Transcript Scott Kiss, Medicine

How I nearly prematurely
terminated my career
…and how MAUT saved it
Dr. Robert Scott Kiss
Associate Professor
McGill University
What if…
• Seatbelts, travel health insurance
• We don’t expect to have trouble during the
tenure track, but it happens
• Don’t expect the administration to be on your
side
Well, it happened.
• Wife had difficult pregnancy
• Project did not go smoothly
• Graduate students did not work hard in my
absence
• I did not apply for a leave of absence
What do I do now?
• DTC negative decision – they will understand if I explain
it to them
• UTC negative decision – why don’t they understand me
• Then I called MAUT
• Provost negative decision – Holy crap, I am up the
creek. Why was I so stupid to not call them earlier?
MAUT knows what to do
• Prepared Appeal document
• Provided legal advice
• Set me up with advisor – Dr. Gowrisankaran
• Followed through with 3 levels of appeal
Dodged a bullet
• Final Appeal decision came back positively
• A lot of personal issues involved, a lot of legal
and administrative wrangling
• But, I couldn’t have succeeded without MAUT