Associate/Full Professor - Division Head, Division of Endocrinology

Associate/Full Professor –

Division Head, Division of Endocrinology

Department of Medicine, University Health Network/Sinai Health System

The Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Division of Endocrinology of the University Health Network (UHN) and Sinai Health System (SHS) are seeking to recruit a visionary Endocrinologist to lead the UHN - SHS Division of Endocrinology, a division of the joint Department of Medicine. The successful candidate must be eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor at the University of Toronto. This hospital Division Head position is for a 5-year term, renewable once following a successful review. Effective start date of appointment is 1 April, 2023, or to be negotiated. UHN, SHS, and the University of Toronto are strongly committed to diversity within their communities and especially welcome applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+, persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The successful candidate will lead a large academically successful and diverse Endocrinology Division. The UHN - SHS division is the one of the 4 hospital-based Endocrinology divisions within the University of Toronto Division of Endocrinology. The UHN-SHS division has 25 full-time staff physicians and 15 associate physicians across SHS and UHN who provide inpatient and outpatient Endocrinology care, leading diverse and comprehensive tertiary subspecialty programs. The clinical division provides care across 5 separate sites (UHN-Toronto Western Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital as primary sites with consultation provided to UHN – Toronto General Hospital, UHN – Princess Margaret Hospital, and UHN - Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital). UHN and SHS are situated on land that for thousands of years has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Toronto is Canada's largest city, and a center for education, healthcare, business, finance, technology, entertainment, and culture.

The successful applicant should be a visionary leader with sophisticated interpersonal skills, leadership, or equivalent work-related/lived experience and a track record of achievement in one or more of research, education, creative professional activity, system design, quality and safety, equity, and diversity, and/or medical leadership.

Reporting to the Physicians in Chief at UHN and SHS, the Division Head will be expected to support evolution of excellence in equitable, patient-centered care and quality and safety programs, to work collaboratively with diverse groups and lead with empathy and compassion in advocating for the advancement of patient care and the Division. They will support Division recruitment at the hospitals to optimize both clinical care and the academic agenda. They will advance an academic strategic plan and fundraising program. They will demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of their work and will uphold equity as a central component of high-quality patient care. They will work with the University Departmental Division Director to optimize citywide Endocrinology activity by supporting faculty growth and development across the continuum, focusing on advancing the academic strategic plans of both the hospitals and city-wide divisions, assisting with city-wide educational responsibilities of the division, and promoting scholarship and research.  

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the medical, administrative, and research leadership of both hospitals, in order to develop leading academic and clinical programs in Endocrinology. 

The successful candidate must hold a MD (or equivalent) and recognized subspecialty Endocrinology qualifications. They must have or be eligible for licensure in Ontario. Academic rank, salary, and contractual arrangements will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. Compensation will be highly competitive with the usual income range for an Academic Endocrinology Physician in the Province of Ontario.

Interested candidates should e-mail a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of 3 referees by e-mail to: Joelinda.Gomes@uhn.ca. The letter of interest must include a statement regarding the candidate’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusivity, as well as a description of their track record of leadership, actions, and/or impact in this domain.

Please address the letter with attention to:

Dr. Kathryn Tinckam, Physician-in-Chief University Health Network and

Dr. Chaim Bell, Physician-in-Chief, Sinai Health Systems

Applications will be accepted until February 22, 2023

For more information about the University of Toronto Department Of Medicine, please visit our website at: http://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.