Director and Chair, Otolaryngology

Job Summary :

The Department of Otolaryngology is seeking a dynamic, distinguished, and nationally recognized leader to serve as the Department Chair at New York Medical College (NYMC) and Director at Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMC). Overall, the Chair / Director is a highly visible leader who is charged with furthering the shared goals and mission of the academic health center that elevates the department to a position of academic and professional eminence. The Chair / Director will have the responsibility of assuring WMC's delivery of the highest quality clinical services including outpatient care at practice locations throughout the Hudson Valley network. Duties will also include overseeing WMC's ACGME-accredited Otolaryngology Residency program, supporting the student teaching programs of NYMC and providing opportunities for professional advancement and academic productivity of more than 15 faculty members including growing the department's clinical and translational biomedical research portfolio.

Qualifications / Requirements :

• M.D., M.D. / Ph.D., or D.O. degree
• Active New York State Medical License / eligible to obtain
• Fellowship training in a subspecialty of Otolaryngology desirable
• Board Certified / Board Eligible in Otolaryngology
• Eligible for a NYMC faculty appointment at senior rank (e.g. professor)
• Visible clinical experience record and reputation as an outstanding clinician
• Demonstrated ability to lead and build academic programs in clinical Otolaryngology, education and research
• Successful track record of leadership and results within an academic health center or complex healthcare system
• Experience in educational leadership highly desirable
• Evidence of significant scholarly activities

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About Us :

The Department of Otolaryngology provides advanced ENT care to adult and pediatric populations of the Hudson Valley and accepts referrals of complex cases from the surrounding hospitals. The department has subspecialties led by fellowship trained faculty in General Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Neurotology, Rhinology and Endoscopic Surgery, Facial Plastic, and Pediatric Otolaryngology. Translational research is ongoing in collaboration with NYMC basic science faculty in NYMC's newly renovated, state of the art laboratories in Basic Medical Sciences Building co-located on the 54-acre academic health campus.

Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York's Hudson Valley. The flagship of the WMCHealth Network, this 895-bed academic hospital in Valhalla, New York, provides residents with acute-care services found nowhere else in the region, including Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants and advanced neurovascular procedures, and more. WMC is the primary referral facility for other Hudson Valley hospitals and serves as a lifeline for more than 3 million residents.

New York Medical College (NYMC) is one of the oldest and largest medical schools in the U.S. founded in 1860. Today, NYMC enrolls more than 800 students, has nearly 2,000 active faculty, and offers the M.D. degree as well as dual MD / PhD and MD / MPH degrees. The College includes three Schools : the School of Medicine, School of Health Sciences and Practice, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, as well as the Touro College of Dental Medicine and the Touro College Nursing programs that offers both students and a large and diverse patient population to care for and to learn from, as well as a wide range of career and post-graduate training opportunities. NYMC is enjoying a new era of growth and diversification through Touro University - as evidence by its newly renovated state of the art Basic Sciences Building and core facilities, biotechnology incubator (BioInc@nymc), and Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, and more. Students, trainees, and faculty have access to NYMC's health sciences library, and research and academic support services conveniently located on the main Valhalla campus.

NYMC, a member of Touro University, is a health sciences college whose purpose is to educate clinical and public health professionals as well as researchers, to conduct biomedical and population-based research. Through its faculty and affiliated partners, the College engenders a diverse and inclusive community that promotes an atmosphere of excellence, scholarship, and professionalism.

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Touro University is an equal opportunity employer. Touro University treats all employees, job applicants, and students without unlawful consideration of race, ethnicity, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition), age, disability, medical condition, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military service or veteran status, citizenship status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We are committed to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy in all decisions, including but not limited to, recruitment, the administration of educational programs and activities, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, placement, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff, suspension, expulsion and termination, and all other terms and conditions of admission, matriculation, and employment.

WMCHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of Westchester Medical Center Health Network to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age (40 or older), marital status, genetic information or carrier status, disability (mental or physical), citizenship status, pregnancy, military service or veteran status, arrest or criminal accusation, domestic violence victim status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

For more information, contact Kelly Soldano, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Operations; WMCHealth