School of Medicine

Office of Faculty Affairs & Professional Development

Professional Development

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development collaborates with various units across the School of Medicine to ensure our faculty have access to a myriad of learning opportunities that meet their needs and interests. From undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, clinical practices, research support, and general professional development, this page is designed to help you find ways in which you can meet CME requirements and/or advance your learning in your area of interest and engagement. Offerings may be in-person, virtual, or hybrid, with some offerings earning CME credits. Departmental meetings/seminars are also listed below to help inform the community on happenings around campus and to assist in planning around potential conflicts.

Faculty Affairs will host sessions for Interfolio/Fac180 training, P&T candidate trainings, orientation events, and other faculty related activities through each year. Watch for email communication and check back here often for dates/times!

We are happy to support you in advertising your offerings to the faculty. If your unit/department is hosting a professional development event, please send the relevant details to facultyaffairs@uthct.edu so that we can add it here for visibility. We can also send your event details via email to our internal and external faculty distribution lists.

April 2026

Tuesday April 7

Faculty Advisory Board Meeting

4:30-5:30 pm

Red and Kim Little Conference Room - B634

Wednesday April 8

Biomedical Research Seminar

"Timing is Everything: The Systems Biology of Phage Lysis"

Presenter: John J. Dennehy, PhD

10:00 am

Research Auditorium

Thursday April 9

Preventive Medicine

Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2026

7:30am-5:00pm

UT Tyler Health Science Center - Ornelas Amphitheatre

(Click for "Save the Date" flyer and registration link)

Thursday April 9

GME Quarterly

"Practicing Effective Resident Supervision"

Presenter: Bhavani Suryadevara, MD, FACP

5:00-6:00 pm

Virtual (Click for flyer)

Friday April 10

Grand Rounds

"Public and Populations Health: How Do Professionals from Various Systems Contribute?"

Speaker Panel: Kim Bush, PhD(c), Amy Rice, DO, Premananda Indic, BTech, Dana Dixon, and Theresa Byrd, RN

12:00-1:00 pm

Virtual (Click for flyer)

Tuesday April 14

Biomedical Research Seminar

"Transforming Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease Through AI-Guided"

Presenter: Shashi Kant, PhD

12:00-1:00 pm

Research Auditorium

Tuesday April 14

Spring 2026 Faculty Assembly

The Faculty Assembly is open to all faculty members with regular or affiliate appointments to the The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine.

* Faculty Awards
* Committee Updates
* Faculty Affairs & Professional Development Update

5:00-6:00 pm

North Campus - Ornelas Amphitheatre - G3215 & Zoom
(Click for flyer)

Thursday April 16

UME Faculty Development Series

"Transition to Residency"

Presenter: Dr. Sidra Qureshi

(More information to come)

Friday April 17

Grand Rounds

12:00-1:00 pm

(More information to come)

Friday & Saturday April 17-18

UT Tyler Symposium on Mycobacteria

Symposium Organizing Committee:
Shashi Kant, PhD, MBA (Co-Chair), Devanshi Mehta, MD (Co-Chair), Megan Devine, MD, Monika Kumaraswamy, MD, D(ABMM), and Jennifer Honda, PhD, ATSF

(Click for brochure and registration information)

Tuesday April 21