About

Faculty Advisory Committee

The Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) was established in 2010 as an elected body of faculty members within the Division of the Biological Sciences (BSD) in the Research Scholar, Clinician Scholar, and Academic Clinical tracks, parallel in structure to the Council of the University Senate. The Council serves as a forum in which the Deans and the faculty can discuss major issues and impending decisions, and their impact on research, teaching, and scholarship can be weighed. The Council is a venue in which the Deans and the faculty can each bring matters of interest or concern to the attention of the other.

Faculty members are encouraged to communicate with the Deans through the Council. The Dean and University Vice-President for Medical Affairs is expected to keep the Council informed on matters of interest to the Division, and to seek advice on the academic impact of major initiatives. The function of the Council is two-way communication, and it is incumbent on members of the Council to communicate well-considered initiatives of the Deans to the faculty, and important faculty priorities to the Deans. The Dean for Research and Graduate Education will work with the Council to facilitate communication with the faculty at large.

To learn more about FAC, please read the slides from the FAC update meeting in May 2024 (PDF).

Distinguished Faculty Awards

Since 2011, the FAC been honoring fellow faculty members for their contributions to our collective missions of excellence in education, research, diversity and inclusion, program innovation, service to the community and patient care. Visit the Distinguished Faculty Awards page to learn more about the selection process and see a list of previous winners.

Committee Members

All members of the BSD faculty are eligible to vote in the election of Councilors and, with the exception of incumbent members of the Council, are eligible to stand for election. Councilors are expected to represent the faculty of the BSD as a whole, in the context of both the Medical Center and the University, and not any specific constituency.

FAC faculty members are elected by the BSD faculty to serve 3-year terms within one of three slates: Basic Biological Research, Clinical/Translational Science, or Patient Care and Training. In total, there are 27 members (Councilors). In addition, the BSD FAC includes ex officio members, which consists of the BSD Dean/CEO and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, the Executive Vice Dean, Chief Physician & Dean for Clinical Affairs, as well as several Deans and Vice or Associate Deans.

Xin He, PhD

Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Neuroscience Institute
Committee on Cancer Biology
Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology

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Elbert Huang, MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Public Health Sciences

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Carina W. Yang, MD

Faculty Director for Fellowship Accreditation
Associate Professor of Radiology

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Stephen Rodrigue Estime, MD

Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Graduate Medical Education
Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Lawrence Gottlieb, MD

Professor of Surgery

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Michael O'Connor, MD

Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Professor of Medicine

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Sonali Paul, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Anjana A Pillai, MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Surgery

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Carina W. Yang, MD

Faculty Director for Fellowship Accreditation
Associate Professor of Radiology

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Kirti Kulkarni (Alternate for 2024-2025)

Associate Professor of Radiology

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Yun Fang, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Committee on Molecular Medicine
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition

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Xin He, PhD

Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Neuroscience Institute
Committee on Cancer Biology
Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology

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Evgeny G Izumchenko, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Committee on Cancer Biology
Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology

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Yuan Ji, PhD

Professor of Public Health Sciences

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Anthony Kossiakoff, PhD

Otho S.A. Sprague Distinguished Service Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Daniel S. Mc Gehee, PhD

Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Professor of Neuroscience Institute
Committee Chair of Committee on Neurobiology
Committee on Neurobiology

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Elizabeth Astin Blair, MD

Professor of Surgery

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Christina Ciaccio, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Medicine

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Sandeep Gurbuxani, MBBS PhD

Professor of Pathology

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Elbert Huang, MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Public Health Sciences

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Ivan Moskowitz, MD PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology

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Jessica P. Ridgway, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Michael Bishop, MD (Alternate for 2024-25)

Professor of Medicine

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Mark Anderson

Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs
Paul And Allene Russell Professor of Medicine

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Iris Romero, MD

Executive Vice Dean
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Aytekin Oto, MD MBA

Chief Physician & Dean for Clinical Affairs
Professor of Radiology
Professor of Surgery

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Adekunle Odunsi, MD PhD

Dean for Oncology
AbbVie Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor of Medicine
Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics

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T. Conrad Gilliam, PhD

Vice Dean of Basic Science Research
Marjorie I. and Bernard A. Mitchell Distinguished Service Professor of Human Genetics
Acting Chair of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences
Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology

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Scott Andre Oakes, MD

Vice Dean for Clinical Science Research
Professor of Pathology
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition

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Doriane Miller, MD

Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Professor of Medicine

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Vineet Arora, MD

Vice Dean of Education & Dean for Medical Education
Herbert T. Abelson Professor of Medicine

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Jayant M. Pinto, MD

Vice Dean for Faculty & Associate Dean for Faculty, Clinical
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Medicine

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Christopher O. Olopade, MBBS

Associate Dean for Faculty, Academic Affairs
Professor of Family Medicine
Professor of Medicine

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