Chair of the Department of Pediatrics

The Chair of the Department of Pediatrics serves as the departments academic and administrative leader and holds the concurrent title of Pediatrician-in-Chief for Yale New Haven Childrens Hospital (YNHCH) and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS). Reporting to the Dean of Yale School of Medicine (YSM) the Chair works in close partnership with the President of YNHCH Yale Medicine leadership and senior health system executives to advance the departments missions in clinical care research education and advocacy aligned with the strategic priorities of the School of Medicine and the health system.

As steward of a large and operationally complex enterprise the Chair leads a department encompassing high-acuity inpatient services a full range of pediatric subspecialties and a growing regional ambulatory network. The Chair is responsible for strengthening clinical integration across YNHCH and affiliated YNHHS hospitals; supporting access quality and safety; and ensuring effective coordination across a distributed clinical footprint.

The Chair is also responsible for sustaining a vibrant academic environment. This includes advancing the departments research enterprise; supporting early-career investigators and the physician-scientist pipeline; fostering collaborative multidisciplinary science; and strengthening partnerships with Yales basic science departments and research institutes. The Chair oversees the effective development and stewardship of research infrastructure and shared resources that support scientific excellence.

In education the Chair oversees a strong residency program and a broad portfolio of fellowship programs central to the departments academic mission and national reputation. The Chair supports excellence and innovation in training promotes faculty development across educational and scholarly tracks and fosters a departmental culture grounded in mentorship equity accountability and engagement.

As a senior institutional leader the Chair represents Pediatrics across YSM and YNHHS and externally to academic philanthropic and community partners. The role includes faculty recruitment and retention philanthropic engagement and the articulation of a clear and compelling vision that aligns departmental priorities with institutional goals.

The next Chair of Pediatrics at Yale will join the department at a moment of real momentum alongside a set of structural and strategic challenges that will shape the next decade. Rising clinical demand a strengthening research enterprise and new investments in infrastructure create significant opportunity while capacity constraints and system complexity require focused experienced opportunities and challenges include:

• Lead a large distributed clinical enterprise
• Sustain and accelerate research growth
• Address space infrastructure and operational constraints
• Support education faculty development and academic careers
• Foster cohesion visibility and shared purpose

The successful candidate will be an accomplished academic pediatric leader with the vision judgment and relational skill to guide a large multifaceted department through its next phase of growth and impact. Candidates must hold an MD or equivalent degree be board-certified in a pediatric specialty and be eligible for appointment at the rank of professor at YSM. Key qualifications include:

• A record of academic accomplishment in pediatrics - across research education clinical innovation or a combination thereof - consistent with appointment as a professor at YSM.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in an academic medical environment with the ability to recruit mentor and support faculty across multiple career tracks and stages and to foster an inclusive and collaborative departmental culture.
• Experience leading overseeing or partnering in complex clinical operations with an understanding of access quality safety and performance in a multi-site health system.
• Scholarly credibility and institutional fluency including the ability to advocate effectively for research infrastructure support the development of early-career investigators and build productive partnerships with basic science departments and research institutes.
• A demonstrated commitment to YSM values including excellence integrity equity and respect for a diverse academic community.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust navigate a matrixed organizational environment and serve as a persuasive advocate for Pediatrics within YSM across YNHHS and externally.
• A strategic perspective and sound judgment with the ability to articulate a clear forward-looking vision for the department that integrates clinical care research education and community engagement.