Chair of Family Medicine

University of South Dakota   Sioux Falls, SD   Full-time     Health Care Provider
Posted on September 9, 2024
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The University of South Dakota (USD) Sanford School of Medicine (SSOM) seeks nominations and applications for an accomplished board-certified family medicine physician to serve as the next Chair of Family Medicine. This position reports directly to the Dean of the Sanford School of Medicine and Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of South Dakota, Tim Ridgway, M.D., MACP, FASGE.

 

The Department of Family Medicine consists of 440 total faculty.  Of these faculty, 380 are clinical, 48 are academic, 10 emeriti, and two are adjunct faculty.  Additionally, there are 57 faculty members with cross-appointments in Family Medicine.  In addition to the primary family medicine faculty, the department includes a Division of Emergency Medicine.

 

The vision of the department is to improve the health of the people of South Dakota and beyond through leadership in family medicine education, clinical practice, research, and community service.  The mission of the department is to provide high-quality education in family medicine, further the scholarship of the discipline, serve the patients in the community, advance the mission of the School of Medicine, and support the University.

 

The Chair of the Department of Family Medicine for the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine (SSOM) (www.usd.edu/med) will be a respected board-certified academic family physician with leadership experience in a medical school or similar environment.  This individual will have demonstrated abilities as a leader, educator, clinician, and scholar.  The chair is expected to work effectively and collegially with colleagues in the community and throughout the state, advancing the mission of the department in both rural and urban areas.   SSOM is a community-based medical school with a tradition of excellence and is highly ranked in family and rural medicine. 

 

For more information on the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, please link to: https://www.usd.edu/Academics/Colleges-and-Schools/sanford-school-of-medicine

The Leadership Profile, which includes additional information about the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine and our application procedures can be found at: https://www.agbsearch.com/searches/chair-of-family-medicine-university-of-south-dakota-sanford-school-of-medicine

For full consideration, application materials should be submitted through the AGB Search portal system accessible via this link by October 10, 2024.

Please direct all nominations and expressions of interest to USDFamMedChair@agbsearch.com or contact the AGB search consultants listed below.

 

Cody Futch

Principal

cody.futch@agbsearch.com

 

Garry Owens, Ph.D.

Senior Executive Search Consultant

garry.owens@agbsearch.com


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