Our goal is to promote salary equity for faculty across the UCSF School of Medicine.  We have recently made the decision to provide full transparency of how faculty members are compensated at UCSF, with information about each Department’s Health Sciences Compensation Plan (“the Plan” or “The Comp Plan”) available on Box. That Box also includes "Compensation Plan Essentials", a short 4-page summary of the key components of the Plan. We created a short video for those of you who might prefer that format. In addition, we strongly recommend the VPAA Office’s Compensation Information.  We also know many UCSF Health clinicians are concerned about how funds flow impacts their salary, so provide several links in resources below.

Compensation Plan Advisory Committee

The Academic Personnel Manual (APM 670), the School of Medicine Implementing Guidelines for the Health Sciences Compensation Plan, and individual department and ORU Implementing Guidelines for the SOM Plan define the requirements for the committee composition.

The committee has representation from each of the five academic series (Ladder Rank, In Residence, Clinical X, Health Sciences Clinical, and Adjunct). The sixth member may be from any faculty series. The Vice Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs is an ex-officio member who votes only in event of a tie.

Three members shall be appointed by the Dean and then three members shall be elected from the School’s Plan membership.  UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.

Effective October 1, 2025, all Health Sciences Compensation Plan members who are in good standing are eligible to both make nominations for candidates to represent a particular faculty series on the Compensation Plan Advisory Committee and may also vote in the election for said representative.  Faculty in the Dean’s Office who serve on his committee as well as current Committee members are entitled to vote.

Advisory Committee Members
2026-2027

  • Patrick Ha, MD (Clinical X, Otolaryngology)*
  • Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD, MAS (Ladder Rank, Neurology)
  • Christina Inglis-Arkell, MD (HS Clinical, Anesthesia)
  • Louise Walter, MD (In Residence, Medicine)
  • Melanie Molina, MD, MAS (Clinical X, Emergency Medicine)
  • Tracy Fulton, PhD (Adjunct, Biochemistry and Biophysics)

* Serving as the at-large committee member

Faculty Salary Equity Review

We work in close partnership with the Vice Provost of Academic Affairs to conduct a faculty salary equity review (FSER) annually.  Information about the FSER, including committee composition, charge, reports methodology, are available here. Given that salary equity issues persist in academic medicine, this work is especially important to achieve our PRIDE values.

Outside Professional Activities

Compensation Plan members may engage in outside professional activities in accordance with the Plan’s terms and conditions.  Outside professional activities require annual disclosure via OATS (Online Activity Tracking System); please refer to Plan’s disclosure requirement.  Please refer to the Outside Professional Activities Quick Start Guide, a comprehensive guide on all aspects of outside professional activities. Remember that even if you do not engage in any outside professional activities, annual disclosure via OATS (Online Activity Tracking System) is still required.  

 

Outside Professional Activities FAQ (Forthcoming)

**A Note About Clinical or Patient Care Activities***

All clinical and/or patient care activities must be provided within the University setting or as part of an approved affiliation agreement or Professional Service Agreement (see Professional Services Agreement Process Flow [pdf]). All clinical income is due the Plan. In no case are faculty who are members of the Plan (“Plan Participants”) allowed to retain income from outside clinical or patient care activities.

Resources:

 

Our office is responsible for: 

  • Administration of the SOM Health Sciences Compensation Plan
  • Overseeing the compensation of Chairs & Directors
  • Overseeing the Faculty Salary Equity Review (FSER)
  • Oversight of outside professional activities