SAN ANTONIO Dr. Francisco Fernandez, recently named the founding dean of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's medical school, will be paid $630,000 a year, according to a letter outlining his job offer.

The salary and other aspects of the position were described in a Feb 10 letter by Dr. Francisco Gonzlez-Scarano, dean of UT Health Science Center at San Antonio's medical school, and Dr. Raymond Greenberg, the UT System's Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, obtained through an open records request.

Fernandez, who will become the dean effective April 28, has been the chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the University of South Florida's college of medicine in Tampa.

He will receive an annual base salary of $547,826 and a performance-based incentive of up to 15 percent for total compensation $630,000 a year, according to the letter. He is also entitled to deferred compensation of $150,000 if he remains in the position for three years.

The letter states that the dean's office will be located in a new academic building on what's currently UT Pan American's campus in Edinburg and that Fernandez's highest priority will be obtaining accreditation for the new medical school from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

In this capacity, you will work closely with educational deans at the UTHSCSA until such time as you have recruited an Associate Dean for Education, read the letter. Recruitment of key faculty leaders and key staff will also be among the highest priorities in the early stages of your tenure as Dean.

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UTRGV medical school dean will make up to $630,000 a year