Chair, Department of Imaging

Opportunity

Cedars‑Sinai Health System seeks a collaborative and strategic leader to serve as chair of the Department of Imaging. The chair will fill a key executive role at nationally‑ranked Cedars‑Sinai. This is an outstanding opportunity for an accomplished clinical leader to oversee innovation and the highest quality clinical care across Cedars‑Sinai. The chair will direct all facets of the department, ensuring that the overall strategic vision and direction aligns with the broader Cedars‑Sinai mission.

The chair will achieve success by providing expert leadership in the following areas: strategic and operational oversight; patient care and quality improvement; research and education; faculty and staff development; interdepartmental coordination.

• In collaboration with the leadership of Cedars‑Sinai, define the mission and strategic direction for Imaging, ensuring the necessary financial and human resources to achieve the agreed upon objectives.
• Provide the vision and leadership to achieve superior clinical programs within Imaging disciplines; work with the leadership at Cedars‑Sinai to build and grow areas of acknowledged clinical excellence and lead development and implementation of cutting‑edge imaging services.
• Define and lead the Department’s research strategy; support principal faculty within the Department in efforts to secure NIH and other grant funding as needed to support research priorities; lead the Department in all its academic endeavors, developing and enhancing programs, services, and scientific/clinical investigations.
• Ensure that excellent clinical education and advanced training is delivered to the medical students, residents, and fellows; provide leadership and oversight to the residency and fellowship programs within the Department.
• Supervise, prepare, implement, and monitor the Department budget, encompassing all funding sources and ensuring compliance with grant, legislative, and institutional guidelines; effectively work to manage limited resources in collaboration with others.
• Ensure the retention and hiring of key faculty and medical staff and lead the ongoing recruitment of world‑class physicians committed to teaching, research, and clinical service; ensure an atmosphere of support and development.
• Participate in relevant leadership meetings and communicate key information and initiatives within Imaging to leadership.
• Encourage ethical medical and financial practice and support compliance activities as necessary.
• Ensure compliance with State and federal laws, accreditation, professional, and regulatory agency standards including quality assurance and licensure requirements within the Department of Imaging and the Service Line; establish and maintain a quality assurance program acceptable to Cedars‑Sinai as required by The Joint Commission, State, and other agencies.
• Provide the vision and leadership to achieve superior clinical programs and lead business development of Imaging at Cedars‑Sinai.
• Lead the growth and enhancement of residency and fellowship training programs in the Department of Imaging. Develop, implement, and monitor training programs in accordance with the strategic plan, mission, and goals.
• Assume ultimate responsibility for resident and student teaching programs: setting standards for education, maintaining the continuity and quality of teaching; providing developmental opportunities for faculty and attending staff participation in teaching rounds, conferences and advisory sessions.
• Oversee the development and implementation of continuing educational opportunities for department’s medical and professional staff.
• Responsible for carrying out all the duties of Department Chair as outlined in the Constitution and Rules and Regulations of the Medical Staff.
• Monitor and evaluate staffing to ensure a sufficient number of qualified and competent physicians to provide care and services are available.
• Monitor the professional performance of all individuals who have delineated clinical privileges in the Department.
• Recommend to the medical staff both the criteria for clinical privileges and physicians to be granted clinical privileges within the…