What is the title of Assistant Professor of Medicine?

[dakims]

What exactly does this title mean? This doc at MD Anderson has this title and I don't know what it is. Can someone explain.

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[Isoprop]

non-tenured professor

 

[dakims]

So what does that mean he does then?

 

[Cegar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_professor

 

[TheRealMD]

So what does that mean he does then?

Associate Professor = non-tenured, but probably working towards it. Tenure means a professor can't be fired without cause. It usually takes a 5-6 years to achieve tenure status, and that really depends on the research you are doing for the school.

To you, it should mean little.

 

[167649]

This should help you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor

In general, an Assistant Professor is the lowest and entry-level professor rank. (The others being Associate Professor and then Full Professor, in that order). Usually, as people have said, Assistant Profs are un-tenured.

 

[167649]

Associate Professor = non-tenured, but probably working towards it. Tenure means a professor can't be fired without cause. It usually takes a 5-6 years to achieve tenure status, and that really depends on the research you are doing for the school.

To you, it should mean little.

You mean assistant? Usually associate level profs are tenured by then.

 

[Danbo1957]

You mean assistant? Usually associate level profs are tenured by then.

Not at every institution - Harvard only offers tenue for Full Professors. Normally, after six/seven years an assistant professor can be promoted to Associate, and then six/seven more years to become Professor. And, it really varies as to what the duties and responsibilties are at each level.

 

[dakims]

He works at IM doc at MD Anderson as a life after cancer doctor. He does not work at a university though. He does do research though. How does change things?

 

[Cegar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_professor#Research_Professor

 

[thebeatblitz]

Depends completely on the institution even though I haven't personally met a tenured Assistant Professor. Keep in mind there are tenure track and non-tenure track positions. Usually when MDs are listed as Assistant or Associate Professor, they do a mix of research and clinical work in academia. If you're committed to either one, you'd be Clinical X Professor or Research x Professor.