Chair of the Department of Pediatrics

Yale University: School of Medicine: School of Medicine Dean's Office

Location

New Haven, CT

Open Date

Dec 02, 2025

Deadline

Jan 31, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

The Chair of the Department of Pediatrics serves as the department’s academic and administrative leader and holds the concurrent title of Pediatrician-in-Chief for Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (YNHCH) and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS). Reporting to the Dean of Yale School of Medicine (YSM), the Chair works in close partnership with the President of YNHCH, Yale Medicine leadership, and senior health system executives to advance the department’s missions in clinical care, research, education, and advocacy, aligned with the strategic priorities of the School of Medicine and the health system.

As steward of a large and operationally complex enterprise, the Chair leads a department encompassing high-acuity inpatient services, a full range of pediatric subspecialties, and a growing regional ambulatory network. The Chair is responsible for strengthening clinical integration across YNHCH and affiliated YNHHS hospitals; supporting access, quality, and safety; and ensuring effective coordination across a distributed clinical footprint.

The Chair is also responsible for sustaining a vibrant academic environment. This includes advancing the department’s research enterprise; supporting early-career investigators and the physician-scientist pipeline; fostering collaborative, multidisciplinary science; and strengthening partnerships with Yale’s basic science departments and research institutes. The Chair oversees the effective development and stewardship of research infrastructure and shared resources that support scientific excellence.

In education, the Chair oversees a strong residency program and a broad portfolio of fellowship programs central to the department’s academic mission and national reputation. The Chair supports excellence and innovation in training, promotes faculty development across educational and scholarly tracks, and fosters a departmental culture grounded in mentorship, equity, accountability, and engagement.

As a senior institutional leader, the Chair represents Pediatrics across YSM and YNHHS and externally to academic, philanthropic, and community partners. The role includes faculty recruitment and retention, philanthropic engagement, and the articulation of a clear and compelling vision that aligns departmental priorities with institutional goals.

The next Chair of Pediatrics at Yale will join the department at a moment of real momentum, alongside a set of structural and strategic challenges that will shape the next decade. Rising clinical demand, a strengthening research enterprise, and new investments in infrastructure create significant opportunity, while capacity constraints, and system complexity require focused, experienced leadership. Key opportunities and challenges include:

• Lead a large, distributed clinical enterprise
• Sustain and accelerate research growth
• Address space, infrastructure, and operational constraints
• Support education, faculty development, and academic careers
• Foster cohesion, visibility, and shared purpose

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be an accomplished academic pediatric leader with the vision, judgment, and relational skill to guide a large, multifaceted department through its next phase of growth and impact. Candidates must hold an MD or equivalent degree, be board-certified in a pediatric specialty, and be eligible for appointment at the rank of professor at YSM. Key qualifications include:

• A record of academic accomplishment in pediatrics - across research, education, clinical innovation, or a combination thereof - consistent with appointment as a professor at YSM.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in an academic medical environment, with the ability to recruit, mentor, and support faculty across multiple career tracks and stages and to foster an inclusive and collaborative departmental culture.
• Experience leading, overseeing, or partnering in complex clinical operations, with an understanding of access, quality, safety, and performance in a multi-site health system.
• Scholarly credibility and institutional fluency, including the ability to advocate effectively for research infrastructure, support the development of early-career investigators, and build productive partnerships with basic science departments and research institutes.
• A demonstrated commitment to YSM values, including excellence, integrity, equity, and respect for a diverse academic community.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust, navigate a matrixed organizational environment, and serve as a persuasive advocate for Pediatrics within YSM, across YNHHS, and externally.
• A strategic perspective and sound judgment, with the ability to articulate a clear, forward-looking vision for the department that integrates clinical care, research, education, and community engagement.

Application Instructions

Yale School of Medicine has retained Isaacson, Miller to assist with this important recruitment. To be considered, those interested must apply through the Yale University’s Academic Recruitment job board, which uses Interfolio to accept applications: https://apply.interfolio.com/178500. Applicants must upload a CV, including a letter of interest that highlights the applicant’s relevant leadership experience. Review of complete applications will continue until the top candidate(s) have been identified.

Applications must be submitted through Interfolio for consideration, but inquiries, nominations, and referrals may be submitted electronically in confidence, to: https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/yale-school-medicine/chair-department-pediatrics.

Application Process

This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.

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