Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician

Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Thomas Jefferson University seeks a visionary and engaging academic physician leader to serve as the next Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in its Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC), located in the heart of Center City, Philadelphia. The successful candidate will also serve as the System Leader for OB/GYN at Jefferson Health, a clinical footprint that spans southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey and encompasses a total of 10 Labor & Delivery units and 53 outpatient practice locations staffed by 160 employed OB/GYN physicians (academic and community).

The Department Chair will directly oversee the academic department's 33 full-time faculty physicians and will ensure exceptional care is provided at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, which sees approximately 3,000 deliveries each year, and the Department's 4 outpatient practice locations. The Chair will be a relationship-based leader capable of empowering faculty, promoting accountability, and developing future leaders to advance the Department's residency and fellowship programs and expand its research portfolio, ensuring the Department's ability to recruit an exceptional and diverse faculty. Reporting to the Dean of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, the Chair will direct the Department's programs to ensure an outstanding education, clinical training, and research opportunities for its residents and fellows, and students at the Medical College. The Chair will be responsible for faculty development and mentoring toward academic advancement through fostering opportunities for impactful patient-centered research with a focus on interdisciplinary and collaborative team-based scholarship.

As the System Leader, the successful candidate will strategically lead the OB/GYN service line's evolution determining how Jefferson delivers care, educates, and promotes health equity in strategic and sustainable ways that serve the needs of its patients, learners, and communities. Working closely with the regional OB/GYN leadership team of Jefferson's community-based hospitals and outpatient sites of care, the System Leader will collaboratively drive initiatives to harmonize the delivery of Obstetrics & Gynecology services across the entire Jefferson Health system. Reporting to the President of the Jefferson Medical Group at Jefferson Health, the System Leader will be responsible for developing strategies, overseeing implementation, and driving the service line's progress towards Jefferson's goal of becoming a fully integrated academic health system. Committed to a strategy of continuous performance improvement and innovation, the System Leader will optimize and standardize care delivery across all sites, enhancing clinical quality and safety for a consistent patient experience and improved outcomes.

Job Description

• Oversee the academic department's 33 full-time faculty physicians.
• Ensure exceptional care is provided at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
• Empower faculty, promote accountability, and develop future leaders.
• Direct the Department's programs to ensure outstanding education, clinical training, and research opportunities.
• Foster opportunities for impactful patient-centered research.
• Lead the OB/GYN service line's evolution to promote health equity.
• Collaborate with regional OB/GYN leadership to harmonize service delivery.
• Develop strategies for a fully integrated academic health system.
• Optimize and standardize care delivery across all sites.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of leadership experience in clinical operations across a large academic health system.
• A practicing academic physician with increasing levels of administrative responsibilities.
• Strong record of championing excellence in clinical quality and program development.
• Experience with operational and financial management aspects of administering a department.
• Record of scholarship and academic accomplishments meriting appointment at the rank of associate or full professor.
• An MD/DO or equivalent international degree, board certification in Obstetrics & Gynecology, and eligibility for an unrestricted license to practice in Pennsylvania.

Community Overview

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds. Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine, and social science.

Jefferson Health has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015 to an 18-hospital health system through mergers that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation, and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet-designated hospitals; the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Jefferson's mission, vision, and values create an organization that attracts the best students, faculty, staff, healthcare professionals, and visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• Our mission: We improve lives.
• Our vision: Reimagining health, education, and discovery to create unparalleled value.
• Our values: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently, Do the Right Thing.

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.