Chair of Dermatology - Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Summary

Tufts Medical Center (TMC) and the Tufts University School of Medicine have initiated a search for the Chair of Dermatology. The best candidate will be an academic physician executive who brings a reputation as an outstanding clinician and teacher, known for leadership, clinical innovation and academic excellence. The new Chair will have the critical organizational and management skills required to lead a department in a major qua ternary medical center.

The Opportunity

As leader of the Department of Dermatology, the Chair will report directly to the Dean of the Medical School/Chief Academic Officer, President of the Physician Organization, and the Chief Operating Officer of Tufts Medicine Health System. The Chair will provide oversight for all academic programs and processes, including academic appointments and promotions. This organizational arrangement reflects the value and standing of the Department of Dermatology at TMC and the School of Medicine.

TMC and the Dermatology faculty are committed to sustaining a long tradition of clinical excellence, innovation and teaching. Clinical research is an important function, as is the continued growth of its successful clinical trials program. They will contribute, as a Chair and physician-executive, to establishing effective new ways to achieve outstanding clinical performance and high-value clinical services in this time of extraordinary change in healthcare.

This individual will be an academic dermatologist, who is an exemplary clinician, educator and scholar. The Chair will advance the institutions’ mission to contribute to advancing new and innovative treatments and for recruiting faculty who are committed to clinical care, teaching and academic rigor. They must be an effective administrator, with management experience and leadership capability demonstrated by accomplishments in an academic healthcare enterprise.

Moreover, they must have demonstrated a passion for embracing change and leading others to achieve goals consistent with the mission and values of TMC.

Key Responsibilities of the Chair of Dermatology

At this time of significant and continuous change in academic medicine, the Department’s new Chair should be an inspirational academic leader and outstanding physician. They should be prepared to ensure that the dermatology training program continues its reputation for excellence as a teaching program for dermatology residents and medical students; provides a superb environment for faculty teaching and clinical practice; and ensures access to all referring physicians and departments at the Medical center and outside referring physicians.

The Chair should be a physician who places a high value on clinical care and on developing innovations in the business of dermatology care in relation to the Department of Dermatology’s access requirements and relationships to referral sources, both internal and external. The Department is well-positioned to grow in scale and significance. The next Chair is expected to assume an important role within the affiliated health systems in organizing optimal dermatology care from TMC’s affiliates throughout the region.

They will provide leadership for the academic mission of the Department of Dermatology, which involves several other Tufts-affiliated teaching hospitals across the region.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have the rank of Professor or equivalent and an academic portfolio including research and/or education at the UME and GME levels; clinical research and clinical trial experience are required
• Have a substantial record of publications
• Have management experience (e.g., Program Director, Division Director)
• Have the ambition, inspiration, and experience to build the practice infrastructure so that…