Clinician-Investigator Track

 Assistant Professor

• Requires competency in a clinical specialty, commitment to excellent patient care and to the development or use of innovative medical technology and systems of patient care
• Participates in research activities
• Demonstrates scholarly productivity through authorship of publications in refereed journals and/or the dissemination of clinical knowledge and technological advances through various media and professional communications
• Demonstrates commitment to professional and health education

Associate Professor

• Usually requires at least six years in the rank of assistant professor, unless exceptional achievement is demonstrated
• Continually publishes research results in refereed journals or publishes reviews, chapters, or educational textbooks
• Continually disseminates clinical or educational knowledge and technological advances through various media and professional communications
• Receives recognition for outstanding competence and/or innovation in a clinical discipline as evidenced by a regional or national reputation and/or a leadership role in regional or national clinical affairs
• Demonstrates continued excellence in professional education, preferably with evidence of an administrative and/or leadership role in undergraduate, graduate, or continuing medical education
• Makes service contributions to the school and/or University
• Receives substantial external professional recognition

Professor

• Reserved for those faculty members whose achievements as clinicians and educators have brought distinction to the school, usually requires at least five years in the rank of associate professor
• Continually publishes important papers, reviews, chapters, or textbooks on research, clinical medicine, and/or education that have advanced the faculty member’s field of expertise
• Receives recognition as a premier practitioner and innovator or leader in clinical service as evidenced by a regional or national reputation
• Pursues continued excellence in institutional professional education as demonstrated by an administrative and/or leadership role in undergraduate, graduate, or continuing medical education, and a regional or national reputation in professional education and training
• Provides scholarly leadership and service to the school and/or University
• Achieves the highest form of external professional recognition