Academic Division Chief - Women's and Children's

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At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities:

• Provides visionary leadership and sets the overall strategy for the Women's and Children's Division academic programs, aligning priorities with HonorHealth and ASU organizational goals.
• Leads and oversees the Women's and Children's undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME) programs, supporting high-quality teaching, mentorship, assessment, and learner experiences.
• Advances excellence in clinical care, education, research, and innovation by integrating biomedical science, patient-care fundamentals, clinical disciplines, medical engineering, artificial intelligence, and health systems science into academic programs.
• Fosters a culture of research, discovery, and scholarly activity, including collaborative research programs and the pursuit of grants and other external funding opportunities.
• Recruits, develops, mentors, and retains talented faculty; promotes faculty engagement, academic advancement, teaching excellence, and scholarly productivity.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with internal and external partners across HonorHealth, the HonorHealth Medical Group, the Women's and Children's Service Line, ASU, the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering, and affiliated clinical and academic programs.
• Oversees academic departmental budgets, resources, facilities, and program infrastructure to support teaching, research, innovation, and responsible stewardship.
• Partners with HonorHealth and the ASU Foundation on fundraising and development activities supporting shared Women's and Children's Division goals and academic initiatives.
• Guides development and continuous improvement of innovative curricula and educational experiences that include hands-on patient care, precision education tools, emerging technologies, and interdisciplinary learning.
• Promotes an inclusive academic environment and models effective communication, collaboration, professionalism, and respect across diverse teams and learner populations.
• Maintains active clinical practice and academic engagement appropriate to specialty, credentials, organizational needs, and leadership responsibilities.
• Ensures compliance with applicable accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, medical staff bylaws, institutional policies, and professional and ethical standards.
• Communicates academic performance, opportunities, risks, and resource needs to appropriate HonorHealth and ASU leadership groups.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Doctorate Medicine M.D. or D.O. from an accredited medical school Required

• Other, Substantial clinical and academic experience in a specialty relevant to women's or children's health. Required
• Other, Demonstrated leadership experience in an academic medical setting. Required
• Other, Experience with medical education, faculty development, research, and scholarly activity. Required

• Physician - State Licensure - License, Current Arizona physician license or eligibility to obtain Arizona licensure. Upon Hire Required
• Board Certified Physician - Certification, Current board certification appropriate to the physician's specialty. Upon Hire Required

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