Present: Dr. Randi B. Silver, Dr. Marlin R. Mattson, Dr. William A. Muller, Dr. Esther M.G. Breslow, Dr. Joseph T. Cooke, Dr. Thomas J. Fahey, III, Dr. Anna O.S. Fels, Dr. Arthur D. Heller, Dr. Louise R. Howe, Dr. Michael A. LaCorte, Dr. Lonny R. Levin, Dr. Min Lu, Dr. Thomas Maack, Dr. Teresa A. Milner, Dr. Eleanor I.B. Peerschke, Dr. Ruth Rosenblatt, Dr. Barry D. Shaktman, Dr. Robert B. Snow and Dr. Michael Ushay.

Also Present: Dr. Mark A. Albano, Dr. Bruce L. Ballard, Dr. Charles L. Bardes, Ms. Joanne Blauer, Dr. Frank A. Chervenak, Mr. Barry J. Duignan, Dr. Oliver T. Fein, Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Mr. James R. Kahn, Ms. Susan B. McCreight, Dr. Alvin I. Mushlin, Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico and Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson.

Guests: Mr. Clyde B. Jones, III.

3:30pm: Following the arrival of the non-voting members and guest, Dr. Silver convened the meeting.

I. WECLOME NEW MEMBERS

Dr. Silver welcomed the following new members of the General Faculty Council:

Dr. Sonia G. Austrian, Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health, who is the representative of the faculty of the Department of Public Health;

Dr. Esther M.G. Breslow, Professor of Biochemistry, who succeeds Dr. Bernice D. Grafstein as a Basic Science Member-at-Large;

Dr. Anna O.S. Fels, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, who succeeds Dr. David A. Shapiro as the representative of the voluntary faculty of the Department of Psychiatry;

Dr. Arthur D. Heller, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, who succeeds Dr. Harvey L. Goldberg as the representative of the voluntary faculty of the Department of Medicine;

Dr. Louise R. Howe, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, who succeeds Dr. Takashi Mikawa as the representative of the faculty of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology;

Dr. Michael A. LaCorte, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, who succeeds Dr. Richard H. Schwarz as a representative of WMC faculty at System-affiliated institutions;

Dr. Min Lu, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, who succeeds Dr. Hugh D. Robertson as the representative of the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry;

Dr. Thomas Maack, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, who succeeds Dr. Suresh Tate as a Basic Science Member-at-Large;

Dr. Barry D. Shaktman, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, who succeeds Dr. Stephen T. Chasen as the representative of the faculty of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

II. ACTION ITEMS

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. The Council approved the minutes of its meeting held June 10, 2002.

2. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. The Council approved the recommendations of the Committee of Review as listed in the Committee’s memorandum dated June 19, 2002.

III. REPORT ITEMS

1. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT. At Dr. Silver’s request, Dr. Ruth Rosenblatt, Professor of Clinical Radiology and a member of the Committee that is organizing the GFC-sponsored course on Imaging, updated the Council on preparations for the course, which will begin in late September 2002. Each of the seven course dates will include short lectures by two to three speakers that will cover broad topics in Imaging, and will be followed by a 20-minute discussion session. Dr. Silver noted that the 2001-02 GFC course was the best-attended Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity at the Medical College.

2. OBJECTIVES FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE M.D. DEGREE. Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson, Senior Associate Dean (Education), presented a draft of the Objectives for the Educational Program for the M.D. Degree for the Council’s consideration.

This statement was designed to outline the areas of knowledge, skills and attitudes a student of the Medical College should demonstrate before graduation. Based on the results of the Medical Schools Objectives Project of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the objectives were formulated and approved in the Curriculum and Faculty Evaluation Committee, chaired by Dr. Ralph L. Nachman, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and were then revised and approved by the Medical Education Council, chaired by Dr. Storey-Johnson. The statement reflects an attempt to achieve a broad consensus on Education at the Medical College which can be reasonably tied to measurable outcomes, and is a starting point for the planing of more specific objectives in courses and clerkships. Furthermore, this statement will be periodically reviewed and updated as education needs change.

Dr. Storey-Johnson noted that the submission of such a statement is required for the upcoming Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) evaluation of the Medical College for re-accreditation. The objectives will be publicized to Medical College students and faculty via the course catalog, student handbook and Medical College website, and by distribution to department chairs, the EFC and the GFC.

3. ADVANCING THE CLINICAL MISSION. Mr. Clyde B. Jones, III, Director of Development, updated the Council on the Medical College Capital Campaign for the Strategic Plan Phase II: Advancing the Clinical Mission.

Mr. Jones emphasized that the Campaign would not be successful without the leadership and efforts of its volunteers, particularly from the Campaign Executive Committee, the Board of Overseers and the Dean’s Council. The Executive Committee is chaired by Overseer Kevin R. Brine, and includes Mr. Sanford I. Weill, Chairman of the Board of Overseers, Overseers Sanford B. Ehrenkranz, Leonard M. Harlan, Peter M. Sacerdote and Daisy M. Soros, Dr. Gotto, President Rawlings, Larry W. Schafer, Vice Provost of Development and Dr. H. Dirk Sostman, Senior Associate Dean (Clinical Affairs). Additionally, each Campaign Initiative is managed directly by a Development Officer who reports to the Executive Committee members.

In a further effort to involve the entire Medical College community in the Campaign, Development Office staff members will meet with leadership and faculty in the academic departments to communicate the Campaign Initiatives and strategies, and to develop strategies with each department aimed at reaching the Campaign goal. The Development Office will update the GFC as the Campaign progresses.

4. DEAN’S REPORT. Dr. Gotto recently visited Washington, D.C. where he met with various congressional staffers and New York City medical school deans to discuss national issues affecting medical schools, specifically the anticipated increase of the five-year budget allocation to the National Institutes of Health, which will be significantly lower than the last increase, issues of disparity of health care in the United States and the national debate on the possibility of a shortage of physicians in the U.S. by 2015.

The topping-off ceremony for the Southtown residence on Roosevelt Island was conducted on June 25th. The complex is projected to have nine towers in all, including one being built by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Gotto reported on the possible addition of a clinical skills assessment examination to the United States Medical Licensing Examination by 2005. Due to the cost involved in administering such an examination it would be administered at as few as five centers around the United States, at a cost of up to $700 to students. At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the AAMC Council of Deans, the Council was split evenly for and against the proposed addition. Dissenting deans were opposed to the cost of the examination to students. Dr. Gotto noted that the Medical College plans to construct a clinical skills teaching facility to be housed in the Ambulatory Care Building.

6. ADJOURNMENT. The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm.