Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia

Position Summary

The Vice Chair, Clinical Services Anesthesia is the senior physician leader responsible for all clinical operations, quality, safety, and performance of the anesthesia service line at UToledo Health. This is a clinical leadership position with direct accountability for delivering safe, efficient, high‑quality perioperative care across the main operating rooms, non‑operating room anesthesia (NORA) sites, and other anesthetizing locations in a busy academic health system.

The Vice Chair serves as the primary driver of clinical excellence and operational effectiveness, acting as the key liaison between anesthesiology, surgical services, perioperative nursing, hospital administration, and other stakeholders. While the role includes active participation in the academic and educational missions of an academic anesthesiology department, the primary focus and accountability of the Vice Chair is clinical and operational leadership.

• Provide strategic direction and day‑to‑day leadership for the full scope of anesthesia services.
• Direct the clinical practice of faculty anesthesiologists, CRNAs, CAAs, and residents to ensure consistent, evidence‑based, patient‑centered care.
• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve clinical protocols, workflows, and best practices across the perioperative continuum.
• Partner with surgical leadership and the OR leadership team to drive efficiency metrics (first‑case on‑time starts, turnover times, block utilization, concurrency, and throughput).
• Lead department‑specific quality, safety, and risk‑management programs, including morbidity conferences, root‑cause analyses, and adoption of national benchmarks (AQI, MPSF, NACOR).

• Provide high‑quality anesthesia care across a full spectrum of general surgical cases.
• Opportunities to teach residents and medical students within an established academic program.
• Collaborative environment with surgeons, CRNAs, CAA's, and other APPs.
• Mix of inpatient and outpatient anesthesia services.

• Actively support the academic mission by ensuring the service line delivers outstanding educational experience for residents, student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs), and medical students.
• Participate in didactic teaching, simulation‑based education, and clinical supervision of trainees.
• Encourage and facilitate faculty and resident scholarly activity while maintaining clinical productivity and operational performance as the primary priority.

• Lead recruitment, mentoring, and retention of high‑performing faculty anesthesiologists and advanced practice providers.
• Foster a collaborative, respectful, and professionally rewarding culture that values both clinical excellence and academic contribution.

• Represent anesthesiology at the executive perioperative governance table and in health‑system strategic planning.
• Collaborate closely with surgical department chairs, nursing leadership, hospital administration, and UToledo Health leadership to align goals and resolve operational challenges.
• Oversee staffing models, scheduling, productivity monitoring, financial stewardship, and resource allocation for the service line.

• Ensure compliance with CMS, Joint Commission, state regulations, and institutional policies.
• Champion a proactive culture of safety, transparency, and continuous improvement.

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
• Board certification in Anesthesiology (American Board of Anesthesiology).
• Eligibility for unrestricted Ohio medical licensure.
• Minimum 7–10 years of progressive clinical and leadership experience in a high‑volume academic or tertiary‑care medical center.
• Proven success in clinical program development, OR efficiency improvement, quality/safety initiatives, and physician–APP team leadership.
• Demonstrated change‑management and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Candidate is not bound by a non‑compete or other contractual obligation that would prevent them from fully engaging…