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This Week's Opportunity
Founding Chair Department of Clinical Sciences
Founding Chair Department of Clinical Sciences
The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) / University of Georgia (UGA) Medical Partnership Campus, located on the campus of UGA, is conducting a search for the founding Clinical Science Department Chair. The Clinical Chair will build a collaborative and interdisciplinary clinical science department, support development of a contemporary clinical curriculum for undergraduate medical students, and foster a collaborative clinical research environment. This new position provides an opportunity to participate in developing an innovative model of medical education at a new 4-year regional campus, based on MCG’s curriculum and employing the unique resources and opportunities of UGA and its surrounding communities. The MCG / UGA Medical Partnership Campus in Athens, Georgia will initially enroll 40 students per year, supported by administrative and teaching linkages to the MCG campus in Augusta and units on the UGA campus in Athens. The LCME accreditation process is underway with the first class of students expected to enroll in 2010. MCG is a part of the University System of Georgia and is funded by state higher education dollars. The MCG School of Medicine has extensive extramural support for its mission in education, research and service and has developed relationships with outstanding local and regional community groups, hospitals, and physicians to create a distributive model of medical education. UGA is the land grant university of the University System which has extensive support for its basic science and biomedical research programs and has a College of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, and a new and growing College of Public Health. The founding dean has been identified and appointed and a search for the chair of the Department of Basic Science is in progress.
Requirements include an MD, MD/PhD, or relevant degrees with academic experience at the rank of Associate Professor / Professor. A record of scholarly activity, sustained accomplishments in clinical education or research, as well as evidence of leadership in his/her medical speciality, effective interpersonal collaboration and communication skills, and relevant administrative experience are required. Desirable characteristics for a successful candidate include a history of extramural funding and experience in undergraduate medical education curriculum development and management. Experience in the delivery of clinical services and medical instruction in urban, suburban, and rural settings is preferred. Experience developing interdisciplinary and distributive medical education programs is desirable. The candidate will also participate in strategies to develop clinical research programs that emphasize the use of community-based clinical resources in the region as well as collaborative translational research opportunities with the basic science, public health, and other relevant faculty. Applications are currently being accepted until the position is filled.
Please submit an executive summary of interest and a curriculum vitae to: Joseph Hobbs, MD, Professor, J.W. Tollison, MD Distinguished Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Senior Associate Dean, School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 Fifteenth Street, Augusta, GA 30912-3500 or jhobbs@mcg.edu.
The Medical College of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity and equal access institution. (ACH 58186)
Contact: Joseph Hobbs, MD
Website: www.mcg.edu
E-mail: jhobbs@mcg.edu.
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