Faculty of Medicine Demographics

Total Faculty Members: 11,391

Includes Lecturers, Instructors, Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors

Full Time: 8,575 and Part Time: 2,816

294 49 10,672 286

Appointment Appointment Appointment Appointment

in a Basic or in a Basic or in a Clinical in a Harvard
Social Social Department at School of
Science Science a Hospital or Dental
Department at Department at Affiliate Medicine
a Quad a Hospital or location Department
location Affiliate
location
 Distribution of Full Time Faculty by Rank

10%

14% Total Full Time Faculty : 8,575

Professor (888)
Associate Professor (1,191)
51% Assistant Professor (1,877)
Lecturer (263)
Instructor (4,356)

22%

3%
 Distribution of Faculty in Academic Departments

5% Total Faculty in academic departments: 343

15%
8% Global Health and Social Medicine (52)

Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology (45)

Cell Biology (45)

8%
Genetics (40)

Neurobiology (37)
13%
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (33)

8% Health Care Policy (29)

Pathology* (29)

Systems Biology (27)

Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology* (18)

9% 13%
*Pathology is Academic when setting is in
the medical school campus (Quad)
* 12 of the Stem Cell faculty have a
primary appointment at another school in
the University

10%
11%
 Distribution of Faculty in Clinical Departments
by Department
Total Faculty in clinical departments at affiliates: 10,672
10%
Medicine (3,491)
3%
Psychiatry (1,838)
4% Pediatrics (1,133)
32%
Surgery (706)
5%
Radiology (671)
Anaesthesia (562)
5% Neurology (536)
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology (394)
Pathology (333)
6%
Other (1,098) include:
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
Dermatology
7% Otology and Laryngology
Population Medicine
Radiation Oncology
17% Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
11%
 Distribution of Faculty in Clinical Departments
by Affiliated Institutions

9%
d
Total Faculty in clinical epartments at affiliates:
3% Massachusetts10,672
General Hospital (2,989)
3% Brigham and Women's Hospital (2,314)
28%
4% Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (1,548)

Children's Hospital Boston (1,367)

5% Cambridge Health Alliance (534)

McLean Hospital (437)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (350)

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (284)

13%
Other (939) include:

Mount Auburn Hospital

Schepens Eye Research Institute
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
22% Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
Forsyth Institute
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
14% Hebrew SeniorLife
Joslin Diabetes Center
Judge Baker Children's Center
 Minority Full Time Faculty (1980-2010)

Asian or Pacific Islander URM

Black, Hispanic and Native American
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