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 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.
 

Cary Aarons, MD
Professor of Surgery at the Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Surgery

Lourival Baptista-Neto, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry

Colleen Cullen, PsyD
Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Psychology

Noemie Elhadad, PhD
Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor of Biomedical Informatics  
Chair
Department of Biomedical Informatics

Usha Krishnan, MD
Professor of Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics

Laura Johnston, PhD
Professor of Genetics and Development
Chair
Department of Genetics and Development

Tal Korem, PhD
Assistant Professor of System Biology and Reproductive Sciences (in Obstetrics and Gynecology) 
Department of Systems Biology 

Teresa Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics

Rachel Lewis, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics 

Starvos Lomvardos, PhD
Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Professor of Neuroscience
Herbert and Florence Irving Professor at the Zuckerman Institute
Chair
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Angela Mills, MD
J.E. Beaumont Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center
Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine

Carrie Ruzal-Shapiro, MD
Professor of Radiology at the Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Radiology

Ex-officio:

Katrina Armstrong, MD
Interim President, Columbia University
Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences
Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences 
Chief Executive Officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Harold and Margaret Hatch Professor of the University 

James McKiernan, MD
Interim Dean, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief Executive Officer, ColumbiaDoctors 
John K. Lattimer Professor of Urology

Anne L. Taylor, MD
Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Career Development
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs 
John Lindenbaum Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons