Infectious Disease Executive - California

Chief of Infectious Diseases

UC Irvine | Orange County, CA

Position Highlights: 

• Divide your time based upon your strengths as a leader and research portfolio
• UC Irvine Health is Orange County's only academic health system
• You will lead a collaborative division of about 17 faculty with roughly $10M in research funding. The transplant ID team is growing and now has four specialists. A new Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) clinic is being developed jointly with Pulmonary, and there is interest in building programs in global health and parasitology

Leadership Opportunities: This is a visionary leadership role in which you will shape the division's future. Priorities for your first 6 to 12 months include:

• optimizing the hospital Infection Prevention program
• developing a strategy to expand the division's research enterprise
• assessing clinical coverage needs and leading faculty recruitments
• guiding initiatives around faculty compensation and clinic templates

Compensation & Benefits:

• Base salary range starts at $365,000, depends upon experience and qualifications
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: The University of California benefits package includes:
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • life and disability coverage
  • university-provided malpractice coverage
  • UC Retirement Plan options
• Incentive opportunities, sign on bonus, relocation assistance

Qualifications: 

• MD, DO, MBBS, MD/PhD, or equivalent
• Board certification in Infectious Diseases 
• A current California medical license, or eligibility to obtain one
• Skillset:  The ideal candidate has superb communication skills, emotional intelligence, and an inspiring strategic vision. You build consensus, handle difficult conversations and conflict with skill, and unite faculty around shared goals. You are dedicated to mentoring and developing clinician-scientists.
• Experience:  An outstanding record in research, education, clinical care, and service, with demonstrated leadership and collaboration. Current or prior extramural funding (e.g., NIH) is strongly preferred. Senior academic rank (Associate Professor or Professor) is preferred.

About the Community 

• Irvine is consistently ranked among the safest cities in the U.S. UC Irvine is recognized as one of the nation's top public universities.
• range County is part of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. It offers big-city amenities with a suburban, master-planned feel.
• Southern California's mild, sunny climate supports year-round outdoor living. Neighborhoods range from coastal towns to family-friendly suburbs.
• You will be minutes from Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and miles of Pacific coastline. Los Angeles, San Diego, and the mountains and deserts of Southern California are all within easy reach.
• The area has highly regarded public school districts, excellent private schools, and abundant higher education options, including UCI and other nearby universities.
• Residents enjoy surfing, hiking, cycling, golf, theme parks, professional sports, and a thriving food and arts scene.

Job Reference #: [ID 27311] 

Chief of Infectious Diseases

UC Irvine | Orange County, CA

Position Highlights: 

• Divide your time based upon your strengths as a leader and research portfolio
• UC Irvine Health is Orange County's only academic health system
• You will lead a collaborative division of about 17 faculty with roughly $10M in research funding. The transplant ID team is growing and now has four specialists. A new Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) clinic is being developed jointly with Pulmonary, and there is interest in building programs in global health and parasitology

Leadership Opportunities: This is a visionary leadership role in which you will shape the division's future. Priorities for your first 6 to 12 months include:

• optimizing the hospital Infection Prevention program
• developing a strategy to expand the division's research enterprise
• assessing clinical coverage needs and leading faculty recruitments
• guiding initiatives around faculty compensation and clinic templates

Compensation & Benefits:

• Base salary range starts at $365,000, depends upon experience and qualifications
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: The University of California benefits package includes:
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • life and disability coverage
  • university-provided malpractice coverage
  • UC Retirement Plan options
• Incentive opportunities, sign on bonus, relocation assistance

Qualifications: 

• MD, DO, MBBS, MD/PhD, or equivalent
• Board certification in Infectious Diseases 
• A current California medical license, or eligibility to obtain one
• Skillset:  The ideal candidate has superb communication skills, emotional intelligence, and an inspiring strategic vision. You build consensus, handle difficult conversations and conflict with skill, and unite faculty around shared goals. You are dedicated to mentoring and developing clinician-scientists.
• Experience:  An outstanding record in research, education, clinical care, and service, with demonstrated leadership and collaboration. Current or prior extramural funding (e.g., NIH) is strongly preferred. Senior academic rank (Associate Professor or Professor) is preferred.

About the Community 

• Irvine is consistently ranked among the safest cities in the U.S. UC Irvine is recognized as one of the nation's top public universities.
• range County is part of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. It offers big-city amenities with a suburban, master-planned feel.
• Southern California's mild, sunny climate supports year-round outdoor living. Neighborhoods range from coastal towns to family-friendly suburbs.
• You will be minutes from Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and miles of Pacific coastline. Los Angeles, San Diego, and the mountains and deserts of Southern California are all within easy reach.
• The area has highly regarded public school districts, excellent private schools, and abundant higher education options, including UCI and other nearby universities.
• Residents enjoy surfing, hiking, cycling, golf, theme parks, professional sports, and a thriving food and arts scene.

Job Reference #: [ID 27311]