Faculty members and trainees who have terminated their full-time or part-time ladder HMS/HSDM appointments may be reinstated if their time away has been less than two (2) years. The process requires a written letter to the Dean from the individual’s Department Head requesting reinstatement and must include specific information about the individual’s activities during the absence. The Office for Faculty Affairs (OFA) will review the letter and inform the Department Head requesting the faculty reinstatement of the outcome.
Faculty who have had a break in service that exceeds two (2) years may only return to a full-time ladder appointment at HMS following a search unless they meet criteria for an exception to a search. Faculty under consideration for return to full-time (through a search or search exception) or part-time ladder faculty appointments at or above the rank of assistant professor will be subject to an academic evaluation process, which will ordinarily involve the collection of letters of evaluation and/or review by appointment evaluation committees.
Last updated June 2023