Cancer Institute - Program Director, Head & Neck Medical Oncology

Overview

GENERAL SUMMARY/OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
The Program Director of Head & Neck Medical Oncology is responsible for the academic and clinical productivity of the disease program. In collaboration with the MGB Cancer Institute and Departmental/Divisional Leadership, primary responsibilities include academic, clinical, mentorship/education, and recruitment. The Program Director will spend time at both AMC locations. This position is for a five-year term, potentially renewable for a second.

Academic

• Collaborate with the Department/Divisional Chair to develop an academic vision that will enable the disease program to become one of the best disease programs in the world to attract and treat patients and clinicians, and to advance the field.
• Develop and manage a robust research portfolio inclusive of basic, translational, clinical, and health services.
• Oversee the clinical trials protocol office budget for the disease program and work with the CIPO staff to conduct clinical research (in collaboration with the Vice Chair for Research for the department/division).
• Oversee the sundry funds associated with the disease program and develop a philanthropic strategy.
• Represent the disease program within the HCC.
• Adjudicate clinical research issues that arise in the disease program including protocol-specific issues and research conduct issues (in collaboration with the Vice Chair for Research for the department/division).
• Build a robust grant portfolio for all the members of the disease program faculty including team-based funding, e.g. SPORES, P01s, U01s.
• Interact with faculty within the Krantz Center and other MGB laboratories to develop laboratory and translational research that furthers the understanding and management of diseases within the disease program.

Clinical

• As relevant, support the discipline-specific clinical director in their job responsibilities to manage the disease program in a manner that is consistent with their academic vision (these two roles may often be held by a single individual in oncologic surgery disciplines).
• Work with the relevant Department/Divisional Chair and Assistant Chief Medical Officer to resolve professional misconduct issues that arise in the disease program.
• Develop a clinical and research team with comprehensive expertise in each of the conditions associated with the disease program.
• Participate in strategic planning, growth initiatives, and space planning initiatives.
• Build consensus on treatment approaches across the entire MGB Cancer Institute enterprise (AMCs and Network) for each major disease site.
• Lead integration of disease-specific peer review initiatives.

Mentorship/Education

• Mentor faculty within the disease program as they develop an academic career in collaboration with the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Vice Chair for Faculty Enrichment.
• Work with the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Vice Chair for Faculty Enrichment to ensure that each member of the program reaches their fullest potential as an academic physician.
• Work with individual faculty members and department representatives on faculty promotion including helping to develop a national/international reputation in their field of research, to draft their promotion letter, and to be successfully promoted to their full potential.
• Train fellows in the disease program and help them develop academic and clinical expertise. Program director will also be responsible for supporting fellows as they seek junior faculty positions.

Recruitment

• Work with the Department/Divisional Chair to identify areas of need within the disease program and to partner with department leadership to strategically recruit faculty to those areas.
• Oversee the MGB Cancer Institute recruitment of academic faculty to the disease program including serving on, or potentially chairing, any search committees necessary for recruitment. Partner with Departmental leadership on faculty staffing needs within the disease program.
• Collaborate with affiliated departments and divisions within MGB to recruit physicians associated with the disease program.
• Steward the disease program sundry support and resources for start-up or lab packages.

Philanthropy

• Work with Department/Divisional Chair and MGB Development to steward major gifts and foundation donors.
• Develop a case statement for Program priorities.
• Work collaboratively with Development officers.
• Steward and oversee sundry fund usage and allocation for program priorities.

Other

• Maintain a clinical practice in the Division and a presence on both AMC campuses (BWH and MGH).
• Participate on committees and/or attend meetings of BWH/MGH, BWPO/MGPO, HMS, and others that involve the activities of the program.
• Attend regularly scheduled meetings in the Cancer Institute and at the hospital to facilitate and promote the program.
• Perform other reasonably related administrative duties as are from time to time assigned by the hospital, which are required for the proper functioning of the program.