The Department of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications for Chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery, a tenured faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor level. The successful candidate will be eligible for appointment to the Robert and Kelly Day Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery.
The Division of Cardiac Surgery provides consultative and therapeutic services for the surgical treatment of cardiac and cardiopulmonary diseases. We offer a full complement of cardiac services for acquired heart disease, congenital heart disease, aortic surgery, and cardiac and pulmonary transplantation. We have expertise in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery, and we are a UCLA Health Designated Center of Excellence in Mitral Valve Repair Surgery. We have strong collaborations with cardiology, vascular surgery, pulmonary medicine, anesthesiology and thoracic surgery.
The Chief of Cardiac Surgery will provide leadership and day-to-day oversight of the Division to advance the cardiac surgery program at Ronald Reagan and affiliated hospitals and lead the strategic growth of an academic surgical division in clinical care, education, research, and community outreach.
The successful candidate will be a national leader in Cardiothoracic Surgery and will have an exemplary record of clinical and research accomplishments. Candidates will be expected to lead the clinical effort in Cardiothoracic Surgery, to participate in patient care, and be responsible for expanding a basic and clinical research program. Candidates should be qualified for appointment at appropriate rank to the University of California Regular Professor series.
Candidates must have recognized skills in the education of residents and medical students and will be expected to be active participants in the Department’s residency training and educational programs. The candidate must possess an M.D. degree or equivalent, be ABTS board eligible/certified or equivalent, and be eligible for California medical licensure. We welcome outstanding U.S. and international candidates.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership and day-to-day oversight of the Division to advance the strategic growth and development of an academic surgical division in clinical care, education, research and community outreach.
• Oversee all aspects of patient care delivery related to the Division’s responsibility to UCLA Health inpatient and ambulatory cardiac surgery services, and at all other affiliate practice sites.
• Oversee quality, performance and programmatic development of the faculty with respect to clinical practice, education, community engagement, philanthropy, and research missions.
• Develop a robust surgical practice, which includes developing new referral sources in the region.
• Mentor and develop faculty in all mission areas.
• Improve academic productivity of divisional faculty through expanded basic and/or translational research, competitive funding and publications.
• Regularly attend the monthly division chief meetings and other standing and ad hoc committee meetings as assigned by the Chair of the Department.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations of all faculty in the division and establish annual advancement goals and objectives for individual faculty members.
• Advance and expand the mission and stature of the division and department through involvement in scholarly activity, including grant-writing, grand rounds, advocacy and/or participation on local/regional/national committees or organizations.
• Ensure that division physicians actively participate in the clinical and education programs for division/divisional residents and fellows, as required by ACGME and the Medical Education office.
• Facilitate and support interdisciplinary collaboration with thoracic surgery, cardiology, anesthesiology, pulmonary medicine, transplantation services, vascular surgery, and others, for clinical care and research.
• Fulfill other responsibilities, as may be assigned by the Chair of the Department.
Confidential inquiries, nominations, or submissions of interest are invited and will be considered until an appointment is made:
Bryan M. Burt, MD, FACS and Mediget Teshome, MD, MPH, FACS (search co-chairs)
c/o Bridget Hough
Director of Academic & Executive Search UCLA Health
Email: chiefcardiacsearch@mednet.ucla.edu
Apply: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10047
The University of California seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning. As such, the candidate must demonstrate transparency, a deep sense of professionalism, commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its forms, an unwavering ethical compass, and strong support for interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration and institutional growth.
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5 https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/oct-2022-salary-scales/t5-summary.pdf . The salary range for this position is $163,300 - $671,900 according to candidate's qualifications and experience, and the division's requirements. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan which provides for eligibility for additional compensation. https://medschool.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/media/documents/SOM-Imp-Proc-32015.pdf
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