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
Announcement from Dr. Lisa Bellini Regarding Proposed Handbook Revisions for Clarification of the CE track
The Academy of Master Clinicians -- NEW!
We are proud to announce the 2013 debut of The Academy of Master Clinicians. The Academy of Master Clinicians at Penn Medicine was designed to honor those Penn Medicine clinicians who are recognized as consistently outstanding as a clinician. Election to The Academy of Master Clinicians is envisioned to be the highest honor to be bestowed on a Penn physician. Announcement of the Inaugural Members of The Academy of Master Clinicians.
Recipients of Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence:
Research
- Stanley N. Cohen Biomedical Research Award to J. Kevin Foskett, PhD, of the Department of Physiology
- William Osler Patient Oriented Research Award to Muredach P. Reilly, MBBCh, MSCE, of the Department of Medicine
- Samuel Martin Health Evaluation Sciences Research Award to Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD, of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- Michael S. Brown New Investigator Research Award to Ben Z. Stanger, MD, PhD, of the Department of Medicine
- Marjorie A. Bowman New Investigator Research Award to Gregory P. Bisson, MD, MSCE, of the Department of Medicine
- The Lady Barbara Colyton Prize for Autoimmune Research to Eline Tjetske Luning Prak, MD, PhD, of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Clinical
- I.S. Ravdin Master Clinician Award to Anne F. Reilly, MD, MPH, of the Department of Pediatrics
- Louis Duhring Outstanding Clinical Specialist Award to Noel N. Williams, MBBCh, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS, of the Department of Surgery
- Sylvan Eisman Outstanding Primary Care Physician Award to Craig S. Wynne, MD, of the Department of Medicine
- Luigi Mastroianni Clinical Innovator Award to Brian Litt, MD, of the Department of Neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Department of Bioengineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Alfred Stengel Health System Champion Award to Michael A. Acker, MD, of the Department of Surgery
- William Smilow Award for Innovation in Clinical Excellence to Victor A. Ferrari, MD, of the Department of Medicine
Mentoring
- Arthur Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award to Michael S. Parmacek, MD, of the Department of Medicine
Teaching
- The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching to Dennis J. Dlugos, MD, MSCE, of the Department of Neurology; and Katherine L. Margo, MD, of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award to Ellen J. Kim, MD, of the Department of Dermatology; and Vincent Lo Re III, MD, MSCE, of the Department of Medicine
- Robert Dunning Dripps Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education to James L. Mullen, MD, of the Department of Surgery
- Provost Award for Distinguished Teaching to Eric N. Goren, M.D., of the Department of Medicine
- Jane M. Glick Graduate Student Teaching Award to Meera V. Sundaram, PhD, of the Department of Genetics
News & Events
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Presentations from Department COAP Chairs and Education Officers Meeting - November 5, 2013
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Recently Promoted Faculty
View information about all 2012 promoted faculty
Daniel J. Licht, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Licht is a leading authority in pediatric neurointensive care who has made important contributions to research in the neural consequences of congenital heart disease. Using an interdisciplinary approach, he focuses on the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental injuries in infants with congenital heart disease and on the development of instrumentation that provide monitoring of brain vasculature and function. He has been the Director of the Neurovascular Imaging Lab at CHOP since 2005. He is an innovative clinician whose expertise was recognized by the department of pediatrics with the Master Clinician Award in 2009. He co-founded the Neuro-Cardiac Care Program which provides a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to the congenital heart patient. His peer-reviewed publications are in leading journals, including Circulation, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Journal of Pediatrics and Neurology. Dr. Licht received the Neurology Resident's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, The Child Neurology Society and the American Stroke Association.