Chair, Department of Pathology
Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Medicine and SSM Health's SLUCare Academic Division seek an accomplished physician leader to serve as Chair of the Department of Pathology. The Department offers pathology education, patient care, and a growing research enterprise. With the 2022 integration of the School's physician practice organization, SLUCare Physician Group, into SSM Health, the Department of Pathology is poised for growth across its mission areas of clinical and translational research and patient care, and for revisioning of its graduate medical educational mission. The Chair reports to the Dean of the School of Medicine with regard to the Department's academic mission of education and research and to the Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs with regard to its patient-care mission.
Department of Pathology
The mission of the Department of Pathology of SLU School of Medicine and SLUCare Physician Group is to deliver patient-centered quality diagnostic services, provide exceptional pathology education, and advance innovative research. Across all categories of appointment, the department comprises 44 faculty. The department divisions include Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine, Community Hospital, Forensic Pathology, Pediatric Pathology and Research.
The Department provides a full range of reference laboratory services, including adult, pediatric, and perinatal autopsy; placental pathology; dementia-related brain pathology; cytopathology; flow cytometry; toxicology; renal, muscle, and peripheral nerve technical and professional services; histology technical work to include immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, and histochemistry; and electron microscopy.
Through the clinical integration with SSM Health, SLU is further deepening its collaborative relationship with a robust community pathology service line. This relationship expands the clinical referral network for SLU and expands clinical trials and educational opportunities more broadly, including collaboration with industry, government, and community partners. By the same token, the integration with SSM Health creates exciting opportunities for Pathology to enhance SSM's diagnostic services, to extend its academic expertise across the SSM system of hospitals and clinics, to do research at scale, and to become a regional testbed for innovation in pathology and laboratory medicine.
Qualifications
SLU School of Medicine and SSM Health seek candidates who have a commitment to academic excellence, the highest level of personal integrity and ethical standards, and an established reputation for compassion, inclusion, fairness, and objectivity. The successful candidate will be an effective leader and respected clinician with demonstrated ability to inspire, manage, mentor, and develop a culturally diverse faculty and staff. The successful candidate will be drawn to the University's Jesuit, Catholic mission and values, including its commitment to social justice.
Education and Licensure
- MD/DO or equivalent.
- Must hold current Board certification in Pathology.
- Must be eligible for an unrestricted Missouri state medical license.
Experience/Competencies
- Credentials that merit appointment in the School of Medicine at the rank of Associate or Full Professor.
- Proven leadership skills in an academic environment, excellence in teaching, clinical practice, program development and experience in research administration.
- Effective use of strong interpersonal and communications skills that incorporate tact and diplomacy; an approachable servant leadership style.
- Capacity to establish a culture of physician engagement, accountability, and shared responsibility for patient safety and quality of care.
- Familiarity with graduate medical education along with the ability to nurture and grow fellowship offerings and programs and to catalyze rebuilding of a residency program.
- A commitment to leading diversity initiatives, wellness initiatives, and faculty and leadership development programs.
- A record of cooperative working relationships with colleagues including patients, physicians, nurses, administrators, managers, and other colleagues.
- Willingness to learn and collaborate in all aspects of the School's strategic approach to education, research, clinical care, diversity and inclusion, and community engagement.
- Willing to learn and implement the requirements and policies of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) standards, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), SSM Health, and Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
Application instructions:
Saint Louis University and SSM Health have engaged Opus Partners to assist this search. Craig Smith, Partner, and Jeffrey Stafford, Senior Associate, are leading the search. To seek additional information, nominate qualified candidates, or to apply, please email them as follows:
Jeffrey.stafford@opuspartners.net
Candidates should provide a CV, cover letter, and statement that describes their previous and potential contributions to excellence through fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion as a leader. Finalists will complete and a background check. The search process is confidential and will continue until it concludes successfully.
SSM Health and Saint Louis University are committed to equal employment opportunity based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, and all other statuses protected by law.
