Expedited Review

New officers of instruction who are to be appointed at advanced rank (associate professor or full professor) can undergo an expedited review by the Faculty of Medicine Committee on Appointments and Promotions (COAP).

Prior to making a formal offer of employment, the academic department submits the documents listed below and the Chair and/or designee attend(s) a COAP meeting and present(s) to a subcommittee. 

• Department Chair's written request for the expedited review 
• Candidate’s CV  

A five-member subcommittee of the FOM COAP will be appointed to include both co-chairs and three other members, with appropriate expertise to evaluate a candidate’s fitness for the advanced rank proposed by the department.  

Candidates will be evaluated by the most stringent criteria for the requested rank.  

When the subcommittee approves the proposed advanced rank, a formal offer of employment can be made to the recruit at the proposed rank, and it should state that the appointment is contingent on the full COAP review that is required within 6 to 9 months of the appointment. 

Departments may not use the expedited review process if there are officers appointed via the expedited review process whose full COAP review has not been completed within the required time period. 

Officers appointed by the expedited review process can be appointed into the non-tenure “at CUMC” or “on tenure” track.  If the officer is appointed by expedited review on tenure track, the department will have 3 years in a research area of focus or 5 years in a clinical area of focus to prepare and present the candidate’s dossier for tenure.