Executive Director, Kenneth L. Mattox, MD Center Trauma and Acute Care Innovation

Executive Director, Kenneth L. Mattox, MD Center for Trauma and Acute Care Innovation

Job Description

Job Title:

Executive Director, Kenneth L. Mattox, MD Center for Trauma and Acute Care Innovation Division:
Surgery Work Arrangement:

Location:

Houston, TX Salary Range: FLSA Status:
Exempt

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The Kenneth L. Mattox, MD Center for Trauma and Acute Care Innovation at Baylor College of Medicine seeks a nationally or internationally recognized surgeon-scientist to serve as its inaugural Executive Director. Candidates from surgical disciplines that contribute to the care of injured, critically ill, and acutely ill patients are strongly encouraged to apply, including—and not limited to—trauma and acute care surgery, orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, urology, vascular surgery, and other relevant surgical specialties.

This is a senior leadership position for a visionary academic surgeon with an established record of scientific innovation, clinical excellence, multidisciplinary collaboration, mentorship, and program development. The Executive Director will build and lead a multidisciplinary center dedicated to transforming the care of injured and acutely ill surgical patients through discovery, translational and clinical research, implementation science, technological innovation, commercialization, and data science.

Working across Baylor College of Medicine and its affiliated clinical institutions, the Executive Director will establish the Center’s scientific strategy, develop shared research infrastructure, recruit and mentor investigators, expand competitive extramural funding, and create partnerships spanning clinical medicine, engineering, data science, industry, and government. The Director will advance pathways that move discoveries from investigation to clinical implementation and, where appropriate, commercialization.

The position will include protected leadership and research effort, administrative support, and access to institutional resources commensurate with the scope of the Center and the experience of the successful candidate.

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute the long-term strategic vision for the Kenneth L. Mattox, MD Center for Trauma and Acute Care Innovation.
• Build a nationally recognized multidisciplinary research program focused on trauma, acute surgical disease, critical illness, and the full continuum of care for injured and acutely ill patients.
• Build an interdisciplinary faculty network spanning trauma and acute care surgery, orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, urology, vascular surgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, critical care, rehabilitation, data science, and other disciplines relevant to the Center’s mission.
• Foster collaborations across Baylor College of Medicine, affiliated hospitals and health systems, engineering and basic science programs, industry, foundations, and federal agencies.
• Serve as a catalyst for surgical innovation across Baylor College of Medicine while maintaining close partnership with the Division of Trauma, Bariatrics, and Acute Care Surgery and other participating departments and divisions.
• Recruit, retain, and develop investigators, research faculty, data scientists, and research staff necessary to advance the Center’s mission.

Research Leadership

• Create an environment that enables faculty across participating departments and divisions to successfully compete for NIH, Department of Defense, BARDA, NSF, PCORI, VA, and other peer-reviewed federal, foundation,and extramural funding.
• Mentor junior and mid-career faculty in grant development, study design, manuscript preparation, team science, and career advancement.
• Develop internal grant review, methodological consultation, and mentoring programs that increase the…