1-9 Affiliate Physician Appointments
Policy
Affiliate physicians are officers who are appointed annually for part-time service in the Faculties of Medicine. They are individuals in good standing who are engaged in clinical care. The Affiliate physician appointment will be limited to physicians throughout the Columbia University physician networks and may be requested with or without a hospital appointment.
Requirements
Department submits the following
- Nomination letter from the Department Chair and Division Chief stating that:
- No hospital appointment is being requested, or
- A hospital appointment is being requested. In this case, then the letter needs to state the name of the NYP facility and be accompanied by a faculty practice agreement signed by the faculty member (affiliate physician) limiting practice to that facility.
- Signed site-specific Faculty Practice Agreement (if applicable)
- Candidate’s CV
Workflow
All paperwork should be routed as follows.
- To the Office of Faculty Affairs for either:
- Written approval of the letter without hospital appointment; or
- Signature on the faculty practice agreement
- The signed approval letter or faculty practice agreement will be returned to the department.
- The documents (signed approval letter or FPA) will be included with the faculty appointment paperwork (or TBH) that is processed by the Office of Faculty Affairs.
Resources
Affiliate Physician Appointment Template
Faculty Practice Agreement Template-Northern Manhattan