I hereby resign my tenured faculty position at UNTHSC effective January 31, 2010. Over these next 5 months, and thereafter as appropriate, I will do everything in my power to assist you (or the new dean) to make a smooth transition of my responsibilities to whomever you deem appropriate.
I began medical school here at TCOM in 1985 and, with the exception of my PM&R PGY2-4 years off campus, have studied or worked at this institution ever since. I am an alumnus of TCOM for my medical degree, UNT for my graduate degree and OMCT for my internship. I have served as chairman of the Manipulative Medicine Departmental and Executive Director of the Physical Medicine Institute for over 10 years and have progressively worked my way from Assistant to Tenured (F1111) Professor. I have received millions in competitive federal research grant funding. As a clinical department chairman, I have been a member of the board of the UNTHSC clinical practice plan this entire time. I have always maintained an active clinical practice and have positively contributed financially to my department and the institution. This year alone, I have generated YTD over $370,000 in clinical revenues and show a surplus of revenue over expenses (profit for UNTHealth) of over $100,000. I have been extensively involved in teaching medical students, fellows and residents every year since I began Working at TCOM and have now accumulated 20 years of service to UNTHSC and the State of Texas. Until recently, I believed that I would spend my entire career and retire from UNTHSC.
However, I have found the deceptive and manipulative behavior of our current president, Dr. Ransom, to be intolerable. Although I believe that a MD school on campus at UNTHSC is unnecessary, I would not resign my tenure at UNTHSC just because we are seriously considering this option. Dr. Ransom’s horrendous management of this important issue is simply the most visible manifestation of his incompetence. If trusting relationships are the currency of leadership, Dr. Ransom has bankrupt UNTHSC-TCOM.
During my years of service to UNTI-ISC and TCOM, I have served under a variety of presidents with different leadership styles and agendas. Although I didn’t always agree with them, I was always able to proudly serve UNTHSC. As Chairman and UNTHealth Board Member, I have seen 3 years of Dr. Ransom’s destructive leadership and now feel that I must resign from my role as a chairman and its associated board membership (and from UNTHSC entirely) rather than become further complicit by association.
Please feel free to contact me at your convenience by email ( sstoll@hsc.u11t.edu ) or on my cell phone ( 817-312-2126 )to coordinate a transfer of my responsibilities or to discuss my resignation or my concerns described above. I love UNT, UNTHSC, and TCOM and Wish them all well as our community truly needs the services that only these institutions can provide.
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