Academic Division Chief – Medicine
About The Position
The Academic Division Chief, Medicine provides strategic and academic leadership for the Medicine Division in partnership with HonorHealth and the Arizona State University John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering. The role leads the academic vision and strategy for clinical education, undergraduate and graduate medical education, faculty development, research, innovation, and scholarly activity while advancing excellence in patient-centered clinical care. This physician executive collaborates across HonorHealth, the HonorHealth Medical Group, and ASU to develop an integrated academic environment that prepares future physicians and physician-engineers to address evolving community health needs. The position maintains active clinical practice and academic engagement appropriate to specialty, credentials, organizational needs, and leadership responsibilities. It oversees academic programs, faculty, resources, and partnerships, while ensuring compliance with accreditation, regulatory, institutional, and professional standards.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Medicine (M.D. or D.O.) from an accredited medical school.
- Substantial clinical and academic experience in Medicine.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in an academic medical setting.
- Experience with medical education, faculty development, research, and scholarly activity.
- Familiarity with medical school operations and interdisciplinary academic programs.
- Current Arizona physician license or eligibility to obtain Arizona licensure upon hire.
- Current board certification appropriate to the physician specialty upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Experience securing grants or other external support for academic or research initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Provides visionary leadership and sets the overall strategy for the Medicine Division academic programs, aligning priorities with HonorHealth and ASU organizational goals.
- Leads and oversees the Medicine Division undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME) programs, supporting high-quality teaching, mentorship, assessment, and learner experiences.
- Advances excellence in clinical care, education, research, and innovation by integrating biomedical science, patient-care fundamentals, clinical disciplines, medical engineering, artificial intelligence, and health systems science into academic programs.
- Fosters a culture of research, discovery, and scholarly activity, including collaborative research programs and the pursuit of grant and other external funding opportunities.
- Recruits, develops, mentors, and retains talented faculty; promotes faculty engagement, academic advancement, teaching excellence, and scholarly productivity.
- Builds and maintains effective relationships with internal and external partners across HonorHealth, the HonorHealth Medical Group, ASU, the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering, and affiliated clinical and academic programs.
- Oversees academic departmental budgets, resources, facilities, and program infrastructure to support teaching, research, innovation, and responsible stewardship.
- Partners with HonorHealth and the ASU Foundation on fundraising and development activities supporting shared Medicine Division goals and academic initiatives.
- Guides development and continuous improvement of innovative curricula and educational experiences that include hands-on patient care, precision education tools, emerging technologies, and interdisciplinary learning.
- Promotes an inclusive academic environment and models effective communication, collaboration, professionalism, and respect across diverse teams and learner populations.
- Maintains active clinical practice and academic engagement appropriate to specialty, credentials, organizational needs, and leadership responsibilities.
- Ensures compliance with applicable accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, medical staff bylaws, institutional policies, and professional and ethical standards.
- Communicates academic performance, opportunities, risks, and resource needs to appropriate HonorHealth and ASU leadership groups.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
