Faculty
Senate Chairperson Candidate Platform Statement for:
Philip L. Glick, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAP, FRCS (Eng.)
Vice Chairperson, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, and Management
SUNY @ Buffalo
E-mail: glicklab@buffalo.edu
Vice Chairperson, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, and Management
SUNY @ Buffalo
E-mail: glicklab@buffalo.edu
Academic Faculty
Profile - UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Dr Glick's Clinical Website
Twitter: @glicklab
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/philiplglickmdmba
Dr Glick's Clinical Website
Twitter: @glicklab
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/philiplglickmdmba
As we realize the
vision of UB 2020 strategic plan coming to fruition, the next 3 to 5 years will
be the most important period in UB’s history.
Moving from vision to implementation will require more than adequate programmatic
funding and capital investments; visionary leadership will be key. It will also require transparent
communications, negotiations with the various constituencies (i.e., academic
faculty, professional employees, students, and bargaining groups (UUP)), and
win-win compromises. The faculty, UB’s
human academic capital, is the “secret sauce” to the success of UB 2020.
The faculty Senate
and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee are true examples of academic joint
governance and volunteerism. Faculty
Senate Meetings may often feel impersonal and ineffectual. The Faculty Senates needs to consider
employing new methods of communication, i.e., Web Conferencing (UB Lync) and Twitter
(@UBFacultySenate), to improve the faculty’s Faculty Senate experience. However, the Faculty Senate Executive
Committee and the various charged committees are doing a great job, as is the
current Chairperson of the Faculty Senate. I currently serve on the Budget
Priorities and the Law School Decanal Review Committees. The Law School Decanal Review was most
meaningful to me because it exemplified the essence of faculty and Faculty
Senate involvement in UB’s joint governance.
To assure a continuous positive trajectory of these Faculty Senate accomplishments,
a seamless transfer in Faculty Senate leadership is essential.
The Chairperson of
the Faculty Senate is the “servant leader” of the Faculty Senate. The Chairperson of the Faculty Senate will
play a central role in this upcoming UB period of evolution and change. I believe that the chairperson of the Faculty
Senate is in a key position to provide advocacy for all the academic faculty in
UB’s joint governance process. Unlike the
myriad of other academic leaders on campus, i.e., provost, chairs, deans, and
vice presidents, who serve “at the pleasure” of the individual they were
appointed by and may consciously or subconsciously have a conflict of interests
when advocating for their faculty, the Chairperson of the Faculty Senate is
completely independent and only
accountable to the faculty. This unique position
makes the Chairperson of the Faculty Senate a key advocate, influencer and
spokesperson for the faculty. The Chairperson of the Faculty Senate is an objective
sounding board to all levels of leadership in Capen Hall (the Provost, the
Deans and the various Vice Presidents) and has a unique position, by both
physical proximity (an office in Capen Hall, 5th floor) and with earned
respect and confidentiality, to be the “go to point person” for “all things”
faculty related.
I am an academic pediatric surgeon with appointments in both the
School of Medicine and Biomedical Science and the School of Management. My career development and life experiences
make me uniquely qualified for this position.
I was educated in state university systems (UC Berkeley, UC San
Francisco and University of Washington).
After my wife, Dr Drucy Borowitz (Professor of Pediatrics) and I finished
our training, we recognized the unique attributes of UB’s School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences, The Children’s Hospital of Buffalo and WNY. After being in practice for a short time, I
recognized some key skill sets were deficient in my medical school, surgical and
pediatric surgical training that led me to get an MBA (Kellogg,
Northwestern University). I now use
these additional skills every day.
Leaders are made not born.
Education, training, skill sets, experience, mentors, sponsors and luck
makes us the leaders we become. I
strongly believe in intra-professional collaboration, which is an underlying seminal
principle in my leadership style. If I
am elected the Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, I believe I can be an
objective, ecumenical and tireless advocate for all of the faculty.
I hope that this explanation has helped you understand why I would like
to represent all of you as the Chairperson of the Faculty Senate. Please
remember to vote. And please remember to
vote for Phil Glick. It would be an honor to serve you. Thank
you.
