Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine

Overview

The Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine is a full-time, mission-driven leader dedicated wholly to advancing the success, reputation, and impact of TUN College of Osteopathic Medicine. This dynamic role not only directs and oversees the day-to-day operations of the College, but also sets the vision for its continued growth and excellence. The Dean ensures the highest standards of academic and clinical education, safeguarding the integrity of the curriculum while driving innovation through state-of-the-art technology and cutting-edge learning strategies.

With a steadfast commitment to student success, the Dean fosters an environment where faculty, staff, and learners can thrive.

Beyond the campus, the Dean serves as a connector and strategist, building meaningful partnerships with healthcare systems, community organizations, and peer institutions to expand opportunities and strengthen the College’s influence regionally, nationally, and beyond. This position is not just about management, it is about leadership, innovation, and impact: ensuring that the College of Osteopathic Medicine continues to be a leader in educating compassionate physicians prepared to meet the evolving healthcare needs of society.

Located in Henderson, Nevada, approximately twenty-five minutes from the iconic Las Vegas strip, Touro University Nevada is a non-profit medical, health sciences, and education graduate university focused on positively impacting our community in healthcare and education. Our values surrounding intellectual pursuit and service to humanity are steadfast and are clearly visible in the actions of our students, faculty, staff, and graduates.

We invite you to apply to our position for consideration to join the ranks of our talented and professional staff and faculty. Please visit the tun.touro.edu/administration/human-resources website where you can see a comprehensive listing of optional benefits and Human Resources contact information.

• Directs all administrative duties within the COM
• Assures compliance with state and federal regulations and accreditation standards (Represents and serves as liaison with other academic sites and agencies, including but not limited to the:
  American Osteopathic Association (AOA), American Association of Osteopathic Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), and the Western Accreditation Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)/ Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).
• Oversees/manages direct reports and assigned college (defining/outlining roles and responsibilities, serves as an effective leader/mentor guiding direct reports toward optimal performance, providing guidance and clarity, facilitates discussions, coordinating cohesive productivity, reviewing/conducting performance evaluations, assisting with problems [conflict resolution, crisis management, etc.], deadline attainment, personnel issues, etc.)
• Develops and maintains current, accurate policies and protocols (evaluating content, clarifying and minimizing redundancies, reviewing regularly, initiating changes, collaborating with appropriate internal and external partners, implementing/ disseminating updates, ) ensuring adherence in accordance with established policy and procedures approved by the Executive Committee.
• Oversees/manages college budgets, ensuring adherence to College practices (preparing and submitting annually, monitoring expenditures, reconciling monthly, examining income/expense statements, assessing needs [operating and capital], ensuring optimal utilization of facilities and resources, following protocols, formulating recommendations, effectively documenting, etc.)
• Manages faculty, staff and student relationships (monitoring performance, assessing needs, working to identify at-risk situations, recommending appropriate supportive measures, and referring to appropriate College resources) participates in the development/deployment, maintenance and enhancement of the faculty/staff adequacy model (serving on teams/task forces, gathering data, providing input/feedback, assisting with the implementation, etc.)
• Conducts regular team meetings (establishing agendas, setting dates and times, facilitating the exchange of information) to proactively enhance and improve college efficiencies as a component of the development and in attainment of strategic planning outcomes measures (assessing performance and outcomes measures, evaluating needs/services, providing constructive feedback, implementing necessary changes, providing educational enrichment opportunities to faculty and staff, disseminating material, etc.)
• Upholds the integrity of the COM curriculum and ensures optimal effectiveness.
• Directs and evaluates design, development, implementation and maintenance of curriculum (directs development and revisions/enhancements, monitoring progress, soliciting input/ideas, instructing/guiding ‘team’ members, establishing/enforcing deadlines, etc.) ensuring curriculum remains current and…