Associate Professor; Graduate Medical Education DIO

Overview

Title: Associate Professor (Graduate Medical Education DIO)

Position No: #83176T

Hiring Unit: John

A. Burns School of Medicine, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Location: JABSOM Kaka’ako Campus

Date Posted: March 11, 2026

Closing Date: March 29, 2026

Salary Information: Commensurate with education and experience

Monthly Type: 11 month

Tenure Track: Non-tenure

Full Time/Part Time: Part Time, 5% FTE

Temporary/Permanent: Temporary

Funding: Tuition Funds

Other conditions: To begin approximately April 2026, subject to position clearance. Non tenure track; 11-month appointment period; annually renewable depending on performance and/or funding availability.

• Engage in the education, training and supervision of faculty, residents, medical students in JABSOM clinical departments.
• Position serves as an Assistant Designated Institutional Official (DIO) within the JABSOM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Office in the Office of the DIO (ODIO), supporting the DIO in all matters related to Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs at JABSOM and all JABSOM-affiliated clinical teaching sites. Reports to the DIO with secondary reporting to the Deputy DIO.
• Serve as a primary contact of ODIO with GME program administrators.
• Maintain a strong, effective, proactive, and collaborative team-based relationship with HRP leadership.
• Work with health system leaders, department chairs, program directors, and program administrators to monitor and enhance the quality of GME programs, including, but not limited to the following:
• Faculty professional development (professionalism, Title IX/VII, teaching/evaluation skills, etc.), with implementation strategies specific to the resources and capacity of the major clinical training sites;
• GME research/patient quality & safety initiatives, including those specific to the health system that employs the majority of core program faculty and/or that serves as the primary clinical training site for the GME program;
• GME faculty, staff, and trainee well-being;
• Proposals for program expansion; and
• Compliance with ACGME, LCME, UH, hospital (e.g., Joint Commission), and Hawai'i Residency Program (HRP) policies and/or processes.
• Participate and assist in leading GME enterprise-wide activities or initiatives to support overall GME excellence, including, but not limited to the following:
• GMEC meetings, Annual Institutional Reviews, HRPboard meetings, HRP program administrator meetings;
• Annual state-wide GME training programs for DIOs, Program Directors, Program Administrators, and chief residents;
• Follow-up of personnel issues, including external review of GME trainee academic performance for selected residents who are underperforming, providing guidance on remediation plans for GME trainees, GME trainee grievances, informal complaints and Title VII/IX complaints as directed by DIO;
• Enhancement of GME trainee recruitment/retention across programs; and
• Assist in the refinement of proposals for new GME programs.
• Assist in preparation and/or oversight of program and institutional reports to the GMEC, ACGME, and other stakeholders, including:
• Programs' and the Sponsoring Institution's Annual Updates and response to citations in the ACGME Accreditation Data System;
• Annual Institutional Review;
• Self-study reports, Special Reviews, and site visits; and
• Institutional policies and guidelines.
• Work with leaders at the health systems, department chairs, and program directors to develop and promote system-wide and cross-institution initiatives and processes, including:
• Faculty development for teaching skills; and
• Optimizing the Clinical Learning Environment (via CLER Pathways to Excellence).
• Support and mentor select faculty, fellows, and residents to optimize GME processes (e.g., resident and program evaluation) in the program.
• Prepare faculty, fellows, and residents for educational leadership positions.
• Develop research and/or quality projects or initiatives in education or health system science.
• Serve on University Committees.
• Conduct scholarly activity and research.
• Perform related work as assigned.

• MD degree or equivalent medical degree from a medical school of recognized…