Advisory Committee for the Appointment of a Dean, Faculty of Medicine

PDAD&C#22, 2013-14

To:          Faculty, Staff and Students of the Faculty of Medicine

                Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs

From:    Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President and Provost

Date:     November 1, 2013

Re:         Advisory Committee for the Appointment of a Dean, Faculty of Medicine

CC:         President Meric Gertler

                The Bulletin

As announced in PDAD&C #14 on September 4, 2013, Professor Catharine Whiteside will complete her second term as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions on December 31, 2014. In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, President David Naylor appointed an advisory committee to recommend the appointment of a new Dean. The composition of the committee is as follows:

Professor Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President and Provost (Chair)

Mr. Larry Alford, Chief Librarian

Professor Zubin Austin, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Professor Dina Brooks, Department of Physical Therapy and Graduate Coordinator, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Professor Brian Corman, Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost, Graduate Education

Professor Patrick Gullane, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery; University Health Network

Mr. Justin Hall, Undergraduate Student

Mr. Kevin Koo, Postgraduate Student

Professor Stephen G. Matthews, Chair, Department of Physiology

Professor Amy Mullin, Vice-Principal (Academic) and Dean, University of Toronto Mississauga

Ms. Morag Paton, Education Scholarship Coordinator, Department of Family & Community Medicine

Professor Janet Rossant, Department of Molecular Genetics; Chief of Research, SickKids Hospital; Chair, Toronto Academic Health Science Network Research Committee

Professor Locke Rowe, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Arts & Science

Professor Ross Upshur, Department of Family & Community Medicine; Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Bridgepoint Health

Professor Catherine Zahn, President and CEO, CAMH; Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine

Following a formal Request for Proposals and a rigorous selection process, we have engaged the firm of Laverne Smith & Associates to assist the Advisory Committee in its work. The Advisory Committee welcomes comments about the qualities sought in a Dean and nominations from interested persons, using the following website: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MC2G7QR, or via email to uoftMedicine@lavernesmith.com.