Endowed Vice Chair of Education, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Alabama Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL - United States
Birmingham, AL – University of Alabama Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine (UAB) seeks an innovative and accomplished leader to serve as its next Endowed Vice Chair of Education, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. The Vice Chair will be an exceptional academic leader with a substantial record of teaching, clinical, and administrative accomplishments to lead the educational mission of the department. This is an outstanding opportunity for a contemporary and inspirational leader well versed in the academic mission to serve at one of the nation’s premier Departments of Anesthesiology.
The UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine is a recognized international leader in the fields of clinical anesthesia, graduate and postgraduate education, and scientific inquiry through basic and translational research. The department consists of more than 150 faculty members involved in the delivery of patient care and research activities, more than 90 residents and fellows, and more than 70 staff members. With a focus on scientific innovation, the department consistently ranks in the top clinical departments of anesthesiology in funding from the NIH. The department’s key areas of research focus include mechanisms and treatment of pain, free radical biology, inflammatory diseases, acute lung injury, cardiovascular disease and endothelial dysfunction, artificial intelligence, precision and predictive medicine. The department hosts accredited fellowships programs in cardiothoracic anesthesiology, critical care medicine, obstetric anesthesiology, pain medicine, and pediatric anesthesiology.
The incoming Vice Chair will build upon a notable curriculum, propel fellowship programs of excellence, and enhance educational opportunities while providing strategic leadership and oversight of the department’s clinical training infrastructure. The Vice Chair will maintain a strong and supportive relationship with other administrators, faculty, staff, fellows, and residents within the department and surrounding clinical entities by being a visible, proactive, and outstanding communicator who is able to build relationships and complex partnerships across the organization.
This physician leader will be an experienced medical educator in anesthesiology with a track record of building educational programs for anesthesiology residents and fellows. They will oversee the training programs in the department while passionate and skilled at building programs attracting best-in-class trainees who are prepared for an immersive training in a collegial atmosphere. The Vice Chair will have substantial impact on anesthesiology education at one of the nation’s top clinical departments. Candidates must be board certified in Anesthesia, meet the academic requirements of the Department and licensed to practice in the state of Alabama.
Requests for information, confidential nominations, and expressions of interest through candidate materials (including a letter of interest and CV) should be submitted via email to UAB search consultants Dr. Mike Anderson and Vinny Gossain through the office of Ashley Rittgers at [email protected].