Womens Health, Associate Chair for Academic Affairs/Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program Director

Location

Annapolis, MD | United States

Job description

Women’s and Children’s Services of Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (LHAAMC) is actively seeking an experienced physician educator and leader to serve as Associate Chair for Academic Affairs as well as Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program Director. This physician leader would be responsible for operationalizing the educational mission, vision, and values of Luminis Health and the OB/Gyn residency program. LHAAMC OB/Gyn residency program is a vibrant, growing, and clinically strong program due not only to the incredibly diverse, highly accomplished, and cohesive faculty, but also because of the large volume of clinical care provided to the women and families of Anne Arundel and surrounding counties. LHAAMC is home of the second busiest OB/Gyn department in the state of Maryland with over 5,500 deliveries and 3,000 gynecologic surgical cases per year. Our residents’ educational experience is enhanced by a state-of-the-art simulation center. Our program accepts four OB/Gyn residents per year and this July we will have our full complement of 16 residents. In addition to our OB/Gyn residency program, LHAAMC has residency programs in Internal Medicine, and General Surgery. We are an educational site for medical students from Johns Hopkins and George Washington University Medical Schools.

Candidates should have prior graduate medical education experience as faculty for an OBGYN residency program, exhibit strong leadership characteristics, qualifications for an unrestricted Maryland medical license, demonstrate strong clinical experience, and be board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. Preference will be given to those with past experience as an associate program director or equivalent. The Program Director (PD) will be provided with the salary support required to devote 50 percent FTE of non-clinical time to the administration of the program.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• As a member of Women’s and Children’s Executive Leadership team, the OB/Gyn PD and Associate Chair for Academic affairs will lead the Women’s and Children’s Committee on Academic Affairs and all activities related to the residency program and the service line
• Serves as the lead liaison between the Women’s and Children’s Executive Leadership team and the educational leadership team including the Associate Residency Program Director, Clerkship director, Residency coordinator, site directors for all of clinical sites, and Director of Research
• Along with the System Chair for Women’s and Children’s serves as a representative to the LHAAMC GMEC
• Plan the educational curriculum for residents, faculty and service line members
• Day-to-day planning, oversight, and administration of the OB/GYN residency program
• Maintain ongoing certification and compliance with ACGME RRC requirements
• Provide mentorship, leadership, and guidance to residents.
• Be a role model of professionalism
• Clinical Teaching and Supervision of residents and medical students
• Oversee resident recruitment and selection
• Ensure the programs compliance with ACGME requirements, institutional and department policies, protocols and procedures.
• Promote and develop residents and faculty members as educators.
• Active engagement in and promotion of scholarly activity among the residents and core faculty
• Collaborate with other departments and clinical sites to develop and maintain appropriate clinical and educational rotations for the residents.
• Attends Women’s and Children’s Executive Leadership, LH GME Committees Meetings, Residency Program Directors meetings with the DIO and the Women’s and Children’s Research Committee
• Leads the development of the residents Lectures/Teaching Conferences, Research/Scholarly Activity
• Leads Evaluation and Promotion of the OB/Gyn Residents and the residency program
• Oversees coverage of the resident teaching service, practice and longitudinal clinic
• Key relationships: DIO, Executive Director for GME, System Chair for the Women’s and Children’s Service Line, Vice President for Women’s and Children’s Service Line, Associate Chair for Quality and Safety, Medical director for OB/Gyn Hospitalists and Perinatal operations, Senior Nursing Leadership for Women’s and Children’s, Internal medicine, and General Surgery Residency program directors

Minimum Requirements:

• MD or DO Degree and Board Certification in ABOG or AOBOG
• 3+ years of clinical and administrative educational experience
• Evidence of sustained commitment to resident and/or medical school education (teaching portfolio), and evidence of excellence and effectiveness as an educator (evaluations)
• Experience as an assistant/associate PD or site director, or equivalent educational experience
• Clinical responsibilities within the previous 3 years
• Evidence of active engagement in scholarly activity
• Must have or be eligible for Maryland medical licensure
• Ability to achieve full and unrestricted hospital privileges at Luminis Health – Anne Arundel Medical Center
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Advance degree in Administration, Education, or equivalent preferred

About Anne Arundel Medical Center:

Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (LHAAMC) is a regional health system in Annapolis, Md., serving approximately one million people in Anne Arundel and surrounding counties — providing us the opportunity to live up to our vision of living healthier together and mission of enhancing the health of the people we serve.

We also rank second for the number of babies we deliver each year, have a mature OB Hospitalist program and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.

We have more than 400 beds available across our 57-acre campus, which includes 8 pavilions and 5 parking garages.

U.S. News & World Report has recognized Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center as High Performing in the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care edition. LHAAMC has been recognized as a Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care and as one of the nation’s top 100 health systems with great women’s health programs by Becker’s Hospital Review. In 2019 LHAAMC achieved Magnet Status. Magnet recognition is awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, which ensures that rigorous standards for nursing excellence are met, and excellent patient outcomes are achieved.

About the Community:

Annapolis Maryland has been described as the sailing capital of North America, and located on the beautiful Severn River a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. It is Maryland’s state capital and is home of the United States Naval Academy. It is located within 45 minutes of our nation’s capital, has nearly 10 professional sports teams and abounds with a rich culture and history. Annapolis is 35 minutes from Baltimore and 20 minutes from Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Additional nearby airports include: Ronald Reagan National Airport, and Dulles International Airport 45 minutes and 1 hour away from Annapolis respectively.

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