Chair Department of Medicine

Position Summary
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks an accomplished and visionary leader to serve as Chair for the Department of Medicine. The Department of Medicine the largest academic department in the nations first public university truly embraces its tripartite mission leading in research education and clinical services poised within the Faculty Practice the School of Medicine and UNC Health. The Departments vision is to: support and accelerate the research engine by supporting and recruiting the best and brightest investigators to recruit and train the next generation of internists whose interest span the broad swath of medicine today and what medicine will become tomorrow and to transform clinical medicine into patientcentered care with the highest standards of quality compassion and costconsciousness. The Department is comprised of 450 faculty 900 adjunct faculty 130 advanced practice providers 96 internal medicine residents 100 fellows and 320 staff organized across twelve medicine subspecialty divisions two 340B pharmacy programs and three internal research units. In addition to its internal research units the department works in partnership with leading research centers in cancer GI HIV kidney aging and lung. Medicines faculty are accomplished researchers securing $165M in annual funding of a diverse research portfolio. Twenty percent of faculty are supported by $98M from the NIH . Through its eleven T32 research fellowship training programs its novel physician scientist training program and its robust K writing support group the Department is committed to training and mentorship toward tomorrows discoveries. The clinical programs are broad and while anchored in Chapel Hill span the state and draw patients internationally. Our clinicians are particularly skilled at serving individuals with complex chronic diseases such as cancer inflammatory bowel disease vasculitis advanced heart failure. Our collaborative approach and colocated clinical areas facilitate multispecialty care. Our outpatient facility at Eastowne provides a home for Medicines non cancer disciplines serving a diverse population through 185000 annual visits. The UNC School of Medicine ranked #5 nationally in NIH funding among public universities. The Department of Medicine has basic science and clinical research programs with numerous NIH funded investigators with special expertise in areas including cancer immunogenetics the microbiome HIV diabetes therapies clotting disorders emerging infections esophageal disease. The Department also has a clinical trials unit. The selected individual will lead a diverse group of faculty trainees and staff members and will oversee all aspects of the Department including clinical practice education research and fiscal management consistent with the strategic planning of the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals/ UNC Health. UNC is a collaborative environment and chairs meet weekly to advance the shared mission of the UNC School of Medicine. This recruitment is Open Track/Open Rank and the appropriate track and rank will be determined once the top candidate is selected. In addition to a primary faculty appointment in the Department of Medicine the selected candidate will hold a secondary EHRA NonFaculty administrative appointment as Department Chair.

Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
A formal leadership role in an academic medical department a strong commitment to clinical excellence a distinguished record of research accomplishments experience in education and training healthcare professionals from all backgrounds and a clear demonstration of the qualities needed to lead and manage a multifaceted academic department will enhance the candidates application. Board certification in internal medicine or a medicine subspecialty is preferred.