1. CFAS Business Meeting
Scott Gitlin, MD, presenting for Vincent D. Pellegrini Jr., MD
Nov. 11, 2016

2. New CFAS Ad Board Members
Robin McGoey, MD, LSU Health
Rich Eckert, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Alan Dow, MD, VCU School of Medicine
Carolyn Meltzer, MD, Emory School of Medicine
Also, welcome Maureen Connelly, MD, Harvard Medical School, GFA Chair Elect

3. Thank You to Outgoing Ad Board Members
Mike Levitzky, PhD, LSU Health
Adi Haramati, PhD, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Andrej Rotter, PhD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Lee Fleisher, MD, Penn Medicine
Darshana Shah, PhD Marshall University School of Medicine – outgoing GFA member

4. And on the AAMC Side…
Welcome Ross McKinney, MD, Chief Scientific Officer of the AAMC

5. CFAS Membership Update
Since fall 2015, the number of total CFAS representatives has increased from 294 to 379
Medical schools have appointed 22 representatives to CFAS since fall 2015
In 2016, there were a total of 82 CFAS representatives with PhD or MD-PhD degrees
New member societies added since 2014:
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons
American College of Cardiology
American College of Physicians
American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Association of Pediatric Program Directors
Center for Medicine after the Holocaust

6. CFAS Membership Update, cont’d.

7. And Speaking of Chairs…
Three CFAS reps presented at the 2016 “Executive Development Seminar for New Associate Deans and Department Chairs” (including the CFAS Chair)
Vin Pellegrini, Cathy Pipas, and Amy Young
Highlighted a unique opportunity for CFAS to address issues critical to chairs of all stripe
Looking into ways to invite interested parties, such as chairs, to participate in CFAS activities
Open to your ideas on being effective

8. And Speaking of Expanding Our Base…
CFAS Affiliates system is ready to role
Allows past CAS representatives as well as past CFAS reps to enroll in CFAS meetings and activities
They may not serve on the ad board or vote in our elections for leadership, but they may network, share their knowledge, enjoy our meetings, present in our sessions, and otherwise participate in the CFAS community

9. Making a Difference at Learn Serve Lead
Of 103 concurrent sessions at LSL, CFAS reps or Ad Board members are panelists or moderators for 7 sessions.
8 Learn Serve Lead speakers are affiliated with CFAS
In case you want to visit those sessions (consult the program for details):
Exploring Resilience: What We Know and What We Can Do
Mergers and Acquisitions: Critical Issues to Consider
Exploring Resilience: An Evidence-Based Institutional Response
Innovative Tools and Approaches to Simplify the Lives of Program Directors
Who Is Faculty, Anyway? An Update from the Defining Faculty Working Group
Leveraging the Power of Intergenerational Differences
Enhancing Support for the Academic Mission

10. CFAS 2017 Spring Meeting in Orlando

11. Committee and Work Group Progress
Program Committee
Put together a preview of the Spring meeting earlier than ever
Nominating and Engagement Committee
Identified four new CFAS Ad Board members from a deep field of ~20 nominees
Getting ready to select a new CFAS Chair Elect; selection will take place in Orlando this March

12. Committee and Work Group Progress
CFAS Resilience Workgroup
Continued to keep this issue front and center not only for CFAS but the AAMC overall
Played a role in the June AAMC Leadership Forum, which was focused on wellbeing in academic medicine
Launched an AAMC-wide website that is managed by CFAS

14. Committee and Work Group Progress
Evaluation Committee
New chair Carolyn Meltzer, MD.
Launched and completed a survey on “critical issues”
160 respondents
Top two “critical issues” survey responses:
The imbalance between required clinical productivity and loss of protected time for research and/or teaching”
The impact of health system and hospital aggregation on medical schools and academic faculty 1 2

15. Committee and Work Group Progress
Communication Committee
Continued to add newsletter content
Launched its first podcasts
Diversity Committee
Held its first meeting at LSL this year

16. Committee and Work Group Progress
Basic Science Workgroup
New chair Gabriela Popescu, PhD
Have discussed a number of issues around basic science/discovery science faculty, including decreasing role in curricula; adjusting to declining research funding; effects of mergers and acquisitions; importance of GME to basic scientists
Looked a creating statements on research growth vs. sustainability and ideas on a systematic, sustained effort to educate the public about the role of the academic health center

17. Committee and Work Group Progress
Value of Faculty as Educators Working Group
Working on defining teaching activities and providing a framework to value them
CFAS Advocacy Committee
Working on creating ways to communicate advocacy messages to CFAS reps (a new web resource has just gone live on the CFAS site; additionally working on ways to engage societies more closely with CFAS activity and ensuring that CFAS meetings regularly have an advocacy component in at least one plenary session

18. New Features on CFAS Website
List of active societies
CFAS News “hub”
People of academic medicine
New advocacy page resource
CFAS Member Rep Newsletter archive
As always, resources on our recent meetings that you can download and turn into your own presentations

19. Definition of Faculty Working Group Update
AAMC multi-disciplinary working group met this past spring
First “Umbrella” publication in draft form
Overall content plan in place for subsequent work
Session exploring next steps and seeking participant input happening at LSL