OBGYN Chair, Vassar Brother's Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

OBGYN Chair – Vassar Brothers Medical Center – Poughkeepsie, New York (75 minutes north of New York City)

Vassar Brothers Medical Center, located 75 minutes north of New York City, offers an excellent opportunity for a regional OBGYN Chair of the women’s health service line. This unique role will serve as a clinical leader in a growing health system that has an established center of excellence in Women’s Health. The selected candidate will lead a group of obstetricians and gynecologists and work collaboratively with system leadership, physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, oncologists, and neonatology to ensure the highest quality, evidence‑based care.

The role is 60% clinical as a women’s health physician in the Nuvance‑Northwell employed practice, and 40% administrative as the Vassar OBGYN Chair. It reports to the System Women’s Health Chair and helps oversee the Nuvance‑Northwell employed OBGYN physicians in the Vassar region.

Offices are located in Poughkeepsie, Fishkill and Highland, NY. The practice admits exclusively to Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. The busy Labor and Delivery Unit averages about 2,500 babies born each year, and we have a Level III NICU staffed by neonatologists. Additional services include a strong perinatology program, gynecologic oncology practice at the Dyson Cancer Center, and surgical gynecology offerings that include MIGS and robotic surgery.

• Lead a group of obstetricians and gynecologists who provide exceptional, evidence‑based women’s health clinical care.
• Work collaboratively with system leadership, physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, oncologists, and neonatology to ensure the highest quality of care.
• Review basic practices around the plan of care and develop protocols that are readily available to all department staff providing care to patients.
• Meet regularly with obstetrics and gynecologic team members as part of the hospital leadership team.
• Evaluate the use of clinical resources to ensure they are used appropriately to enhance quality and cost effectiveness.
• Assist with the development and training of obstetric and gynecologic simulation.
• Participate in patient experience rounds with the nursing leadership team.
• Participate in the Emergency Department/Obstetrics and Anesthesiology care collaboration meetings.
• Participate in the standardization of obstetric and gynecologic patient care protocols at the hospital.
• Review new product requests and processes for the department.
• Participate in the Department Performance Improvement committee meetings and department grand rounds.
• Participate in multidisciplinary planning meetings when a high‑risk delivery requires complex coordination.
• Participate in The Joint Commission/regulatory survey readiness tracers.
• Work with regional and system leadership to develop and implement an OBGYN residency program at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
• Work with regional and system leadership to develop and implement a MIGS fellowship program at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
• Work with regional and system leadership to support ongoing recruitment and onboarding of new women’s health physicians.
• Oversee the employed Nuvance‑Northwell physician teams within the women’s health service line in the Vassar region, including scheduling, peer review, mentorship, recruitment, onboarding, performance reviews, corrective action, and coaching.
• Work closely with the System Women’s Health Chair and Vice President of Women’s Health to implement system initiatives in the Vassar region.
• Collaborate with the Vassar Midwife Director to lead the obstetrics portion of the regional service line.
• Work with the Vassar women’s health medical practice leadership to ensure efficient, high‑quality operations in the office‑based locations.
• Support the growth of the surgical gynecology offerings within the practice including MIGS and robotic surgery.
• Support the growth of family planning and urogynecology services in the region as the women’s health service line expands.
• Participate in regional and system committees and work groups to support…