HMS Review Committee

HMS Dean Convenes Committee to Review Conflicts of Interest
Statement Regarding Harvard Medical School's Conflict of Interest Policies
Members of the Faculty of Medicine Committee on Conflicts of Interest

 

HMS Dean Convenes Committee to Review Conflicts of Interest

In January 2009, Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the faculty of medicine, announced that he would convene a committee, including faculty and students, to review the current Faculty of Medicine Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment. The committee is charged with reviewing the policy and its principles, provisions and procedures in relation to interactions faculty members may have with industry that intersect with their responsibilities as members of the Faculty of Medicine.

The HMS Faculty of Medicine Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment Committee will work in tandem with and serve as a subcommittee for a University-wide committee being led by David Korn, vice provost for research, which will develop University-wide recommendations and guidelines for conflict-of-interest policies. The final policy developed by the HMS committee will be reviewed and approved by the HMS Faculty Council and will be submitted to the committee led by Korn for review and approval, consistent with the principles and guidelines for conflict-of-interest policies to be set forth by the University.

 

Statement Regarding Harvard Medical School's Conflict of Interest Policies

June 2008 — The Harvard Medical School Faculty Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment is rigorous and comprehensive and sets some of the highest standards among medical colleges. The School believes the disclosure process and financial prohibitions—in conjunction with the requirement that no more than 20 percent of a full-time faculty member's total professional effort may be directed to outside work—address the overwhelming majority of conflict concerns.  

The School also believes that appropriate and well-managed interactions between industry and academic medicine are essential to our mission of alleviating human suffering caused by disease. The HMS Faculty Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment seeks to ensure that this productive collaboration is built on the foundation of academic independence and scientific objectivity. Continue reading...

 

Faculty of Medicine Committee on Conflicts of Interest

Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

Co-chairs:

Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic (BWH)

Robert J. Mayer, MD, Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Medicine (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

Thomas Michel, MD, PhD, Daniel D. Federman, MD Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, Dean for Education

Christopher T. Walsh, PhD, Hamilton Kuhn Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology (HMS)

Members:

Eugene Braunwald, MD, Hersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic (Brigham and Women's Hospital)

Julia Carnevale, Third-year HMS Student

Patricia Donahoe, MD, Marshall K. Bartlett Professor of Surgery (Massachusetts General Hospital), Co-chair, HMS Faculty Council

R. Bruce Donoff, MD, DDS, Walter C. Guralnick Distinguished Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Harvard School of Dental Medicine)

Gary Fleisher, MD, Egan Family Foundation Professor of Pediatrics (Children's Hospital Boston)

Michael A. Gimbrone Jr., MD, Ramzi S. Cotran Professor of Pathology (BWH)

Shelly Greenfield, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry (McLean Hospital), Member, HMS Faculty Council

Elizabeth Hohmann, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine (MGH)

Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD, Ridley Watts Professor of Health Care Policy (HMS)

Joan W. Miller, MD, Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmiry)

Barrett J. Rollins, MD, PhD, Linde Family Professor of Medicine (DFCI)

Paul S. Russell, MD, John Homans Distinguished Professor of Surgery (MGH)

Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD, Ellen and Melvin Professor of Medical Education (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), Director, HMS Academy

Ganesh Shankar, Third-year HMS MD-PhD Student

Peter Sorger, PhD, Professor of Systems Biology (HMS)

Patrick L. Taylor, JD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (CHB)

Todd Theman, Fourth-year HMS Student

Mark Zeidel, MD, Herrman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of Medicine (BIDMC)

HMS Administrators Who Are Members:

Jules Dienstag, MD, Carl W. Walter Professor of Medicine, Dean for Medical Education

David Golan, PhD, MD, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Dean for Graduate Education

Isaac Kohlberg, Senior Associate Provost, Chief Technology Development Officer

Ellice Lieberman, DRPHD, MD, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Dean for Faculty Affairs

Richard Mills, Dean for Operations & Business Affairs

Lee Nadler, MD, Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Medicine, Dean for Clinical and Translational Research

Nancy Oriol, MD, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Dean for Students

Nancy Tarbell, MD, C.C. Wang Professor of Radiation Oncology, Dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs