SOM Faculty Affairs Council

The Faculty Affairs Council (FAC) of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine was officially formed on January 26, 1977, to serve as a representative body of the medical school faculty in all matters of concern to that faculty, particularly issues relevant to the governance of the medical school.

Responsibilities:

Develop bylaws and review them periodically
Recommend medical school policy on appointment, promotion and granting of tenure
Promote affirmative action in faculty recruiting
Promote accurate reporting of faculty performance and load
Advise the Dean on candidates for appointment to standing committees
Conduct annual review of departmental chairs
Advocate for issues of faculty well-being

Composition:

One elected representative from each department
8 representatives from Faculty Council
Non-voting ex officio member: Chief Wellness Officer, UMHC

Any member of the Medical School faculty may request any matter to be placed on the agenda of the Faculty Affairs Council and may request to be allowed to appear before the Faculty Affairs Council. Such requests may be made either through the Department representative or chair of the Faculty Affairs Council.

Department	Council Member	Email
Phy. Medicine & Rehab, CHAIR	Jane Anne Emerson, MD	[email protected]
Anesthesiology	Jon Taylor, MD	[email protected]
Biochemistry	William Folk, PhD *	[email protected]
Dermatology	Ashley Jenkins, MD	[email protected]
Emergency Medicine	Abbie Wright, MD	[email protected]
Family and Community Medicine	Luke Stephens, MD	[email protected]
Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology	Mihail Popescu, PhD	[email protected]
Medical Pharmacology and Physiology	Taixing Cui, MD, PhD, FAHA	[email protected]
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology	Diana Gil Pages, PhD	[email protected]
Neurological Surgery	Farhan Siddiq, MD	[email protected]
Neurology	Niraj Arora, MD	[email protected]
Nutrition and Exercise Physiology	Jill Kanaley	[email protected]
Obstetrics and Gynecology	Karen Thies, DO	[email protected]
Ophthalmology	James Landreneau, MD	[email protected]
Orthopaedic Surgery	Abdul Fettah Buyuk, MD	[email protected]
Otolaryngology	Mark Gilbert, MD	[email protected]
Pathology and Anatomical Sciences	Allison Nesbitt, PhD	[email protected]
Pediatrics	Melissa Lawson, MD	[email protected]
Psychiatry	Ila Durkin, MD	[email protected]
Radiology	Nanda Thimmappa, MD	[email protected]
Radiation Oncology	Gregory Biedermann, MD	[email protected]
Surgery - Pediatric	Rony Marwan, MD	[email protected]