Recruit, Develop, and Retain
Distinguished Faculty
Mission Statement
Faculty Affairs and Professional Development (FAPD) works with the leadership, faculty and administrators of the Perelman 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 Perelman 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 Perelman School of Medicine, Health System and University
Announcements
Recipients of Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence:
Research
- Stanley N. Cohen Biomedical Research Award to Klaus H. Kaestner, Ph.D., of the Department of Genetics
- William Osler Patient Oriented Research Award to Caryn Lerman, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychiatry
- Samuel Martin Health Evaluation Sciences Research Award to Chris Feudtner, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Department of Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Michael S. Brown New Investigator Research Award to Ben E. Black, Ph.D., of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Marjorie A. Bowman New Investigator Research Award to Joel M. Gelfand, M.D., M.S.C.E., of the Department of Dermatology
- The Lady Barbara Colyton Prize for Autoimmune Research to David Artis, Ph.D., of the Department of Microbiology
Clinical
- I.S. Ravdin Master Clinician Award to Stanley N. Caroff M.D., of the Department of Psychiatry
- Louis Duhring Outstanding Clinical Specialist Award to K. Rajender Reddy, M.D., of the Department of Medicine and Abraham Shaked, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Surgery
- Sylvan Eisman Outstanding Primary Care Physician Award to Kathleen Zsolway, D.O., of the Department of Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Luigi Mastroianni Clinical Innovator Award to John A. Detre, M.D., of the Department of Neurology
- Alfred Stengel Health System Champion Award to Susan E. Coffin, M.D., M.P.H., of the Department of Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Mentoring
- Arthur Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award to Joshua P. Metlay, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Medicine
Teaching
- The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching to Rachel R. Kelz, M.D., M.S.C.E., Department of Surgery; Stephen Kimmel, M.D., M.S.C.E., Department of Medicine
- Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award to Steven Siegel, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Psychiatry
- Robert Dunning Dripps Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education to Wallace T. Miller, Jr., M.D., Department of Radiology
- Provost Award for Distinguished Teaching to Benoit Dubé, M.D., of the Department of Psychiatry
- Jane M. Glick Graduate Student Teaching Award to Marisa S. Bartolomei, Ph.D., of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
News & Events
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Video of Dr. Lisa Bellini's Presentation on June 13, 2011 regarding the proposed implementation of a Part-Time Academic Clinician Track
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Dean's memo and detailed information on the "Program to Enhance Teaching Skills"
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Letter from Drs. Rubenstein, Gaulton and Quinn about Public Disclosure of Faculty Compensated Extramural Activities
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Upcoming Advance, Faculty Professional Development Programs
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Recently Promoted Faculty
View information about all 2011 promoted faculty
View information about all 2010 promoted faculty
Thornton B. A. Mason, II, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical NeurologyDr. Mason is an outstanding pediatric neurologist with particular expertise in the assessment and treatment of sleep disorders in children and adolescents. He is an integral member of the multidisciplinary Sleep Center at CHOP. He is an enthusiastic and respected teacher of medical students, nursing students, residents and fellows. He directs the pediatric sleep medicine fellowship training program at CHOP and serves on the Fellowship Committee in the division of sleep medicine at Penn. Dr. Mason is a member of the Child Neurology Society, the American Academy of Neurology and the Sleep Research Society. He is a reviewer for Sleep and the European Journal of Pediatric Neurology.