As of December 2010, the Health Science Center has asked the College of Medicine to prepare a 5 percent reversion in the current fiscal year and plan for the potential of an additional cut of up to 10 percent in the next biennium.

In terms of dollars, the college must cut $1.7 million from its budget for the current 2011 fiscal year and make plans for a further reduction of $5 million in fiscal year 2012 and thereafter.

To help deal with our budget situation Dean Sam Shomaker has appointed Matt Brown, former Assistant Vice President for Finance for the Health Science Center, as Vice Dean for Finance and Administration for the College of Medicine. Mr. Brown has convened a Budget Strategy Task Force to advise Dr. Shomaker on how best to structure the budget reductions the college must make.

This Budget Strategy Task Force includes a cross section of the College of Medicine community to ensure that all perspectives are represented:

• Matt Brown, Chair
• Paul Ogden, M.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
• Van Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
• Karan Chavis, Assistant Dean for Planning and Evaluation
• Don Wesson, M.D., Vice Dean of the Temple Campus
• Kathryn Kotrla, M.D., Associate Dean of the Round Rock Campus
• Chris Cargile, M.D., Associate Dean of the Bryan-College Station Campus
• Siegfried Musser, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine
• Bill Griffith, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
• Alex Arroliga, M.D., Chair of Internal Medicine
• Rachel Bramson, M.D., Associate Professor of Humanities in Medicine and Family & Community Medicine
• Vernon Tesh, Ph.D., Professor of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis
• David Michel, Class of 2014 President

For more information on the Budget Strategy Task Force, contact Matt Brown