Tenure-Track, Tenure, and Academic Track
Dossiers for the 2024-2025 review period will be due on September 15, 2024. The Office of Faculty Affairs will be in touch with departments with instructions on how to submit promotion dossiers.
From April 16 to September 12, we have set aside weekly time on Tuesdays and Thursdays to assist anyone who has questions in relation to CV and dossier preparation for the upcoming 2024-25 promotion cycle. Please limit your questions to a few minutes during the scheduled time. If more time and/or a different day is needed, please contact ms-ofa@umn.edu to schedule an appointment.
Tuesdays, 1:00-2:00 pm | via Zoom
Thursdays, 10:00-11:00 am | via Zoom
Tenure in the Medical School is granted in accordance with:
- Board of Regents Faculty Tenure Code
- Procedures for Reviewing Candidates for Tenure and/or Promotion: Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty
- Medical School 7.12 Statement and departmental addenda:
Departmental Addenda - Part 2 (Track Statements)
• Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
• Biomedical Sciences (Duluth)
• Dermatology
• Emergency Medicine
• Family Medicine and Community Health
• Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health (Duluth)
• Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
• Integrative Biology and Physiology
• Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
• Medicine
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Neurology
• Neuroscience
• Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Otolaryngology
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacology
• Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Radiation Oncology
• Radiology
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Surgery
• Urology
Medical School Annual Review of Tenured Faculty - Part 3
Faculty members on the Academic Track are evaluated alongside the Medical School's processes and procedures for promotion and review on the Tenure-Track.
Resources, Policies, and Procedures
Forms and Templates
There is no need to request access to the documents below. These can all be downloaded under 'File' within each document:
- Tenure-Track, Tenure, and Academic Track Promotion Dossier Template
- Tenure-Track, Tenure, and Academic Track Promotion Dossier Checklist
- Dossier Cover Sheets:
- Cover Sheet 1 = for Probationary Assistant to Associate Professor w/ Tenure or Probationary Associate to Associate Professor w/ Tenure
- Cover Sheet 2 = for Promotion to Professor Only (Tenured)
- Teaching Experience and Effectiveness Cover Sheet
- Lecture Evaluation Summary
- Mentoring/Training Table
- Teaching Table
- Departmental Report
- Department Record of Vote
- Departmental Statement of Assurance
- Candidate's Statement of Assurance
- Selected Reprints Sample List
Dossier due date and Submission to OFA
Promotion dossiers are due on Sep. 15 of every year. If the 15th lands on a weekend, the due date would then be Sep. 16 or Sep. 17 (that Monday). The Office of Faculty Affairs will be in touch with departments directly with instructions on how to submit promotion dossiers.
Medical School Curriculum Vitae Templates - Required for All Dossiers
Guidance regarding external reviewers:
- Key elements for writing a letter requesting an external review
- Guide for selecting arm's length reviewers
- Sample External Review List
- Effect of pandemic on promotion and tenure review process:
External reviews play a critical part in the review process for promotion. Please consider the following as reviews are solicited:
- A minimum of four arms-length letters are to submitted with each promotion dossier. To minimize service expectations for ourselves and our colleagues, please consider how many letters your unit needs to make a reasonable judgment in the review process. In general, including more than seven letters provides little additional value to the process, though there may be circumstances where that is warranted (such as with an interdisciplinary scholar, for example).
- Include a clear description of the reviewer’s relationship to the candidate.
- Do not ask external reviewers to compare the candidate to others in the field. Faculty members have different experiences and comparing faculty without knowing of those experiences can lead to an unfair process. Please focus on the individual's accomplishments and contributions to the field as they relate to their track statement.
- Do not ask reviewers to comment on whether or not the candidate would likely be tenured at their institution, as institutional expectations vary greatly.
- Do not ask reviewers to comment on teaching unless evidence is provided for them to assess. If teaching evidence is submitted, make sure to include evidence beyond SRTs.
PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE (P&TC) | TENURE AND ACADEMIC TRACKS
- David Benditt, MD, FACC, FRCPC, FESC, FHRS, CCDS, Professor, Department of Medicine
- Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH, LMFT, CFLE, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Melissa Brunsvold, MD, FACS, FCCM, Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Surgery
- Germaine Cornelissen-Guillaume, PhD, Co-Chair, Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
- William Dobyns, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics
- Lester Drewes, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACC, FESC, FASH, Professor, Department of Medicine
- Patricia Ferrieri, MD, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Nancy Harper, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics
- Kristin Hogquist, PhD, Co-Chair, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- John Lake, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine
- Kevin Mayo, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
- Catherine McCarty, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health
- James Miner, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Patrick Nachman, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine
- Thomas Neufeld, PhD, Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
- Frank Ondrey, MD, PhD, FACS, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
- David Power, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Daniel Saltzman, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery
- Sara Shumway, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery
- Marc Swiontkowski, MD, Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
- Ramachandra Tummala, MD, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
- Mark Yeazel, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health