago.edu

OB/GYN

Sandra Valaitis

svalaitis@bsd.uchicago.edu

Ophthalmology 

Sarah Rodriguez

srodriguez5@bsd.uchicago.edu

Orthopedics

Lewis Shi

lshi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Pathology

Chancey Christenson

cchristenson@bsd.uchicago.edu

Pediatrics

H. Barrett Fromme

hfromme@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu

Psychiatry

Royce Lee

rlee1@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu

Radiation Oncology

TBD

 

Radiology

Aleksandrs Kalnins

akalnins@radiology.bsd.uchicago.edu

Surgery

Peter Angelos

pangelos@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu