Internal Medicine-Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in saint petersburg, Florida

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Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine Department of Internal Medicine

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, invites nominations and applications for the position of Division Chief of Hospital Medicine. This position represents a major leadership appointment in the Department.

Hospital Medicine will be a new Division in the department, comprised of academic hospitalists who provide inpatient care at the Clements University Hospital (750 beds), Parkland Memorial Hospital (900 beds), and VA North Texas Health Care System (279 beds).

The new Division will be home to 150 faculty and 65 APPs, making it the largest Division in the Department. Hospital Medicine faculty already play key leadership roles in the clinical operations, quality and patient safety improvement, medical education, and informatics programs of the hospitals and Department. The Division Chief will be expected to lead and grow the Division's clinical, educational, quality/safety, and research programs at all three sites. Developing the academic careers of faculty, recruiting new faculty with diverse backgrounds, and promoting health equity will be key responsibilities.

UT Southwestern is renowned for its biomedical research programs and its exceptional clinical services. It has a NIH-funded CTSA; strong research programs in health services, disparities, and clinical informatics; outstanding training programs in Internal Medicine and its subspecialties; and a new School of Public Health that opened in 2023. The two adult teaching hospitals on the UT Southwestern campus, Clements and Parkland, are state-of-the-art facilities that opened in 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Candidates must have leadership experience as an academic hospitalist and scholarly achievements in research; delivery innovation; quality, patient safety, and value; and/or medical education. Candidates are expected to contribute to the teaching and training of medical students and house staff. Applicants must be board certified in Internal Medicine and be eligible for Texas medical licensure.

Interested applicants please apply on-line at www.utsouthwestern.edu/careers and reference Job # 579526.

Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc and Gail Peterson, MD

Email: joshua.liao@utsouthwestern.edu and gail.peterson@utsouthwestern.edu

Department of Internal Medicine

UT Southwestern Medical Center

5323 Harry Hines Blvd.

Dallas, TX 75390

UTSW is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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