The University of California, Los Angeles invites applications and nominations for a nationally recognized orthopaedic surgeon to join the faculty of the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) as Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. As a preeminent clinician, scholar, and leader, the candidate will be considered for an endowed Chair.
Reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and the Dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and to the President and CEO of the UCLA Health system via Executive Medical Director (DGSOM), the Chair works collaboratively with clinical, academic, and administrative leaders to establish and execute the strategic vision of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery within the greater medical enterprise. The Chair is responsible for advancing the Department’s mission of excellence in clinical care, education, research, and community engagement through the development of educational programs, research and innovation, oversight of clinical operations, financial management, staffing, performance improvement, faculty recruitment, and the strengthening of community partnerships. In addition, the Chair cultivates a collegial, inclusive, and multidisciplinary culture consistent with the principles of the DGSOM’s Cultural North Star , providing mentorship to faculty members, while also upholding UCLA Health’s patient-experience model, CICARE , and promoting clinical quality, safety, and operational distinction.
Currently ranked in the top 5 departments nationally, with a robust research portfolio and a longstanding T32 post-doctoral training grant, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA comprises a distinguished cadre of more than 80 faculty members across 11 divisions: General Orthopaedics, Pediatric Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Oncology, Arthroplasty, Foot & Ankle Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehab/Interventional Physiatry, Spine Disorders, Hand Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma, Sports Medicine Surgery, Primary Care Sports Medicine (Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine Sports Medicine).
Located on the campus of an internationally renowned research university with a $1 billion research portfolio, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is uniquely poised for transformational cross-disciplinary innovations and leading-edge surgical research, including being connected to one of the largest and most productive orthopaedic research facilities in the world, the J. Vernon Luck, Sr., M.D. Orthopaedic Research Center on the UCLA campus. In addition to offering musculoskeletal treatment and surgical intervention for the most challenges cases at UCLA Health’s Level I Trauma Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, the department also provides orthopaedic services through affiliations with the Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and pediatric care with the Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Los Angeles. The department is proud to partner with Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital and Olive View-UCLA Medical Center to provide care to underserved patients, as well as serving as the official health care partner of the LA Lakers and the UCLA Athletics.
The ideal candidate is a distinguished orthopaedic surgeon with an outstanding record of accomplishments in clinical care, research, education, and service and an aptitude for collaboration and leadership in a complex environment. The successful candidate will combine an exceptional clinical acumen with superb communication skills and emotional intelligence, an inspiring strategic vision, a dedication to mentorship, development of clinician scientists, and a deep commitment to fostering an equitable environment that is inclusive, humanistic, and respects all facets of diversity. All candidates must hold an MD or equivalent, appropriate academic credentials for a tenured faculty appointment, be board eligible, and eligible for licensure in California.
Senate and non-Senate (health sciences comp plan):
The posted UC salary scales ( https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html ) set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5 – Faculty HSCP – Scale 5 . ( https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/oct-2022-salary-scales/t5-5.pdf ) The salary range for this position is $153,800-$1,086,600. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan ( https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdfwhich ), provides for eligibility for additional compensation.
The shared values of the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.
We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to t he University of California commitment to diversity and excellence. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.
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