Professor of Clinical - Surgery, Division Chief Oral Maxillofacial Surgery &
Dentistry
Location: Miami, FL · Type: Full time · Posted: 2026-05-19 ·
Reference: R100095684
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Position Title: Chief, Division of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery & Dentistry
Type of Role: Administrative
Department: Surgery
Reports to: Chair, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery
JOB SUMMARY:
The Division Chief is directly responsible to the Chair, Department of
Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for the Division's
overall function. The primary responsibility is to oversee complex clinical
services Oral Surgery and Dentistry. This oversight includes research and
education activities of the program.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS
Encourages a patient-centric approach to patient care.
Is team-oriented and welcomes input from all parties.
Understands the importance of standardization and evidence-based medicine
in delivering care.
Able to hold physicians accountable for the quality-of-care expectations.
Is an effective spokesperson for the Department's mission, vision, and
goals
Encourages innovation in care delivery.
Models actively encourage empathy in the workplace.
Elevates unresolved issues promptly to the Chair for non-performance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Shape and execute an overarching strategy for differentiated excellence.
Sustain a culture characterized by generosity, integrity, constructive
interactions, mentoring, and respect for diversity and differences among
members of the community.
In partnership with the department, UMMSOM, and Jackson Memorial Hospital
drive program growth—in a competitive marketplace.
Grow the research and scholarship activities for Oral Surgery and
Dentistry.
Serve on the Department of Surgery leadership committees.
Financial management of the division, including budgeting and resource
allocation to ensure a margin that supports the mission.
Develop consistent, transparent norms for high performance within the
division in clinical activity, research, education, and service missions.
Ensure clinical support for new faculty members with peer mentoring from
physicians with a similar practice.
Lead division planning and execution of recruitment for faculty, including
the Selection Committee process and documentation, following Department of
Surgery processes to meet UHealth's requirements.
Conduct timely in-person annual reviews for each faculty member with
written documentation of past performance and future goals.
Support career development for individual faculty members.
Oversee the division's participation in Department of Surgery education
programs, including GME student programs.
Oversee the division's accredited fellowship training program.
Build and strengthen educational programs and serve as a mentor and
teacher to medical students, residents, and fellows.
Recruit faculty to the division and assume shared responsibility, along
with administrative executives, for hiring other professional and support
staff for the division.
DESIRED OUTCOMES
A unified division spanning organization that is defined by cohesion,
transparency, high performance, and a sense of shared purpose.
A large cadre of outstanding and diverse faculty across the spectrum of
clinicians.
A dynamic clinical enterprise that is growing in a competitive landscape.
Research and scholarship that advances the specialty and drives innovation
for the service line.
A highly desirable residency and fellowship program at the leading edge of
innovative education and training.
A competitive rewards and compensation program, including metrics on
leadership, citizenship, teamwork, quality, and academic/research
productivity, in addition to clinical productivity.
Optimum access for Oral and Dentistry services for patients and their
families.
The successful candidate will be a highly accomplished physician leader
who is on the vanguard of academic oral surgery and dentistry team. They
will honor the great traditions of UHealth Department of Surgery, while
constantly seeking opportunities to implement new and better approaches to
drive excellence across all aspects of the tripartite mission.
IDEAL EXPERIENCE
Surgical Excellence
Renowned for exceptional surgical skill technique and outstanding patient
outcomes.
Administrative and Leadership Experience
Significant, successful administrative leadership experience at a thriving
academic institution in a leadership role or other capacity for the
department or division.
Clinical Program Development
Clinical expertise and experience in advancing strategic growth agenda of
the division and department. Familiarity and comfort working in a
matrixed, interdisciplinary healthcare delivery organization.
Academic Career Achievement
Outstanding academic credentials and expertise in one or more subspecialty
areas. Eligible for appointment as associate professor or professor of
surgery at Miller School of Medicine.
Board Certification and Licensure
Candidates must be Board Certified, licensed or eligible for medical
licensure in Florida.
CRITICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
Driving Results
The successful candidate will possess a record of success in growing programs
and conducting themselves in a fiscally prudent manner. This individual will
do this by:
Acting to surpass patient safety and quality goals, integrating innovative
new procedures, and seizing opportunities to push the envelope.
Setting continually higher goals that are ambitious but realistic for self
and others, geared to UHealth's objectives.
Focusing on new opportunities that enhance market outreach and
demonstrated by increased referral volume.
Understanding and explaining how changes in competitive health systems,
patient demographics and needs, and payment systems impact the division.
Developing strategies to build sustainable research programs and scholarly
activity within the division.
Strategic Thinking and Program Development
The successful candidate must possess the requisite leadership skills to
develop and implement the next-generation strategy for a leading division.
This individual will accomplish this by:
Creating a strong and impassioned vision for building excellence in care
delivery at this unique and exciting time in discovery and healthcare.
Recruiting, retaining, and mentoring faculty and trainees.
Creating environments that enable surgeons and scientists, whatever their
identity, background, or position, to thrive, realize their capabilities,
engage meaningfully and successfully in institutional life, and help
others flourish.
Exhibiting an understanding of, and appreciation for, the current trends
and implications for a successful division.
Collaborative Leadership
In an ever-evolving healthcare environment, leaders must continue to adapt and
cultivate partnerships internally and externally to ensure the continued
success of all aspects of the UHealth mission. The successful candidate must
create a compelling strategy and articulate a vision to continue the
advancement of a critically important academic division and clinical
enterprise for the UHealth System. Therefore, this individual will demonstrate
this through:
A strong and impassioned vision for building excellence in all aspects of
the academic mission.
An understanding of, and appreciation for, the current trends in the field
of surgery and the implications this has for the division's success and
the future of healthcare.
Building strong relationships with faculty, administrators, trainees, and
staff within the division, among the department, and across the entire
academic enterprise.
Identifying all stakeholders, and meeting with all of them to shape a
collective consensus and/or ensure alignment.
Negotiating with a genuine give-and-take approach, where clinical and
administrative personnel act as true peers and decisions are shared.
Identifying opportunities to build relationships that will help others
achieve their objectives and reach out to those people or new people.
Job descriptions are not intended and should not be construed as an exhaustive
list of all responsibilities, skills, effort, or working conditions associated
with a job. Departmental leadership reserves the right to revise duties as
needed.
The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and
employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories
protected by Federal law.
Job Status:
Full time
Employee Type:
Faculty-UMMG
