Interventional Radiology Residency, Program Director

The Department of Radiology at The Ohio State University is seeking a Program Director for Interventional Radiology (IR) who is an experienced clinician and an inspiring and innovative educational leader. The Program Director oversees all residents and resident-directed educational activities in the IR Division at OSU. They work directly with Departmental leadership and the Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education (GME) within the College of Medicine to execute strategic growth of our educational mission, including the development of innovative learning opportunities and models for our residents. They will also work closely with the IR Division Chief to ensure an optimal collaboration and experience for all faculty and staff within a fast-paced clinical learning environment.

Importantly, OSUWMC includes the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, a recently opened state-of-the-art NCI-designated cancer-care facility, representing the third largest cancer hospital in the United States. OSUWMC cancer care is supported by a very active IR-based Interventional Oncology (IO) program functioning within a highly collegial and progressive multi-disciplinary work group environment and offering a full range of IO procedures (e.g., radioembolization, chemoembolization, percutaneous ablations) along with involvement in multiple ongoing trials. Training in oncologic procedures represents an exciting component of educational opportunities for residents coming to OSU for IR training.

The Divisions IR Radiologists and residents practice within multiple IR procedure rooms across the OSU University Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, and Ohio State East Hospital, and are supported by dedicated APPs, RNs, and RTs. IR faculty work side-by-side with trainees in both Interventional and Diagnostic residency programs, contributing substantially to the training of future radiologists locally and across the country.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the educational mission of the training program ensuring appropriate trainee milestone advancement, oversight of the faculty teaching performance/role modeling, assigning teaching faculty based on performance.
• Ensure that the most recent, cutting-edge opportunities for education in IR are brought to OSU and to our program.
• Foster an effective, safe learning environment, promoting an interdisciplinary healthcare team that supports education and provides high quality, effective clinical services to patients, and does so in a balanced fashion.
• Assess residency/fellowship quality outcome metrics both education and patient care while also supporting wise resource utilization and appropriate adherence to protocol and practice guidelines by trainees.
• Ensure the education and training of supervising physicians, residents, and fellows is commensurate with their activity in OSUWMC and that trainees are provided proper supervision commensurate to skill/knowledge of the trainee.
• Ensure OSUWMC meets the accreditation and regulatory standards of the ACGME, Joint Commission, HIPAA, OSHA, and any other governmental accrediting or regulatory bodies as may be appropriate for IR Divisional/training activities.
• Promote program and OSU education through educational scholarly output.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrates significant scholarly activity, with an established or developing national reputation in Interventional Radiology.
• Ideally, should qualify for appointment at the Associate Professor or Full Professor level. However, Assistant Professors demonstrating significant scholarly productivity will be considered.
• Fellowship training in Interventional Radiology.
• Maintenance of ABR certification in Interventional/Diagnostic Radiology or AOBR certification with subspecialty certification in Vascular Interventional Radiology.
• Completion of three years of post-fellowship practice in IR.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Must support and embrace the diverse and inclusive culture of the Division, the Department, the Medical Center, and the University.

Environment amp; Culture:

The Ohio State University along with its academic partner, the Wexner Medical Center, are located in Columbus, Ohio, the state capital and the 14th largest city in the United States. From historic communities and suburban living to college crowds and nightlife, Columbus is a friendly Midwestern town with a metropolitan style. With easy commutes and a low cost of living relative to comparable metropolitan areas, central Ohio has a temperate climate where fall and spring delight while summers are not too oppressively hot or humid, and winters are not too cold or snowy.

The city is renowned for its leading technological companies, vast academic resources, thriving industry, an eclectic mix of entertainment, dining and shopping, and easily accessible opportunities for sports and recreation for participants and fans alike. The university and medical center are home to an exciting, growth-oriented culture of innovation and discovery.

Together, these entities have established a bold vision to ensure that the university will be among the leading public universities in the nation for research and creative expression to address critical societal challenges, and that the medical center will pioneer breakthrough healthcare solutions to improve peoples lives. For more on Columbus, please visit About Columbus.

For consideration, please send CV along with a cover letter to:

Kam Carlberg | Faculty Recruitment | Kamala.Carlberg@osumc.edu

The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.