Oversee all educational and research missions of the Department of Pediatrics and serve as a liaison between EVMS and Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, other EVMS departments, our other Healthcare Partners, Community Faculty, and relevant State Agencies as requested by Dean.

The chair will provide leadership and support to the Departmental Faculty, consisting of those employed by EVMS, the sub-specialist full-time faculty employed by Children’s Specialty Group (CSG), and the primary care pediatric faculty, employed by CHKD’s Children’s Medical Group (CMG), the Children’s Surgical Specialty Group (CSSG) as well as additional community faculty. The Chair is also Chief of Academic Affairs at CHKD, and in that role, they will have overall responsibility for all academic activities throughout CHKD, and additional responsibilities as directed by the President/CEO or designee of CHKD.

Provide leadership and administrative oversight of the Department’s education, research programs and resources. Advance the research, clinical and education missions and leverage relationships and resources with both internal stakeholders and external partners. Promote the importance and impact of research and scholarly activities in the context of maintaining an active and impactful clinical enterprise. Seek ways to elevate the reputation of the Department in partnership with the Dean. Represent the Department within the School of Medicine and the institution broadly.

• Manage finances and all Department personnel employed by Department.
• Facilitate faculty recruitment in collaboration with the applicable group (CSG, CMG, CSSG, EVMS).
• Ensure quality education for all learners (Medical Students, Residents and Fellows in particular).
• Serve as an Ex-Officio Member of the Management Committee of CSG.
• Lead Department meetings with Academic Division Chiefs, Residency Directors, and Clerkship Directors.
• Ensure scholarly activity is moving forward for faculty and residents, and assist in faculty development, promotion and wellbeing.
• Work in collaboration with Research Office, Dean and Faculty Affairs.
• Represent the Department on key committees for School and with Health System.
• As Chief of Academic Affairs at CHKD, will be responsible to CHKD Leadership team for reporting on all academic affairs, and attend meetings as directed by the President/CEO of CHKD or their designee.
• Evaluate new Fellowship opportunities and maintain quality of current Fellowships.
• Enhance reputation of Department with local, regional, and national partners and governmental agencies.
• Ensure Departmental compliance with all Institutional policies and procedures.
• Promote and support research, grants, publications and other scholarly activity while continuing to elevate the regional, national and international reputation of the Department.
• Establish Departmental policies with the Faculty that will assist in the achievement of Departmental goals, and develop and implement a Departmental strategic plan, which includes goals that are supportive of the policies, mission, and strategic plan of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, including area-wide cooperation and regional program development.
• Hold regular faculty meetings for full-time faculty and at least two meetings a year for all departmental faculty. While Medical School policy makes the Chair responsible for the Department, it also implies collegial Departmental decision-making.
• Establish an effective mechanism for communication within the Department in order to discuss school policies and educational philosophy with all members of the Department.
• Provide professional leadership in the Department.
• Submit an annual report on Departmental activities to the President, Provost and Dean of the School of Medicine and President/CEO of CHKD.

Board Certified in Pediatrics and appropriate subspecialty as relevant, and must be able to be licensed in the state of VA.

Experience in a leadership role in academic medicine, preferable as a Division Chief or previous Chair of Pediatrics. The new Chair of the Department of Pediatrics will be a nationally recognized clinician-scientist with a distinguished career as a scholar, educator, and clinician.