to deliver care and to conduct basic and clinical research, and that the pressure to produce clinical income was discouraging and devaluing research, reducing morale, and compromising the academic environment. The committee recommended a formal senate resolution to urge the Miller School and its Faculty Council to address the destructive effects of the absence of a collegial environment. In January 2013, the Miami Herald reported that around 700 of the 1,200 faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine had signed a petition complaining about the school's leadership. A copy of the petition obtained by the Herald criticised the "failed leadership" of Goldschmidt and chief operating officer Jack Lord, stating that "We want to make clear that the faculty has lost confidence in the ability of these men to lead the school." In a ballot conducted by the university in 2013, a majority of faculty at the Miller School voted against Goldschmidt remaining as Dean, but were overruled by the university's president, Donna Shalala, who decided to retain him. References External links Biography at the University of Miami University of Miami faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people)