• Instructor (Research) (appointment limited to one 2-year term)
• Assistant Professor (Research) (appointment for indefinitely renewable 3-year terms)
• Associate Professor (Research)
• Professor (Research)

• Associate Professor, Teaching Scholar Track
• Professor, Teaching Scholar Track

• Associate Professor, Research Scholar Track
• Professor, Research Scholar Track

• Associate Professor, Clinician Scholar Track
• Professor, Clinician Scholar Track

• Discuss appointment with service chief.
• Appointments can start on the 1st of any month.
• Consult faculty ranks & tracks criteria (linked below) and DPHB-specific guidelines (attached below).
• Most pre-select academic faculty appointments must be pre-approved by the Dean's office. Please let the Manager, Academic Affairs know as soon as you are thinking of requesting a pre-select academic faculty appointment.
• Once the required materials are submitted, the appointment will be included on the agenda for the next DPHB Academic Faculty Committee meeting (four times a year, usually September, November, March and May).
• If approved by the DPHB committee, it will be forwarded to Brown BioMed for processing and official Dean’s approval.
• From Committee meeting to Dean’s approval usually takes a few weeks. 

Materials required for junior level academic pre-select faculty appointment:

• Updated CV in Brown format.
• Service Chief letter of justification (explaining how the candidate is uniquely qualified, i.e. justification for why no search took place)
• 3 letters of support (can be from Brown faculty or outside Brown)
• Job Description, with percentage of protected time for scholarly activity
• Documentation of one hour of training that meets the DPHB Faculty Development Requirement
• Academic faculty departmental hire form
• FPA with CEO signature  (listed under Searches as "Faculty Position Authorization - Clinical Departments")
• Item #8 (ONLY Item #8) of Compliance Report (listed under Searches)
• Hospital Support Letter (the Manager, Academic Affairs will request this from the hospital directly)

Must go through CMFA process (similar to promotions)

• Discuss appointment with service chief.
• Appointments can start on the 1st of any month.
• Once the required materials are submitted, the appointment will be included on the agenda for the next DPHB Academic  Faculty Committee meeting (four times a year,, usually September, November, March and May).
• Once initially approved by the Committee, referee letters will be solicited.
• Once the required 8 referee letters are received, the senior-level appointment will be included on the agenda for the next DPHB Academic Faculty Committee meeting.
• If the referee letters are approved, the senior-level appointment dossier will be forwarded to Brown BioMed for the appropriately scheduled CMFA meeting (a slot at a CMFA meeting has been reserved in advance).
• If CMFA approves the senior-level appointment, the appointee will be notified by the DPHB Chair. 

Materials required to begin process for preselect senior-level academic faculty appointment:

• Updated CV in Brown format.
• Service Chief letter of justification (explaining how the candidate is uniquely qualified, i.e. justification for why no search took place)
• 3 letters of support (can be from Brown faculty or outside Brown)
• Job Description, with percentage of protected time for scholarly activity
• Documentation of one hour of training that meets the DPHB Faculty Development Requirement
• FPA with CEO signature
• Item #8 (ONLY Item #8) of Compliance Report 
• Hospital Support Letter (this comes from Hospital CEO office)

• Clinical Instructor
• Clinical Assistant Professor
• Clinical Associate Professor
• Clinical Professor

• Instructor, Clinician Educator
• Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator
• Associate Professor, Clinician Educator
• Professor, Clinician Educator

• Interested clinician with a teaching role should discuss possible DPHB faculty appointment with service chief and/or training director.
• Contact Holly Wilker, Manager of Academic Affairs (Holly_Wilker@brown.edu) with questions, for requirements, due dates, etc.
• For Clinical track, must have 100 hours of teaching within the Brown system per year.
• For Clinician Educator track, must have 200 hours of teaching within the Brown system per year.
• Appointments can start on the 1st of any month.
• Clinical Instructor appointment are for two-year terms. Those appointed at Clinical Instructor will be evaluated for "promotion" to Assistant level after one year.
• Assistant level clinical faculty appointments are for three-year terms.
• Once the required materials are submitted, the appointment will be included on the agenda for the next DPHB Clinical Faculty Committee meeting (four times a year, usually September, November, March and May).
• If approved by the DPHB committee, it will be forwarded to Brown BioMed for processing and official Dean’s approval.
• From Committee meeting to Dean’s approval usually takes a few weeks.
• See Clinical Appointments Process document below for more details.

Materials required for Clinical Instructor faculty appointment:

• Letter from the candidate briefly addressing his/her current & future teaching role, # of teaching hours, and the availability of teaching evaluations. Addressed to Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD, Chair.
• Updated CV in Brown format.
• Service Chief memo of nomination (service chief should ensure a teaching role exists). Service chief can also use this Google form.
• Documentation of one hour of training that meets the DPHB Faculty Development Requirement

Materials required for Assistant Professor clinical faculty, junior level promotion (or appointment, with exception):

• Letter from the candidate briefly addressing his/her current and future teaching role, # of teaching hours, and the availability of teaching evaluations. Addressed to Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD, Chair.
• Updated CV in Brown format.
• Service Chief memo of nomination (service chief should ensure a teaching role exists). Service chief can also use this Google form.
• One additional letter of support from a DPHB faculty member
• Documentation of one hour of training that meets the DPHB Faculty Development Requirement FOR APPOINTMENT ONLY
• Copies of teaching evaluations (DPHB requests that candidates have one year of documented teaching within the Brown system.)

Must go through CMFA process (similar to promotions).

• Discuss possible appointment with service chief and/or training director.
• Once the required materials are submitted, the appointment will be included on the agenda for the next DPHB Clinical Faculty Committee meeting (four times a year, usually September, November, March and May).
• Once initially approved by the Committee, referee letters will be solicited.
• Once the required 5 referee letters are received, the senior-level appointment will be included on the agenda for the next DPHB Clinical Faculty Committee meeting.
• When/if the referee letters are approved, the senior level appointment dossier will be forwarded to Brown BioMed for the appropriately scheduled CMFA meeting (a slot at a CMFA meeting has been reserved in advance).
• The appointee will be notified of the CFMA decision by the DPHB Chair. 

Materials required to begin process for senior-level clinical faculty appointment:

• Updated CV in Brown format.
• Service Chief letter of nomination
• Copies of teaching evaluations
• Documentation of one hour of training that meets the DPHB Faculty Development Requirement