Chair, Department of Medicine

Company: UNC-Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

Position Summary The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks an accomplished and visionary leader to serve as Chair for the Department of Medicine. The Department of Medicine, the largest academic department in the nation’s first public university, truly embraces its tri-partite mission, leading in research, education and clinical services, poised within the Faculty Practice, the School of Medicine and UNC Health. The Department’s vision is to: support and accelerate the research engine by supporting and recruiting the best and brightest investigators, to recruit and train the next generation of internists whose interest span the broad swath of medicine today, and what medicine will become tomorrow, and to transform clinical medicine into patient-centered care, with the highest standards of quality, compassion and cost-consciousness. The Department is comprised of 450 faculty, 900 adjunct faculty, 130 advanced practice providers, 96 internal medicine residents, 100 fellows and 320 staff organized across twelve medicine subspecialty divisions, two 340B pharmacy programs, and three internal research units. In addition to its internal research units, the department works in partnership with leading research centers in cancer, GI, HIV , kidney, aging, and lung. Medicine’s faculty are accomplished researchers, securing $165M in annual funding of a diverse research portfolio. Twenty percent of faculty are supported by $98M from the NIH . Through its eleven T32 research fellowship training programs, its novel physician scientist training program and its robust K writing support group, the Department is committed to training and mentorship toward tomorrow’s discoveries. The clinical programs are broad, and while anchored in Chapel Hill, span the state, and draw patients internationally. Our clinicians are particularly skilled at serving individuals with complex, chronic diseases such as cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, vasculitis, advanced heart failure. Our collaborative approach and co-located clinical areas facilitate multi-specialty care. Our outpatient facility at Eastowne provides a home for Medicine’s non cancer disciplines, serving a diverse population through 185,000 annual visits. The UNC School of Medicine, ranked 5 nationally in NIH funding among public universities. The Department of Medicine has basic science and clinical research programs with numerous NIH -funded investigators, with special expertise in [ areas including cancer immunogenetics, the microbiome, HIV , diabetes therapies, clotting disorders, emerging infections, esophageal disease. The Department also has a clinical trials unit. The selected individual will lead a diverse group of faculty, trainees, and staff members and will oversee all aspects of the Department, including clinical practice, education, research, and fiscal management consistent with the strategic planning of the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals/ UNC Health. UNC is a collaborative environment, and chairs meet weekly to advance the shared mission of the UNC School of Medicine. This recruitment is Open Track/Open Rank, and the appropriate track and rank will be determined once the top candidate is selected. In addition to a primary faculty appointment in the Department of Medicine, the selected candidate will hold a secondary EHRA Non-Faculty administrative appointment as Department Chair. Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience A formal leadership role in an academic medical department, a strong commitment to clinical excellence, a distinguished record of research accomplishments, experience in education and training healthcare professionals from all backgrounds, and a clear demonstration of the qualities needed to lead and manage a multifaceted academic department will enhance the candidate’s application. Board certification in internal medicine or a medicine subspecialty is preferred.

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