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Hiring Range: $365000 - $385000
Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidates experience skills qualifications and internal equity considerations.

UMass Memorial Medical Center the clinical partner of the UMass Chan Medical School seeks a dynamic collaborative and visionary academic leader to serve as the Chief of the Division of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics & Gynecology (ASGOG). The Division Chief will report directly to Tiffany A. Moore Simas MD MPH MEd MHCM Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Candidates must be board-certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology actively practicing and providing clinical care in obstetrics and gynecology and demonstrate excellence in clinical practice leadership mentorship education quality improvement scholarship and administrative achievement. The Chief will lead one of the largest and most diverse divisions within the Department overseeing academic specialist faculty while ensuring high-quality clinical care advancing educational programs promoting scholarship and fostering a culture of equity inclusion and professional excellence.

Our Department seeks candidates who will contribute to a culture of racial equity inclusivity and belonging through their leadership mentorship clinical work and scholarship. Individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine are strongly encouraged to apply.

Division Highlights

• The largest division in the Department including academic specialists in general obstetrics and gynecology family planning specialists complex benign gynecology/minimally invasive gynecologic surgery specialists pediatric and adolescent gynecology specialists and advanced practice clinicians.
• Broad clinical footprint across ambulatory inpatient surgical and community practice locations.
• Clinical and educational leadership of core services including inpatient obstetrics ambulatory obstetrics and gynecology gynecologic surgery family planning services and complex contraception.
• Strong partnerships with the residency and medical school educational programs.
• Deep engagement in quality and safety initiatives multidisciplinary care and continuous clinical improvement.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Administration

• Serve as the academic and clinical leader of the ASGOG Division responsible for strategic direction operational oversight and faculty development.
• Provide visionary leadership with strong clinical business and marketing acumen bringing an understanding of strategic growth workforce development and service-line expansion.
• Lead recruitment onboarding mentorship retention and performance evaluation of physician and advanced practice clinician faculty.
• Foster a culture of excellence professionalism accountability collaboration and psychological safety across all clinical sites.
• Develop and implement strategic plans aligned with the Departments mission vision and values.
• Actively monitor evaluate translate adopt and evolve national trends regulatory changes and best practices ensuring the division is innovative and competitive by maintaining or implementing where appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with Chair Dr. Tiffany Moore Simas Vice Chair of Clinical Services Dr. Erica Smith and VP/Chief Administrative Officer Alyscia Grant to ensure the financial stability of the division including through appropriate resource allocation and fiscal stewardship.
  

Clinical Oversight

• Oversee and support high-quality clinical care across ambulatory practices inpatient units operating rooms and community locations.
• Partner with obstetric gynecologic surgical family planning and inpatient obstetric leaders to optimize patient flow access and clinical performance.
• Support development and expansion of clinical operations and outreach programs in line with departmental goals.
• Where relevant oversee or collaborate with specialty sections such as Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology Complex Family Planning and Complex Benign Gynecology/Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and other subspecialty divisions including Maternal-Fetal Medicine Gynecologic Oncology Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Urogynecology.
  

Education & Mentorship

• Support and guide faculty who serve in educational leadership roles including residency and clerkship directors continuity clinic directors and core teaching faculty.
• Promote an exceptional teaching environment for medical students residents and fellowsmodeling best practices in learner supervision bedside teaching and skill development.
• Foster and evaluate faculty development in academic promotion teaching excellence leadership and professional growth in partnership with the Vice Chair of Academic Affairs Dr. Kristen Matteson.
• Support integration of innovative educational strategies and curricula.

Quality Safety and Equity

• Lead or support divisional participation in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across OB-GYN.
• Prioritize equitable care delivery excellent outcomes and reduction of disparities across all clinical environments.
• Collaborate with departmental operations and quality leadership to strengthen outcomes in obstetric and gynecologic services.
• Support strong multidisciplinary partnerships across inpatient and outpatient care settings.
  

Scholarship & Research

• Encourage and mentor faculty involvement in research quality scholarship educational innovation and dissemination of scholarly work.
• Champion scholarly productivity and engagement with national societies.
• Support faculty in pursuing internal and external funding research collaboration and structured scholarly development.
  

Institutional & External Partnerships

• Strengthen relationships across UMass Memorial Health UMass Memorial Medical Center UMass Memorial Medical Group UMass Chan Medical School community practices and regional partners.
• Provide strategic leadership for growth and expansion of clinical operations and outreach programs across Central Massachusetts.
• Represent the division within institutional committees and national organizations.
• Serve as an ambassador for the division and department in state and national settings.

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Highlights

• Comprehensive academic department with divisions of academic specialists maternalfetal medicine gynecologic oncology urogynecology reproductive endocrinology & infertility and fellowships in MFM and Urogynecology.
• A robust OB-GYN residency program (6 per year) and strong medical school teaching environment.
• Inpatient obstetrics center serving as the major regional referral center with over 5000 annual deliveries.
• Active perinatal quality engagement through the Massachusetts Perinatal and Neonatal Quality Improvement Network (PNQIN) and internal multidisciplinary initiatives.
• Highly collegial inclusive academic environment with strong support for diversity equity and inclusion.

Qualifications (Expanded & Integrated)

• Board certification in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
• Actively practicing and providing clinical care in obstetrics and gynecology
• Eligibility for faculty appointment at UMass Chan Medical School at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in academic medicine clinical program development medical education and/or health system operations.
• Strong commitment to diversity equity inclusion and belonging.
• Excellent communication organizational and team-building skills.
• Track record of outstanding clinical care and collaborative leadership.
• Evidence of individual scholarship program development educational excellence and faculty mentorship.
• Ability to recruit develop and manage faculty and staff across the clinical education and research missions.
• Knowledge and experience navigating complex academic health systems.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

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