Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Dean

Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) seeks a nationally recognized and visionary academic leader to serve as the next Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Dean (EVCMA) of the Washington University School of Medicine (WashU Medicine). This is an unmatched opportunity to lead one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers, guiding WashU Medicine through a period of transformation and opportunity. The EVCMA will serve as the chief executive officer at one of the most distinguished medical schools in the country and is tasked with integrating the academic mission with the clinical enterprise, advancing research excellence and educational innovation, and bolstering community engagement, while fostering a culture of inclusion, trust, and collaboration. 

WashU Medicine is a global leader in academic medicine, uniting groundbreaking research, world-class education, and exceptional patient care to address the world’s most complex and intractable health challenges. With $857.5 million in annual research funding and the nation's second-highest NIH funding among medical schools, WashU Medicine imbues a culture built for breakthroughs. WashU Medicine unites more than 26,000 pioneering minds, 78 subspecialties, and more than 130 clinical practices to discover innovative methods, explore novel ideas, and forge new paths to treatment of every illness. Many of WashU Medicine's facilities, including the School of Medicine and the clinical practices of its faculty, are located on the Washington University Medical Campus (WUMC), which houses nationally recognized Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital, the academic hospitals of BJC HealthCare. WashU Medicine physicians treat patients of every background and level of complexity across more than two-and-a-half million visits a year. 

WashU Medicine and BJC HealthCare, its longstanding clinical partner, recently established a 45-year affiliation agreement and commitment to initiate the BJC WashU Clinical Enterprise (BWCE). This partnership will integrate the clinical enterprise across the School of Medicine and the BJC-East hospitals and practices to power the virtuous cycle of academic medicine for the communities they serve and meet the health needs of today’s patients while advancing medicine and the delivery of care far into the future. As part of the BWCE strategic plan for clinical growth, there are opportunities for new initiatives, such as the Center for Health AI, whose focus is on making care more personalized and effective for patients and more efficient and manageable for physicians, nurses, and all those striving to ensure patients receive the very best care. This partnership also reinforces the BWCE as an essential provider of safety-net care for vulnerable urban and rural populations in the region.

The EVCMA will report to the WashU Chancellor and work closely with the Executive Faculty, comprised of heads of the 21 clinical and preclinical departments of the School. The successful candidate will have expertise in and a firm commitment to discovery and translational science and clinical research; a sophisticated understanding of clinical care delivery models; a track record of supporting education, mentorship, and faculty development; and considerable experience in philanthropic, administrative, and budgetary leadership. The EVCMA will be a creative strategist who crafts an ambitious vision for WashU Medicine’s future and will serve as a visionary leader for innovation, inclusive excellence, and collaboration, and inspire and empower a talented community of faculty, staff, and learners to push the boundaries of discovery in human biology and disease. The EVCMA will drive WashU Medicine’s mission to translate groundbreaking research into real-world innovations that improve human health, foster regional economic growth, and position the university as a leader in biomedical entrepreneurship. The EVCMA will be a thought partner with the leadership of both the health system and the university and will work effectively in a matrixed environment to maintain alignment across the tripartite mission. Candidates for the role must have an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent clinical doctoral degree, be board-certified in their specialty, have a record commensurate with appointment at the rank of Professor with tenure, and be eligible for licensure as a physician in the State of Missouri.

Please direct all inquiries, nominations, and applications to Isaacson, Miller, the national executive search firm assisting with the search. All replies will be held in strict confidence. Correspondence and applications, which should include a CV and letter of interest, should be submitted electronically below.

Ariannah Mirick and Dan Rodas are leading this search with Jane McInerney and Madeline Ruth. 

Washington University encourages and gives full consideration to all applicants for admission, financial aid, and employment. The university does not discriminate in access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or genetic information.

It is the policy of the university to: (1) provide equal employment opportunity to all job applicants and employees; (2) administer recruiting, hiring, compensation and benefit practices, training, upgrading and promotion procedures, transfers and terminations of employment without discrimination because of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, disability or genetic information; (3) provide a workplace free from harassment based on any of the foregoing factors; and (4) encourage the hiring of minorities, women, disabled individuals, Vietnam era veterans and disabled veterans.