Dean, McGovern Medical School
CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
Academic Credentials: An MD (or equivalent) degree and credentials that would warrant appointment at the academic rank of Full Professor are required. An additional advanced degree desirable.
Accomplishment and Achievement: This individual must have an exceptional track record of accomplishments and success as a clinician, physician-scientist (possess a deep reservoir of federally-funded basic, translational, or clinical research), and/or educator (viewed as a leader in undergraduate or graduate medical education) in academic medicine. The new Dean will be known for promoting patient-centered and compassionate care and will ideally practice medicine.
Recruitment, Retention, and Mentoring: An exemplary track record of hiring, motivating, and mentoring department chairs, vice, associate, and assistant deans, and senior administrative staff. Proven success recruiting individuals from diverse backgrounds is vital. An ability to recruit the very best is highly valued at the medical school.
UTHealth has retained the services of the Diversified Search Group to assist in this search. Please submit a cover letter and resume or nominations, in confidence, to UTHealthDeanMMS@divsearch.com. For best consideration, it is best to apply by March 1, 2021.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Benefits
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UTHealth Houston has adopted a policy consistent with CMS regulations to protect our patients and university community from exposure to COVID-19. This policy affects all employees, residents, fellows, students, contractors, new hires, visiting scholars program participants, adjunct faculty, and volunteers who work, train, or collaborate at the John S. Dunn Behavioral Science Center.
In addition, all UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth’s Houston rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations, including COVID-19 vaccination and safety requirements.
Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.
