Faculty Assembly (School of Medicine)

Faculty Assembly

UTRGV School of Medicine faculty wearing white coats during faculty assembly event

The School of Medicine Faculty Assembly is the principal advisory body for the development of policy for the School of Medicine, subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System. The Dean of the School of Medicine, as the Chief Executive and Academic Officer, is responsible for approval and implementation of all policy decisions, subject to the approval of the President of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and when required by the UT System Board of Regents. Membership of the Faculty Assembly consists of all full-time faculty members within the School (i.e., tenured, tenure-track, and full-time non-tenure track faculty members at the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor) and all part-time faculty members who are employed by the School of Medicine at least 0.5 FTE. Specifically, the Faculty Assembly:

Shall exhibit an active interest in the SOM's progress and future. It shall be charged with active participation in major planning for the SOM and the campus as a whole. The Assembly shall accept responsibility for performing those functions essential to the furtherance and conduct of programs of excellence in all activities of the SOM. The Assembly shall forward issues to the UTRGV Faculty Senate that may affect the rights, privileges, responsibilities, and welfare of the faculty.
Has responsibilities to establish, by example, and to maintain, by appropriate means, exemplary standards of ethical, moral, personal, and professional conduct by the student body.
Upon recommendation by the Medical Student Evaluation and Promotion Committee, is responsible for recommending candidates for certification for graduation by the President of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the Chancellor of The University of Texas System, and the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System.
Foster and support excellence in all aspects of medical education, research, health care delivery, and community partnerships at the SOM.

The Faculty Assembly has 4 officers, the Chair, Chair-Elect, Assembly Representative-at-large, and the Secretary/Treasurer. For a given term, no two officers, may represent the same department. The Assembly Executive Committee (herein referred to as the Assembly EC) shall be composed of the officers of the Assembly (Chair, Chair-Elect, Assembly Representative-at-large and Secretary/Treasurer) and three Faculty Senators from the SOM. The duties of the Assembly EC shall be to develop the agendas for regular and special meetings of the Assembly and to focus the activities of the Assembly. The Assembly EC shall review and approve or disapprove faculty nominations submitted for standing School of Medicine committees, and those submitted to UTRGV committees that have requested SOM representation. The Assembly EC also shall oversee Assembly elections. The Chair shall convene and preside over all meetings of the Assembly EC and of the Assembly (regular and special meetings). The Chair and/or the Secretary/Treasurer shall attend all Dean’s Advisory Committee meetings and shall have one vote between them. The Chair-Elect shall preside over Assembly and Assembly EC meetings in the absence of the Chair. The Chair and/or Chair-Elect shall attend the meetings of the UTRGV Faculty Senate. The Secretary/Treasurer is responsible for the minutes of the Assembly EC and Assembly meetings and shall post them, in a timely fashion, to the Assembly website and shall also oversee the financial affairs of the Assembly.

FAEC Feedback Survey

On October 17, 2022, we sent a survey to all Faculty Assembly members where you asked for more mechanisms and opportunities to connect with us as your voice and advocates. In response, we have set up this anonymous inbox which will be available by January 15, 2023.

We would like to ask you that for matters where direct communication with us seems appropriate for you please don’t hesitate to talk to us directly, ask to join us in one of our monthly meetings, call us or send an e-mail to one or more of our members. At the same time, we understand that sometimes those method may not work for you, having that in mind, when other methods of communication may not be sufficient or when you want to remain completely anonymous, we have set up this link. This site is monitored sporadically by the UTRGV SOM FAEC Secretary (In average we expect that will happen at least once per month). Link for direct anonymous feedback to the UTRGV SOM Faculty Assembly Executive Committee members:

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Faculty Assembly Executive Committee
FY22-23

Faculty Officers
Name	Position	Email
Jose Campo-Maldonado, MD Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine	Assembly Chair	Jose.CampoMaldonado@utrgv.edu
Lori Berry, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Chair Elect	Lori.Berry@utrgv.edu
James Fahey, MD Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine	Representative At-Large	James.Fahey@utrgv.edu
Lubnaa Abdullah, PsyD Assistant Professor, Psychiatry	Secretary	Lubnaa.Abdullah@utrgv.edu
Pamela Parker, MD Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology	Former Chair	Pamela.Parker@utrgv.edu
Sarah Williams-Blangero, PhD Professor, Human Genetics	Faculty Senate	Sarah.Williams-Blangero@utrgv.edu
Henry Reinhart, MD Assistant Professor, Surgery	Faculty Senate	Henry.Reinhart@utrgv.edu
Pad Rengasamy, PhD Professor, Medical Education	Faculty Senate	Pad.Renga@utrgv.edu
All members listed above serve as members of the Assembly Executive Committee.