This Faculty Handbook is subject to review and change from time to time, and policies may be revised in the course of any given academic year. We therefore suggest that you check this Handbook to confirm policies and requirements in effect at any given time. This Handbook is not intended and should not be construed to constitute a contract.
Chapter I. General Information
Chapter II. Organization and Governance
- Board of Trustees
- Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Dean's Leadership Board
- Executive Oversight Committee
- MD and MD-PhD Admissions Committee
- Student Promotions Committee
- Committee on Faculty Appointments, Promotions and Tenure
- Committee of the Student/ Trainee Learning Environment
- Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
- Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research Committee
- Committee on Special Awards and Grants
- Laboratory Safety Committee (LSC)
- Student Council
- Faculty Council
- Committees of the Dean
- Departmental Governance
- Amendments to Governance
Chapter III. Faculty
- Full Time Faculty
- Voluntary Faculty
- Part Time Faculty
- Appointment to the Faculty of the School of Medicine
- Appointment to the Graduate Faculty
- Faculty Diversity
- Faculty Responsibilities
- Professionalism
- Faculty Participating in Key Ventures
- Faculty Benefits
- Faculty Compensation Policy
- Insurance
- General Liability*
- Professional Liability (Medical Malpractice)
- International General and Professional Liability
- Automobile Liability
- Director and Officers Liability
- Workers' Compensation*
- Evaluation of Faculty
- Endowed Chair Guidelines
- Faculty Mentoring Program
- Tenure
- Definition
- Financial Obligations of Tenure
- Procedure for the Granting of Tenure
- Evaluation of tenured Faculty
- Conditions Under Which Tenure Ceases
- Retirement
- Resignation from Faculty
- Conversion from Full-Time to Voluntary Faculty Status
- Termination of Faculty
- Faculty Disciplinary Tribunal
Chapter IV. Appointments, Promotions and Tenure
- Introduction
- Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Procedures
- Full-Time Faculty
- Instructor
- Investigator Track
- Clinician Educator or Scientist Educator Track
- Research Track
- Clinical Practice and/or Administrative Leadership Track
- Other Full-time Titles
- Research Assistant
- Teaching Assistant
- Associate
- Notice of Non-Reappointment
- Voluntary Faculty
- Affiliate Faculty Track
- Clinical Instructor
- Research Instructor
- Clinical Assistant Professor
- Research Assistamt Professor
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Research Associate Professor
- Clinical Professor
- Research Professor
- Part Time Faculty
- Temporary Reduction of Full-Time Effort
- Part-Time Faculty Appointments
- Professor (Part-Time)
- Non-Primary Faculty Appointments
- Joint Primary Appointments
- Special Faculty Appointments
- Senior Faculty
- Visiting
- Lecturer and Professorial Lecturer
- Adjunct
- Honorary Lecturer
- Emeritus Status
- Search Committees
- Non-Faculty Titles
Chapter V. Research Environment
- Program for the Protection of Human Subjects(PPHS) / Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
- Research Administration Office
- Research Facilities
- Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
- Mount Sinai Innovation Partners (MSIP)
- Policies and Procedures on Ethical Practices in Research
Chapter VI. Institutional Policies
- Intellectual Property Policies and Processes
- Policy on Business Conflicts of Interest
- Policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research
- Policy on Relationships with Business Organizations
- Policy on Interactions with Vendors and Other Commercial Entities
- Manuscript Policy
- Authorship Policy
- Data Retention
- Policies and Procedures on Ethical Practices in Research
- Policy and Procedures on Protecting Whistleblowers
- Addressing Mistreatment and Other Unprofessional Behaviors Directed at Students and Trainees
- Policy on Press Relations
- Use of the Mount Sinai Name
- General Rule
- Individual Employee or faculty Activities
- Publications
- Disclosure or Use of Name by Other Entities Arising Out of Institutional Relationships with Such Entities
- Use of Name by Other Entities When Authorized by Mount Sinai In Other Circumstances
- Infractions
- Questions
- Guidelines and Procedures Regarding Use of Name of Mount Sinai in Published Materials
- Approval of All Authors
- Chair's Approval
- Dean's Approval
- President's Approval
- Recommendation to the Board of Trustees
- Questions
- Social Media Guideline
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Conditions of Employment
- Compliance Program
- Fraud and Abuse Prevention: Deficit Reduction Act
- Workplace Safety
- Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Campus Rules and Regulations