2026 Fall General Faculty Meeting

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Agenda:

12:00 p.m. Welcome
• Vivek Joshi, MD, Chair, COM Steering Committee of the Faculty Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Opening Remarks
• Charles B. Cairns, MD, Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean; Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs; Senior Vice President Drexel Health Operations
12:15 p.m. College Forward Update
• Seema Baranwal, MD, FACP, William Maul Measey Chair in Medical Education; Vice Dean of Institutional Effectiveness; Professor of Clinical Medicine
12:20 p.m. Research Resources & Space Planning
• Sandhya Kortagere, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology; Vice Dean of Research and Innovation
12:30 p.m. Educational Resources for Faculty
• Dana Farabaugh, MD, Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education
• Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, Deborah J. Tuttle, MD and John P. Piper, MD Vice Dean for Educational Affairs; Associate Professor of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine
12:35 p.m. Kaiser Permanente – Bay Area - Regional Campus Overview
• Seema Sidhu, MD, FACOG, Associate Dean, Regional Medical Campus and Director of Medical Education; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
12:40 p.m. Bayhealth Medical Center - Regional Campus Overview
• Shalini Shah, MD, Director of Medical Education; Associate Professor of Clinical, Family, Community and Preventive Medicine
12:45 p.m. Tower Health - Regional Campus Overview
• Cecilia M. Smith, DO, Associate Dean, Tower Health Regional Campus; Professor and Interim Academic Chair, Department of Medicine
12:50 - 1:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
• Dean Cairns
• Questions and Follow-up

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Contact Information

com.fafd@drexel.edu