Department Chair, Otolaryngology

Mayo Clinic Health System Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS) is a vital and growing part of the broader Mayo Clinic enterprise. As a community-based health care delivery system, MCHS operates independently within Mayo Clinic’s integrated practice model, with a distinct mission to provide high-quality care close to home in the communities it serves. MCHS includes 16 hospitals and more than 40 multi-specialty clinics, delivering care communities across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa and is home to 14k employees.

With a vision to be a Category of One community health system, MCHS brings Mayo Clinic expertise to rural and regional populations—where providers see more than 600,000 unique patients and manage over 2 million outpatient visits annually. Mayo Clinic Health System Mission/Vision/Values Mission:
To inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education, and research.

Vision:
To be a Category of One Community Health System and provide Mayo Clinic care close to home.

Value Statement:
The needs of the patient come first.

Otolaryngology at MCHSThe Otolaryngology (ENT) Department in MCHS is quickly growing with 13 surgeons providing ENT services at 16 hospitals across MCHS along with a strong team of advanced-practice providers, nurses, and other ancillary staff. Our ENT specialists provide expert care across a wide array of indications and surgical procedures, ranging from urgent interventions to complex outpatient surgeries. Their surgical repertoire includes procedures in adult and pediatric ENT, often involving tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies, thyroidectomies, parathyroidectomies, parotidectomies, and insertion of Inspire and Cochlear Implant devices, among others.

Cancer work is also performed involving both non-surgical treatments and advanced surgical procedures. These services frequently include specialized care such as facial reconstruction and comprehensive head and neck cancer treatment, reflecting our commitment to delivering expert, multidisciplinary care tailored to each patient’s needs.

Mayo Clinic Health System is the home of 3 family medicine residencies, all of which are ranked in the top 20 in the nation. Additionally, medical students from the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine spend elective clerkships within MCHS, and the core clinical education for Mayo Clinic physician assistants occurs within MCHS. Finally, the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences serves approximately 1,700 learners across 177 programs within Mayo Clinic Health System.

Position Overview /Search The Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS) seeks a visionary, strategic and inspirational leader to serve as the next Chair of the Otolaryngology department.  The chair will lead MCHS to Category of One across the ENT practice. With an administrative and nursing partner, the chair is responsible for defining and implementing a strategic plan to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, patient experience and staff satisfaction.

In collaboration with other leaders, the chair will work to optimize the practice through the design, development, evaluation, and prioritization of forward-looking, innovative models as well as develop its research and education portfolios. The chair will be primarily located in either Eau Claire, WI or Mankato, MN and is responsible for developing the otolaryngology department across MCHS in an integrated, coordinated, and efficient manner, and represents the MCHS perspective within the broader Mayo Clinic institution.

Primary Responsibilities The Chair is accountable for providing leadership and collaboration in fulfilling the following objectives for the otolaryngology department in MCHS:
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