Mission Statement

Faculty Affairs and Professional Development (FAPD) works with the leadership, faculty and administrators of the School of Medicine and the Health System to support an overarching goal of PENN Medicine - the implementation of the highest standards of excellence in academic medicine.  The mission of FAPD is to support this goal by facilitating the recruitment and appointment, promotion, and retention of distinguished faculty.

We fulfill this mission by a commitment to:

• Overseeing and facilitating proactive administration of all aspects of policies and processes relating to faculty recruitments and appointments, reappointments and promotions and other faculty employment actions
• Developing, interpreting, communicating and administering University and School of Medicine policies related to faculty employment
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable policies, procedures and external regulations relating to faculty employment, including affirmative action/equal employment opportunity policies
• Supporting faculty careers from appointment through retirement through Advance, the faculty professional development program and other mentoring initiatives
• Serving as official resource for faculty data
• Supporting initiatives relating to faculty diversity
• Serving as a liaison and a resource to other schools and offices of the School of Medicine, Health System and University

News & Events

• Letter from Drs. Rubenstein, Gaulton and Quinn about Public Disclosure of Faculty Compensated Extramural Activities

• Upcoming Advance, Faculty Professional Development Programs

• Recently Promoted Faculty

  View information about all 2009 promoted Faculty View information about all 2008 promoted faculty

  
  

  Ralph J. Verdino, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Veteran’s Administration Medical Center and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Dr. Verdino excels as clinician, investigator, and educator. He is an outstanding, nationally prominent clinical cardiologist and electrophysiologist. He is an expert in cardiac arrhythmia devices, biventricular resynchronization devices and implanted fibrillators, and in the management of patients with atrial fibrillation. Dr. Verdino is an active and highly regarded teacher of medical students, residents and fellows. Since 2001, he has directed the Electrophysiology Fellowship Program and Coordinator of the Fellows’ EKG and Electrophysiology Conference. He received the University of Pennsylvania Distinguished Teaching Award in Cardiology in 2003. In 2005, he was recognized by the American College of Cardiology as “Emerging Faculty of the College.” He is active in a number of professional and scientific societies and holds appointments on two national scientific committees, the Clinical and Research Training Committee of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Clinical Cardiac Spotlight Committee of the American College of Cardiology.