Chair, Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham
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Somerville, NJ - USA
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Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham (MGB) invites inquiries nominations and applications in our international search for the next Chair Department of Pathology. Mass General Brigham (MGB) is an integrated academic healthcare system which includes its two founding academic medical centers Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) three nationally renowned specialty hospitals McLean (Psychiatry) Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and network and Mass Eye and Ear seven community hospitals throughout Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire multiple ambulatory sites urgent care facilities physician groups an insurance company home-based care and long-term care services. MGB is one of the worlds most renowned health systems and as a non-profit organization is deeply committed to its four-part mission of patient care research teaching and service to the community.As a senior physician executive leader within MGB the Chair will lead this premier academic Department of Pathology distinguished by its vast and high-functioning clinical enterprise pioneering research platform and world-class educational programs. The Department comprises 260 faculty and over 2400 employees trains 117 residents and clinical fellows and 73 post-doctoral fellows and supports a research enterprise with more than $75 million in annual funding. Situated in the premier biomedical hub of Boston this Chair will have a uniquely broad impact with the ability to influence patient care discovery education and the future direction of pathology across MGB and the broader field.
The Department has brought the strengths of MGH BWH and MGBs community and specialty hospitals together as a single enterprise. Common leadership and governance now span the Department; clinical laboratories operate under centralized oversight; the residency program has been unified; community pathologists have transitioned into the MGB-employed model; and enterprise structures increasingly align quality information systems finances workforce planning and clinical operations. This work creates a strong foundation for the next Chair to focus on the Departments future: leveraging MGB and the local Boston biomedical ecosystems scale data scientific capabilities and technological infrastructure to advance the practice of pathology more fully integrating MGBs world-class research programs implementing digital pathology and launching the MGB Central Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory. The opportunity is to take an already exceptional Department and define what comes next.
Qualifications
The position requires an accomplished physician and leader with the ability to advance the clinical teaching research and administrative activities of the Department MGB and Harvard Medical School. Based in Boston this individual will be nationally and internationally recognized as an outstanding clinician teacher and investigator in the field of pathology. The successful candidate will have distinguished academic credentials including an MD or MD/PhD degree and accomplishments in research training and clinical expertise commensurate with appointment to the faculty at the rank of Professor (strongly preferred) or Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.
The base salary range for this position is $550000 to $750000. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors including but not limited to scope of role level of experience education subspecialty credentials academic accomplishments clinical productivity quality metrics patient experience site/location internal equity budget and subject to Fair Market Value addition this leader will be eligible for a bonus incentive program and a comprehensive benefits package. The base compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.
Nomination and Application Procedure: Additional information about Mass General Brigham can be found at Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA) can also provide a full position specification. Interested individuals should electronically submit a Curriculum Vitae and a letter of interest to RRA. The letter of interest is a two-page cover letter primarily detailing your experience qualifications and key achievements related to this position specification and briefly expressing your interest in this Chair of the Department of Pathology position. Letters can be addressed to the Mass General Brigham Search Committee and submitted electronically to RRA at this email:
Kaitlin Schwartz Consultant to the Search Committee
To ensure full consideration materials should be received as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Review of nominations and applications for the position will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The search will be conducted in strict confidence and references will not be contacted without the prior knowledge and approval of the candidates.
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About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.
