Emory School of Medicine – VAMC Faculty Relationships Claudia R. Adkison, J.D., Ph.D. Executive Associate Dean Administration & Faculty Affairs Emory University School of Medicine Department Administrator School October 13, 2006

Atlanta VAMC is a “Dean’s Hospital” Special relationship Ph.D.s and M.D.s employed at the VAMC full- time and part-time are Emory faculty Recruitment should be done jointly Appointment at the VAMC requires Emory faculty appointment Chair must approve in advance VAMC service chiefs are assigned by Department Chair and VAMC administration jointly – continue in the job with the agreement of both

Emory-VAMC Faculty Recruitment Chair, VAMC service chief, VAMC administration (Dr. Bower) agree on the candidate to be recruited VAMC (Dr. Bower) will sign the Faculty Proposal Form that is submitted as part of the recruitment packet – indicates VAMC salary support for the candidate

Faculty Status of VAMC Employees Faculty hold appointments in the VAMC as 1/8, 2/8, 3/8... 8/8 Faculty are full-time or part-time employees at the VAMC and at Emory If the VAMC and Emory appointments add up to full-time, the faculty member holds a regular full-time appointment in the School of Medicine If the VAMC and Emory appointments add up to part-time, the faculty member holds a regular part-time appointment in the School of Medicine

8/8 VAMC Faculty – WOC A faculty member who is 8/8 employed at the VAMC is still a regular, full-time faculty member in the SOM The faculty member may even be a tenured full professor If all salary comes from the VAMC, the faculty member is without compensation (WOC) at Emory An 8/8 VAMC employed faculty member without compensation IS NOT a volunteer faculty member

Research Rules All research proposals submitted by Emory-VAMC faculty except the VAMC merit award must be processed through Emory as Emory research Emory employees, faculty and staff, are not employees of the VA Research Foundation (VARF); do not submit research through the VARF 8/8 VAMC faculty can submit research through Emory and perform research at Emory (or at the VAMC)

Emory Research by 8/8 VAMC Faculty Member VAMC counts its work week in hours – 40 Emory counts its work week in effort VAMC allows up to 20 hours per week for 8/8 faculty to add on research, teaching, clinical effort, or administrative effort at SOM Full knowledge of how to calculate the effort is extremely important – very high priority on the OIG work plan list Salary at Emory is the 50%ile salary for the rank and specialty/sub-specialty shown on the AAMC salary table for private US medical schools

Emory Benefits for VAMC Faculty Emory faculty who are 1/8-7/8 VAMC receive the VAMC benefits according to their employment status Emory faculty who are 1/8-7/8 VAMC receive the Emory benefits to which their employment entitles them (based on Emory FTE status) Regular full-time faculty status as it pertains to rank is NOT the same as full-time/part-time status as it applies to Emory FTE, compensation, and benefits status. –Example: a regular, tenured Professor (FT total professional effort) in the SOM may be an 8/8 VAMC employee who is uncompensated at Emory, has no effort at Emory, and receives limited Emory benefits –Example: a regular, tenured Professor in the SOM may be a 3/8 VAMC employee whose FTE status at Emory is >0.5 FTE, which allows full Emory benefits

Emory Benefits for Faculty at VAMC For faculty whose total professional effort makes them full-time employed (Emory plus VAMC), some Emory benefits are tied to their Emory FTE status –If <0.5 FTE at Emory, retirement, life, medical, etc. are limited –If >0.5 FTE at Emory, benefits are FT benefits All VAMC faculty, regardless of Emory FTE status, are entitled to –Use of library –Use of University computer networks to access Emory sites – Use of the gym and other sports and entertainment facilities, same as other faculty –Emory discounts on purchases, ticket discounts in DUC –Use of Emory’s name on CV, same as other faculty –Use of Emory administrative services (grants management, etc.) –Faculty development, departmental and SOM

EMORY FACULTY AT THE VAMC ARE “REAL” FACULTY