Academic Affairs at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Executive Committee for Faculty Council

The Executive Committee of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Medicine is made up of 12 members of the Faculty Council, including representation from clinical and basic science departments as well as from junior and senior faculty at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

A major responsibility of the Executive Committee is to set the agenda for each Faculty Council meeting. This Committee also serves in an ad hoc capacity as requested by the dean.

  • Marina Catallozzi, MD

    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center

  • Rita Charon, MD, PhD

    • Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine (in Medical Humanities and Ethics) at the Columbia University Medical Center
    • Chair, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics

  • Andrew Eisenberger, MD

    • Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center

  • Noemie Elhadad, PhD

    • Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor of Biomedical Informatics
    • Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics

  • Katherine Fischkoff, MD

    • Associate Professor of Surgery (in Anesthesiology) at the Columbia University Medical Center

  • Laura Johnston, PhD

    • Professor of Genetics and Development

  • Teresa Lee, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

  • Maya Rao, MD

    • Leonard Stern, M.D. Associate Professor of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center

  • Sarah Rosetti, PhD, BSN, RN, FAAN, FAMIA, FACMI

    • Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Nursing

  • Mary Sciutto, MD

    • Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Medical Center
    • Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

  • Samrat Worah, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

  • Sara Zaccara, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Systems Biology

Ex-officio

  • James McKiernan, MD

    • Carl A. Olsson Professor of Urology
    • Interim Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Interim Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences, Columbia University
    • Interim Chief Executive Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    • Chief Executive Officer, ColumbiaDoctors

  • Daichi Shimbo, MD

    • Professor of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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