Annual salaries of two newest CMED associate deans total $425,000
The annual salaries of two College of Medicine associate deans hired in June total $425,000.
Dr. Linda Perkowski, associate dean of medical education, has an annual salary of $200,000, according to documents obtained by Central Michigan Life through the Freedom of Information Act.
Perkowski was hired June 6 to fill the position formerly held by Dr. Nehad El-Sawi. El-Sawi was hired to CMED in May 2010 and resigned from her position Jan. 25 for unspecified reasons.
As CM Life reported in February, El-Sawi received a compensation package of $238,691.76 as part of her resignation agreement. As severance, she received $112,000 of her annual $200,000 salary and benefits.
According to documents, CMED recommended Perkowski’s salary because it was the same as El-Sawi’s salary and was consistent with market data. Perkowski's appointment became effective Sept. 6.
Perkowski has a Ph.D. in preventive medicine and community health from the University of Texas Medical Branch. She was most recently the associate dean for curriculum and evaluation at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
The university also will provide Perkowski a maximum of $7,500 in moving expenses.
Dr. Joel Lanphear, senior associate dean of eductional programs for CMED, has an annual salary of $225,000.
The university also will provide Lanphear a maximum of $5,000 for moving expenses.
Lanphear was hired June 22 and his appointment became effective Sept. 6.
Lanphear has a Ph.D. in instructional development and technology from Michigan State University. He was most recently a professor of medical education and associate dean of undergraduate medical education at Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
Lanphear received $18,750 as a part-time temporary employee for July 1 through Aug. 31. As a temporary staff member, his duties included reviewing Liason Committee on Medical Education submission materials, providing guidance regarding preparation for LCME site visit in mid-November and conducting initial planning of strategies that will lead to accreditation.
LCME will vote to decide if the medical school will receive accreditation in February and send a letter to the CMED committee in March.
As CM Life reported in July, Dr. W. Robert Fleischmann, Perkowski’s husband, is making $150,000 annually as a CMED faculty member. Fleischmann was hired as a professor of microbiology and immunology May 24 on a 12-month contract, according to documents obtained using the FOIA. He began work July 1.
Fleischmann was most recently a faculty member at UMN.
He will also be awarded $75,000 annually for three years to conduct research in cancer immunology, totalling $225,000. He will be responsible for funding his own research through external fundraising after the third year.
Fleischmann will be given $5,000 in personal moving costs, and any “reasonable and necessary” expenses to relocate his UMN laboratory equipment.
As CM Life reported in October 2010, according to press releases from University Communications, Dr. Ernest Yoder, CMED dean, has a salary of $385,000; Deborah Biggs, associate dean of administration and finance, has a salary of $210,000; Dr. Sean Kesterson, associate dean of clinical affairs and hospital relations and chief medical officer, has a salary of $325,000; and Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord, associate dean of student affairs, has a salary of $250,000.
In a CM Life article on Sept. 21, Yoder said CMED has estimated about 100 faculty, 70 clinicians and 30 foundation scientists to open the curriculum. Clinicians would be made up of family physicians, internal physicians, surgeons and other hands-on staff. Foundation scientists would be molecular biologists, anatomists, pathologists and other medical theorists.
