Job ID: 29
Job Title: Chief of Renal-Electrolyte Division
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Chief, Division of Renal-Electrolyte
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) seek a physician-investigator of unique vision, enthusiasm, and experience for the Chief of the Division of Renal-Electrolyte. This position within the Department of Medicine will report directly to the Chair of Medicine. The Chief of Renal-Electrolyte will lead and ensure the continued excellence of the scientific, educational, and clinical programs within the Division of Renal-Electrolyte with overall responsibility for operations and strategy across the Division. The Division Chief will also sustain the growth and development of outstanding clinical, educational, and research programs, while enhancing the Division’s excellent reputation of extramural funding. This leader will play a critical role in developing groundbreaking clinical, translational, and basic research and training programs while building collaborative programs and initiatives across other divisions and departments within the system.
This position requires a dynamic, passionate, and experienced physician-scientist leader with a proven track record of success across the spectrum of collaborative clinical leadership, significant administrative experience, academic and educational excellence, program development, exemplary scholarship, successful faculty recruitment and development, and community engagement.
ABOUT UPMC
Over the last 20 years, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has ushered in a new era of health care excellence in Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania, and locations around the world. UPMC is a world-renowned $28 billion global health enterprise and integrated health care provider and insurer affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh.
Globally recognized as a leading research institution headquartered in Pittsburgh, UPMC has a strong history of attracting medical research funding, allowing it to invest significantly in cutting-edge research and development. The Department of Medicine receives more than $160 million in research funding annually, and the University is the nation’s sixth-largest university recipient of NIH funding. UPMC is shaping the future of health through clinical and technological innovation, research, and education. Its clinicians and physicians have access to a vast array of technologies and resources that facilitate an unmatched level of patient care. The Renal-Electrolyte Division boasts a distinguished history and a commitment to superior patient care, education, and research support from a large National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 training grant, maintaining its status as one of the premier renal divisions in the nation. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside is nationally ranked in pulmonology by U.S. News & World Report.
CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates for the position of Chief, Division of Renal-Electrolyte will possess outstanding credentials, a record of academic accomplishments, and outstanding executive leadership capacity, including but not limited to:
- Academic Excellence: Outstanding credentials and a record of academic achievement, national engagement, and distinction as a clinician, educator, and investigator with considerable scientific stature and strong evidence of scholarship. Academic credentials and achievements should meet qualifications for appointment as a full professor or senior associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
- Organizational Leadership and Development: Successful administrative leadership experience in an academic health center and/or research institution.
- Clinical Excellence: Recognized clinical expertise in an area of Nephrology and formative leadership experience to enhance the clinical, educational, and research missions of the Division. Experience integrating community practices and community physicians into academic practice is additive.
- Faculty and Staff Development: Successful track record of recruiting and developing faculty (clinicians, clinician scientists, full-time scientists). Demonstrated ability to identify and recruit a diverse staff at all levels.
- Education, Certification, and Licensure: M.D. or D.O. is required. Board Certification in Internal Medicine and subspecialty clinical and/or research fellowship in Nephrology. Eligible for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
To ensure full consideration, inquiries, nominations, CVs, and applications should be submitted electronically in confidence to c/o: Elaine Auerbach, MBA, MPH, at eauerbach@kbic.com and/or academicmedicine@kbic.com or call 972.265.5259.
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Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
UPMC has been recognized with a Catalyst Award, the premier gender equity award for advocates of diversity, equity, and inclusion which recognizes organizations whose influential and pioneering initiatives accelerate and advance women and people of color into leadership roles. The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity Employer for Minorities/Women/Vets/Disabled. UPMC is an equal opportunity employer.
