Director of the Division of Cardiology

The Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine seeks candidates for the position of Director of the Division of Cardiology. The Department of Medicine (DOM) is among the top departments in National Institutes of Health funding with approximately $180 million annually in total sponsored research funding and is home to one of the foremost internal medicine residency programs in the country. The DOM has multiple clinical locations including the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore and Howard County General Hospital, Sibley Memorial Hospital, and Suburban Hospital in the greater Baltimore/DC metro area as well as outpatient clinic sites across the region. The Department of Medicine (DOM) is the largest department in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with 19 divisions and over 3,000 faculty, nurses, staff, and trainees. The DOM is an integral part of Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), which includes a partnership between the School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Health System. A key strategic initiative of JHM leadership is the growth and development of the Heart & Vascular Institute, which is a health system-wide service line approach to providing high quality, comprehensive care and the most advanced cardiovascular treatments known to medicine.

The Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions is the largest division in the department and recognized nationally and globally as a leader in cardiovascular disease with an exceptional record of achievement across our tripartite mission. Committed to advancing biomedical discovery, our faculty’s investigators pursue a wide range of research – from bench science to clinical and translational research. Our fellowship program attracts outstanding applicants to be trained as future academic leaders. Finally, our clinician educators care for patients from the mid-Atlantic region and around the world with the full spectrum of cardiovascular disorders. Our range of clinical services includes high volume outpatient services, with more than 40,000 outpatient encounters; busy inpatient consultation services; multiple sites for interventional procedures across the region; and numerous highly-specialized clinics and services.

The Director is the spokesperson for the faculty of the Division and will direct the HVI in collaboration with a surgical co-director. Division responsibilities include promoting faculty; recruiting and appointing new faculty; overseeing educational, clinical, and research programs; and planning short term and long-term strategic growth. As a leader in the Heart and Vascular Institute, the Director will collaborate closely with the surgical co-leaders to develop strategies to meet the clinical goals of the service line while aligning and highlighting the division’s strengths in training future cardiologists and discovery that will lead to future clinical innovations. Candidates must have an academic record consistent with appointment as an Associate or Full Professor of Medicine. They must have an MD degree or equivalent and an outstanding record of accomplishments in teaching, research, and service. The successful candidate needs to have the demonstrated capacity to foster an environment in which excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, and clinical programs can simultaneously flourish. A demonstrated commitment to promoting a diverse academic environment is required. Successful candidates will have a record of innovative and effective administrative and fiscal leadership, national stature in his or her field, and a record of excellent interpersonal skills and interactions with students, staff and faculty. Candidates must be eligible for US employment.

The search committee will accept nominations and applications until the position is filled. However, the committee strongly encourages applicants to submit their materials by the priority deadline of July 15, 2018. To apply for this position, please submit your CV and cover note. In the cover note, please review your clinical, research, and teaching expertise and accomplishments, and your leadership and management experience.

Initial inquiries may be directed to: Drs. Sherita Golden and David Thomas Co-Chairs, Cardiology Director Search Committee Attn: Holly Sellers, Office of the Director The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Room 9025, Baltimore, MD 21287; hseller4@jhmi.edu.

The Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students. All applicants who share this goal are encouraged to apply.