Associate Dean, Academic Affairs - Medical Education and Professor - Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Position: Associate Dean, Academic Affairs - Medical Education and Open Rank Professor - Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Business Title Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
- Medical Education and Open Rank Professor
- Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Applications Accepted From Public:
Open to the Public Special Instructions to Applicants

Please complete the online application and attach the required documents. Required documents include a detailed cover letter, current resume, and a list of at least three (3) professional references with current contact details, including email addresses.

The position will remain open until filled. For full consideration, please apply by 11:59 p.m. on August 16, 2026.

This position is eligible for the following benefits: medical, vision, dental, basic and supplemental life, winter break closure, paid holidays, educational benefits for you and eligible dependents, sick leave, vacation, and retirement. Posting Number 2016398T Department Summary

About the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine:

Mission:

We pride ourselves on our strong focus on our mission: training osteopathic primary care physicians to serve Ohio.

Our medical school educates physicians committed to practice in Ohio, emphasizes primary care, engages in focused research, and embraces both Appalachian and urban communities. Integral to this mission, our college community commits itself to: providing a clinically integrated, learning-centered, osteopathic medical education continuum for students, interns, residents and primary care associates; embracing public service; and improving the health and well-being of underserved populations.

Vision:

A healthier Ohio, empowered by compassionate osteopathic physicians.

With our graduates and partners, we advance care and knowledge to improve the health of our communities. Our culture is built upon resiliency, courage and compassion. Our physicians humanize each patient encounter, bridging the gap between therapeutics, medical technologies, health systems, care delivery and disparity.

Essential Values:

These fundamental principles form the foundation of the culture at our college: wholeness and balance within each person; integrity; community of mutual respect; acceptance of others; pursuit of excellence; a climate of scholarship; and commitment to service, generosity and compassion.

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Position Summary:

The Associate Dean, Academic Affairs - Medical Education is an administrative leadership role with a non-tenure track faculty appointment as an Open Rank Professor in one of the HCOM academic departments (Primary Care, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Specialty Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, or Social Medicine). As a faculty leader, the Associate Dean contributes to the College's missions of teaching, curriculum innovation, educational scholarship, faculty development, and academic governance while providing strategic leadership for foundational medical education.

This role provides academic leadership for the foundational (non-clinical) components of the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine curriculum. The Associate Dean is responsible for the design, integration, delivery, assessment, and continuous improvement of the pre-clerkship curriculum and serves as a principal faculty authority for educational quality, learner assessment, curriculum innovation, and academic standards.

The Associate Dean exercises academic judgment regarding curriculum content, instructional methods, competency expectations, learner assessment, and student progression. This position actively participates in teaching, faculty development, educational scholarship, and shared governance, ensuring that the curriculum remains aligned with institutional priorities and accreditation standards.

This position works in close collaboration with the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs - Clinical Education to ensure vertical and horizontal integration across the four-year curriculum and to maintain compliance with Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) standards.

Curriculum Leadership & Oversight

* Provide academic leadership for biomedical, social, behavioral, population health, ethics, professionalism, and health systems sciences.

* Lead curriculum design, mapping, review, integration and continuous quality improvement activities.

* Ensure alignment of learning objectives, instructional methods, assessments and program outcomes across campuses.

* Collaborate with course directors, faculty leaders, Associate Deans, governance committees, operational teams, and institutional partners to ensure coordinated, high-quality educational experiences across campuses.

* Collaborate with the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs - Clinical Education to support curricular integration and readiness for clinical training.

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