Residency Program Director - Department of Anesthesiology

Residency Program Director

Department of Anesthesiology - Medical College of Wisconsin

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is currently seeking national nominations for the role of Residency Program Director of the Department of Anesthesiology. In this highly visible leadership role, the Residency Program Director will be responsible for overseeing and managing the program. The Department of Anesthesiology is comprised of 153 faculty, 22 Anesthesiologist Assistants, 79 staff members (25 administrative, 28 clinical, 26 research), and approximately 100 residents and fellows who train in our Department annually. Forty-five students are en route to become CAAs in our Master of Science in Anesthesia Program. There are also 63 CRNAs practicing at Froedtert Hospital as part of the Anesthesia Care Team. We primarily practice at five hospitals, with several additional locations in clinics and ambulatory surgery centers. As a team, we continue to provide exemplary patient care and education while pursuing research that will improve the health of the communities that we serve.

Program Director Roles and Responsibilities:        

In accordance with the requirements of the ACGME, the Residency Program Director will:

• Oversee the entirety of the residency program and all departmental fellowship programs (cardiac anesthesia, intensive care, pediatric anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, regional anesthesia, neuroanesthesia, simulation and pain management). 
• Enhance communication with residents, faculty, advanced practice professionals, the GMEC, and the ACGME.
• Build upon relationships with subspecialties, administrative areas, and the Medical College to enhance the education of our trainees and students.
• Dedicate at least 5 years to this role in order to build a successful and sustainable program.
• Model outstanding professionalism, high quality patient care, excellence in education, and a scholarly approach to work.
• Maintain responsibility, authority, and accountability for: administration and operations, compliance with all applicable program requirements, teaching and scholarly activity, resident recruitment and selection, evaluation and promotion of residents, and disciplinary action. 
• Demonstrate outstanding academic achievements in anesthesiology, including publications, the development of educational programs, and the conduct of research.

Minimal Qualifications:

• Completion of residency and fellowship a minimum of three years before applying for the role.
• At least three years of documented educational and/or administrative experience.
• Certification by the American Board of Anesthesiology, current medical licensure and active medical staff appointment

About the Department of Anesthesiology

The Department boasts 153 faculty, 22 faculty Anesthesiologist Assistants and 79 staff members. Approximately 100 residents and fellows train in our department annually. We have a categorical residency with 18 residents/year, a combined anesthesiology/pediatrics residency and a combined anesthesiology/medicine residency – each with a maximum of 1 resident/year. An additional forty-five students are enrolled in our Master of Scoence Program and en route to become CAAs, 14 of whom will graduate this coming December as the second class to finish our MSA program. The first class of DNP CRNA students enrolled at Marquette University began their clinical rotations at Froedtert Hospital in January of 2019.There are now 63 CRNAs practicing at Froedtert and more will be joining our care team as our numbers of anesthetizing locations increases. We primarily practice at five hospitals, with several additional locations in clinics and ambulatory surgery centers.

About the Medical College of Wisconsin

MCW has approximately 6,000 faculty and staff. Nearly 5,125 faculty and staff work on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus, and more than 800 work at approximately 22 other healthcare facilities in eastern and central Wisconsin. More than 2,000 physicians from the community serve as volunteer faculty. MCW is a major national research center; it is the largest research institution in eastern Wisconsin and second largest in Wisconsin. In FY 2017, $234 million was invested in research, teaching, training, and related purposes at MCW including $89.9 million from the NIH, $20.8 million from other federal agencies, $76 million from other external sponsors, and $47.3 million from MCW institutional support. MCW is ranked 48th among the nation’s medical schools that receive NIH research funding. In 2015, MCW was awarded a five-year, $20 million renewal of its Clinical and Translational Science Award from the NIH. This award funds the ongoing work of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeastern Wisconsin (CTSI), a consortium of eight regional organizations whose mission is to advance the health of the community through research and discovery. The CTSI consortium includes the Versiti BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Froedtert Hospital, Marquette University, MCW, Milwaukee School of Engineering, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The CTSI research portfolio includes more than 185 studies, with more than 47 collaborative research studies underway. The CTSI is a borderless, synergistic biomedical research enterprise that is accelerating the translation of research discoveries into new and improved medical treatments.

All correspondence, including applications, nominations, and general inquiries, can be submitted in confidence at https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_medcollegewi/external_faculty/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=13611&localeCode=en-us. Applications should include a letter of interest, CV or résumé, and separate list of references.

Cynthia A. Lien, M.D.

John P. Kampine Professor and Chair

Department of Anesthesiology

Medical College of Wisconsin

9200 W Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53226

clien@mcw.edu

Phone: (414) 805-8703

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