Division Chief - Pulmonary and Critical Care

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is seeking applications for the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care position in the Department of Internal Medicine. Appointment rank will be commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience. Reporting directly to the Chair of Internal Medicine, this individual will lead and ensure the excellence of the educational, scientific, and clinical programs within the Division with overall responsibility for operations and strategy across the Division. The Chief will also oversee the growth and development of outstanding programs and will support research while enhancing the Division’s excellent reputation of extramural funding.

The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, passionate, and experienced leader with a proven record of success across the spectrum of collaborative clinical leadership, significant administrative experience, program development, exemplary scholarship, educational excellence, successful faculty recruitment, and community engagement. The candidate must also meet the following requirements:

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) or foreign equivalent

• Certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine and eligible for an unrestricted license to practice medicine in Texas
• A minimum of 10 years of strong faculty academic experience with a proven record of extramural funding and mentorship leading to trainees obtaining independent funding
• Experience with recruitment and development of physicians and a reputation for mentorship
• Proven record of leading an extensive, successful clinical program in an academic environment
• Capable of defining both the clinical and academic visions of the Division and providing experience in mentorship across all missions
• Respected experience in research, clinical practice, and education
• A commitment to instructing medical students, residents, and fellows through formal lectures, and in the patient care setting and research activities
• An ability to build and sustain collegial relationships with faculty, departmental staff, hospital administration, students, and other learners in a highly complex environment
• An ability to effectively manage the business aspects of a growing division and ensure the financial health of the Division amid constantly evolving reimbursement and payment models
• A commitment to advance the current diverse gender, ethnic, and socioeconomic faculty environment of the Division, and to identify and recruit diverse staff at all levels
• An understanding of academic health care in the United States

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at UT Southwestern has a rich history of producing pulmonary academic leaders, including such notables as Roger Bone and Galen Toews. Graduates of the program have served as Deans (2), Chairs of Medicine (3), Division Chiefs (5) and a University President (1). Since 1962, only three division chiefs have led the division: Alan K. Pierce (1962-1996); Jonathan Weissler (1996-2007), and Lance Terada (2007-present).

The Division currently has 68 faculty members that comprise a diverse group of clinicians, scientists, and educators. The clinical programs are based at a 750-bed university hospital, 900-bed county hospital (Parkland), and 279-bed VA hospital that provide abundant opportunities for research, training, and clinical program development. The Division’s clinics hold international Center of Excellence status for programs such as:

• Cystic Fibrosis
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
• Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Other nationally recognized programs include Lung Transplantation, Interventional Pulmonology, Neuromuscular respiratory failure, Sleep and breathing disorders, and non-CF bronchiectasis.

Research programs have greatly expanded over the past decade and include:

• Genetic and epigenetic determinants of progressive pulmonary fibrosis
• Control of cellular anchorage and metastasis in lung cancer
• Basis for sexual dimorphism in innate immunity in bronchiectasis
• Adult congenital lung defects
• Autonomic and metabolic control of sepsis
• Mitochondrial signaling and lung epithelial progenitor cell dynamics
• Clinical outcomes in lung transplantation

The Division also has some of the nation’s most active clinical trials groups for both Pulmonary Hypertension and Cystic Fibrosis.

For education, there are currently 19 Pulmonary and Critical Care fellows in the division. These include 5 in the physician scientist track, funded by our T32, which is in its 15th year. A separate Critical Care track is reserved for fellows with primary fellowships in Infectious Diseases, Cardiology, or Nephrology, and separate fellowships exist in Lung Transplantation and Interventional Pulmonology.

To receive full consideration, interested individuals should electronically submit a Curriculum Vitae and Letter of Interest to Dr. Samir Parikh, Search Committee Chair at