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The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA currently seeks applicants for the position of Chief, Division of Spine Surgery. This is a tenured faculty position at the rank of Associate of Full Professor.

This position will provide leadership to the Spine Surgery Division in the Department of Orthopadic Surgery. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery provides high-quality, advanced surgical and medical care, innovations in orthopaedic research as well as excellent training and education for the next generation of highly accomplished orthopaedic surgeons. This program encompasses spine care provided at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital. In addition, the department also provides orthopaedic services through our affiliation with the Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

The Division Chief of Spine Surgery must have a strong track record as an excellent leader, outstanding clinician, exceptional educator with commitment to teaching, and an experienced investigator including scholarly work in basic science, clinical or translational research. The Division Chief of Spine Surgery must demonstrate transparency, a deep sense of professionalism, clear communication skills, commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its forms including the provision of equitable care, an unwavering ethical compass, and strong support for interdisciplinary and inter-professional collaboration as well as institutional growth. It is the responsibility of the Division Chief to work alongside the Department Chair to represent the Division in the areas of financial performance, faculty career development, research, education, and clinical care, while achieving local, regional and national visibility and prominence in the subspecialty. Candidates must possess an M.D. degree or equivalent, be board certified in pediatric surgery, and be eligible for licensure in the State of California. Qualified candidates must hold an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent. Candidates must have completed an accredited fellowship training in Spine Surgery. Candidates must also be eligible for appointment to the University of California and the salary will be commensurate with academic rank and experience.

The University of California seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.

The posted UC salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html ) set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. The salary range for this position is $268,300- $1,500,000). See Table 5 - Summary: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/oct-2023-acad-salary-scales/t5-summary.pdf.

This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan (https://ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf ), which provides eligibility for additional compensation.

https://medschool.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/media/documents/SOM-Imp-Proc-32015.pdf

Interested applicants are asked to provide an updated curriculum vitae, a letter of interest, and a statement on contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Applicants must submit their application materials online at: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08874

UC Regents Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct:

All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct

https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html

Confidential inquiries related to this position and/or search may be directed to Senior Academic Personnel Analyst, Kimberly Alvarado, kaalvarado@mednet.ucla.edu.

Cultural North Star: The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at

https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.

Anti-Racism Roadmap: The David Geffen School of Medicine Anti-racism roadmap is our co-created path to ensuring racial justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to actively dismantling structural racism in our organization as described in more detail at:

https://medschool.ucla.edu/diversity-anti-racism-roadmap

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy.