Clinician Track
Clinical excellence is central to the University of Minnesota’s land-grant mission to improve the lives of all Minnesotans. All three aspects of our purpose—education, clinical practice and research—are critical to the wellbeing and reputation of the Medical School. The clinician track is a unique way to be promoted, prompting a specialized set of processes and procedures for the faculty review.
Dossiers are due annually on September 15. The Office of Faculty Affairs will be in touch with departments with instructions on how to submit promotion dossiers.
Mini-360 Evaluation
As part of the promotion process on the Clinician Track (CT), candidates will provide a list of clinical evaluators (14-19 supervisors/direct reports, peers, and trainees), who are familiar with the candidate’s clinical work to evaluate them based on the ACGME list of clinical competencies referenced in the CT statement (see links below).
2025-26 Promotion Cycle Office Hours
From April 22 to September 11, 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 2025-26 promotion cycle. Please limit your questions to a few minutes during the scheduled time.
Tuesdays, 10:00-11:00 am (via Zoom)
Thursdays, 11:00-12:00 pm (via Zoom)
If more time and/or a different day is needed, please contact [email protected] to schedule an appointment.
NOTE: Each statement includes Part 1 (Medical School Clinician Track Statement), Part 2 (Departmental Criteria Statement).
- Department of Anesthesiology
- Department of Dermatology
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health (Duluth)
- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Neurosurgery
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery
- Department of Otolaryngology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Department of Radiation Oncology
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Urology
- Clinician Track Statement
- Departmental Criteria Statement:
- Anesthesiology
- Biomedical Sciences
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health (Duluth)
- Family Medicine and Community Health
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Medicine
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health
- Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiology
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Surgery
- Urology
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:
Medical School Curriculum Vitae Templates - Required for all Dossiers
Resources:
Guidance regarding external reviewers:
- Key elements for writing a letter requesting an external review
- Guide for selecting arm's length reviewers
External reviews play a critical part in the review process for promotion. Please consider the following as reviews are solicited:
- A minimum of four letters (2 arms-length and no more than 2 non-arms length) 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.
Clinician Track Promotion Committee (CTPC)
- Rafael Andrade, MD, MHA, Professor, Academic Track, Department of Surgery
- Sarah Benish, MD, FAAN, Associate Professor, Clinician Track, Department of Neurology
- Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD, Professor, Academic Track, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Stephen Contag, MD, Associate Professor, Academic Track, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
- Amy Esler, PhD, LP, Associate Professor, Academic Track, Department of Pediatrics
- Caroline George, MD, Associate Professor, Academic Track, Department of Pediatrics
- Elie Gertner, MD, Professor, Academic Track, Department of Medicine
- Robert Gould, MD, Professor, Clinician Track, Department of Anesthesiology
- Michael Howell, MD, Professor, Academic Track, Department of Neurology
- Hyun Kim, MD, Co-Chair, Associate Professor, Academic Track, Department of Medicine
- David McKenna, MD, Professor, Academic Track, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Christian Ogilvie, MD, Professor, Clinician Track, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
- Michael Park, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinician Track, Department of Neurosurgery
- Ramprasad Sripada, MBBS, MMM, Professor, Clinician Track, Department of Anesthesiology
- Joss Thomas, MBBS, MHA, MPH, Co-Chair, Professor, Clinician Track, Department of Anesthesiology
- Thaddeus Walczak, MD, Professor, Clinician Track, Department of Neurology
- David Walk, MD, FAAN, Professor, Academic Track, Department of Neurology
- Doug Whiteside, PhD, Co-Chair, Professor, Academic Track, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Yasuko Yamamura, MD, Associate Professor, Academic Track, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health