School of Medicine - Vice Chair for Neuroanesthesia

UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine seeks inaugural Endowed Vice Chair for Neuroanesthesia. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine is currently seeking its inaugural Vice Chair for Neuroanesthesia.

The vice chair will be responsible for:

• Promoting excellence in the provision of neuroanesthesia across all clinical locations associated with the academic faculty practice.
• Creating a strategy and clear vision for the division to contribute to the department's missions of excellence in clinical care, education, academic pursuits, and community engagement.
• Partnering closely with the UAB Department of Neurosurgery to establish cutting-edge clinical pathways and care for surgical and procedural patients.
• Partnering with the academic vice chairs (Education, Quality, Research, and Development) to grow and sustain efforts to deliver optimal patient care while also educating trainees, tracking quality metrics, and fostering an environment that enhances faculty professional development through mentoring and supporting faculty research and growth opportunities.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of academic and clinical achievement along with a national reputation in the neuroanesthesia community as an outstanding clinician, educator, and scholar. The candidate must be board-certified in anesthesiology and fellowship trained in neuroanesthesia. The candidate must hold a Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent degree, and be eligible for licensure to practice medicine in Alabama. Leadership experience (2-5 years) in a department-level role is preferred.

About UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

The Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine is one the most robust anesthesia departments in the South, covering more than 150 anesthestizing sites daily. The program also boasts one of the largest residency programs in the Southeast, with a total of 84 residents and 15 fellows. It is consistently in the top 15 programs in the country in regard to NIH funding and houses one of the largest anesthesia-dedicated informatics staff; recently recruiting two data scientists to bolster precision anesthesia and predictive analytics programs.

Neurosciences

At UAB, the investment in neurosciences, in general, and neurosurgery, in particular, has created a unique opportunity for an academic anesthesiologist who is motivated to build an outstanding program in collaboration with our neurosurgical and neurointensivist colleagues. The department currently provides neuroanesthesia and intensive care in the dedicated neurosurgical ORs and neurointensive care unit respectively. Fifteen neurosurgeons perform more than 4,500 cases annually in multiple specialty areas including tumor, complex spine, neurovascular (as part of the Comprehensive Stroke Center), epilepsy, and movement disorders. Two newly opened intraoperative MRI OR suites have also recently gone live.