Job Description

Chief Administrative Officer

The Opportunity
The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) will serve in a leadership role with broad institutional purview. They will report directly to the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and will work closely with the President and CEO of Phoebe Putney Health System (PPHS). This leader will be responsible for operationalizing the partnership between MSM and PPHS. They will be responsible for the expansion of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Physician Assistants, and Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs, including site readiness of existing structure and appropriate resource allocation. Assessment and problem-solving are broadly defined in this new role, and it is the expectation that the CAO will play a central role in relationship building, accreditation, program admissions, and curriculum.

The CAO must be exceptionally detail oriented since creating new academic programs that serve the mission of MSM will require a perspective spanning education, clinical service, and research. Critical areas for the development of new programs, partnerships, and affiliations include GME partnership exposure for MSM, dual-degree programs with external partner institutions, 4+4 and/or 3+4 admission programs with select partners, curriculum development, and the strategic planning of a new campus in Albany, GA. The CAO will work with other academic program leaders at the Morehouse School of Medicine and the President and CEO of Phoebe Putney Health System, supporting the development of external partnerships with educational programs at the Morehouse School of Medicine, specifically the physician assistant programs, nursing, research, online doctorate of healthcare administration, and public health programs. Working also in close collaboration with MSM academic programs, the Office for Institutional Advancement (OIA), and the Office of External Affairs, the CAO directs and manages the intersecting and cross-functional activities of the academic programs and external affiliations in support of MSM educational programs, as well as administrative and financial operations, and works with academic program leaders on mission-based budgeting and strategic planning, development, and implementation. The CAO will develop external relationships, collaborations, and partnerships with other educational institutions, clinical sites, foundations, and corporations to support the short and long-range strategic goals and objectives of academic programs across MSM.

The position collaborates with other leaders in medical education and educational affairs. Other collaborating team members include the Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Affiliations, the Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs, the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.

The formation of new programs and affiliations will require developing business plans and models to be presented to senior leadership in collaboration with key leaders across MSM, including the seven clinical department chairs.

The ideal candidate for the CAO position will have a reputation for being a leader who can bring together ideas, people, and institutions to develop new programs and affiliations that advance both a specific mission and larger institutional goals. Comfort with ambiguity, collaboration, and a creative approach to solving problems are all key personal characteristics. This person will lead and deliver trailblazing initiatives, drive dynamic discussions and challenge paradigms, and have required performance expectations.

The CAO must be a visionary leader who can effectively drive change in a patient-centered, social, mission-driven, system-oriented environment. They must embody MSM's mission, embrace its vision, and lead through respect, integrity, wisdom, humility, and intellectual curiosity. Should the CAO be a physician, they are anticipated to participate in clinical services in the appropriate clinical department for approximately 10-20% FTE.

The partnership
Morehouse School of Medicine
Overview

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), located in Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in 1975 as the Medical Education Program at Morehouse College. In 1981, MSM became an independently chartered institution. MSM is among the nation's leading educators of primary care physicians and was recently recognized as the top institution among U.S. medical schools for its social mission. MSM faculty and alums are noted for excellence in teaching, research, and public policy. The mission of MSM isto lead the creation and advancement of health equity.

MSM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Council on Education for Public Health, Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

With an emphasis on people of color and the underserved urban and rural populations in Georgia, the nation, and the world, MSM exists to:

• Improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities
• Increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce
• Address primary health care through programs in education, research, and service

Academic Programs
Degrees awarded by MSM include Doctor of Medicine; Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences; Master of Public Health; Master of Science in Medical Sciences; Master of Science in Biomedical Research; Master of Science in Clinical Research; Master of Science in Biomedical Technology; and Master of Science in Neuroscience (part of the BS/MS Program in Neuroscience).

Residency Programs
MSM has eight residency programs: Family Medicine; Preventive Medicine; Internal Medicine; Psychiatry; Surgery; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatrics; and Neurology. The majority of MSM patient care and clinical training occurs at Grady Memorial Hospital, one of the largest public hospitals in the Southeast. Over the past five years, 67% of our resident graduates have elected to stay and practice in Georgia.

Faculty
MSM employs more than 250 full- and part-time faculty members, many of whom are internationally recognized in their field.

Research
MSM is home to world-renowned centers and institutes, including The Cardiovascular Research Institute; The Center of Excellence on Health Disparities; The National Center for Primary Care; The Neuroscience Institute; the Prevention Research Center; the Research Core Facility; and The Satcher Health Leadership Institute. MSM's research stature and reputation have grown exponentially over the last decade, fueled in large part by significant investments in our research infrastructure with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Georgia Cancer Coalition and others.

Morehouse Healthcare
Since its founding in 1975, Morehouse School of Medicine has looked to provide quality medical care to diverse populations throughout Georgia. In 1985 that dream came true with the establishment of Morehouse Medical Associates, Inc.

Today, Morehouse Medical Associates has re-emerged as Morehouse Healthcare and comprises more than 100 practicing physicians. All our physicians are full-time clinical faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine, with residents and medical students as an extension of our practice. The integration of our practice with Morehouse School of Medicine residents and students maximizes the healthcare we provide and grants an academic advantage exclusive to the next generation of physicians.

The physicians at Morehouse Healthcare provide medical support to nearly every major hospital and clinic in Atlanta.

Morehouse Healthcare is one of the largest physician groups in Georgia and one of the state's premier primary care and multi-specialty medical practices. Morehouse Healthcare's focus continues to be providing quality medical care to Atlanta's multi-cultural community.

For more information about Morehouse School of Medicine please visit

Phoebe Putney Health System
Overview
Phoebe Putney Health System (PPHS) is a not-for-profit healthcare delivery system that serves more than half a million residents in Southwest Georgia. With more than 4,500 employees, the system is made up of three hospitals, family medicine clinics, rehabilitation facilities and specialty physician offices. Phoebe Physicians, an employed-physician group, includes well over 300 clinicians who work in 42 clinics in 9 counties. Phoebe's facilities, advanced medical technologies and treatments, and highly qualified professionals have distinguished the system as a healthcare leader. Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (PPMH) is the health system's flagship hospital and one of Georgia's largest comprehensive regional medical centers with 691 beds. PPMH offers medical-surgical care, emergency treatment, cardiac care, obstetrics, pediatrics, wound care and a woman's health center as well as many services, including state-of-the-art Cancer Center, Heart & Vascular Center, and the region's only provider of neonatal intensive care. Additionally, PPHS includes Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, a 76-bed community hospital in Americus, Ga., and Phoebe Worth Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital located in Sylvester, GA.

PPHS is a recognized leader in specialties including cardiovascular medicine, oncology, orthopedics, and women's health; and offers patients the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic treatments available.
In 1910, Judge Francis Flagg Putney donated $25,000 to the Ladies Hospital Aid Society of Albany to establish a hospital to serve the citizens of Southwest Georgia. The judge's endowment came with three stipulations:

• That the hospital be named after his mother "Phebe" Putney.
• That the hospital serve all citizens of the community, regardless of race or ability to pay.
• That the hospital be a brick building in order to withstand the greatest threat to structures at the time – fire.

The little hospital on the plains of Southern Georgia opened its doors on August 1, 1911, beginning a tradition of healing and community service that would grow into one of America's great not-for-profit community medical centers. In the decades since, the hospital's service area has grown, and Phoebe has grown into one of America's most progressive community health systems.

With growth, the goal has been to bring the most advanced medical talent and technology – at a level generally found only in major population centers – to the citizens of Southwest Georgia. Some things haven't changed. As Phoebe has grown from a single hospital to a health system, the members of the "Phoebe Family" serving at all Phoebe facilities have remained dedicated to Judge Putney's original mission of service to all.

At Phoebe, a team of expert doctors, nurses, and medical specialists are a big part of the communities they serve. PPHS believes truly expert care means more than the latest, greatest innovations in medicine; it means being able to really connect with patients – to hear and see them for exactly who they are, to help them heal and get back to their best lives. At Phoebe, they believe in making every life they touch, better.

For more information about Phoebe Putney Health System please visit

The Partnership
The largest and most comprehensive health system in southwest Georgia and a historically Black medical school have agreed to a partnership to expand the pipeline of physicians, promote wellness and transform health care in the region. Leaders from Phoebe Putney Health System (PPHS) and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), one of the nation's leading educators of primary care physicians, signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining an ambitious collaboration to improve access to care and advance health equity for the people of southwest Georgia through multiple education, research and community benefit initiatives.
"Morehouse School of Medicine is committed to increasing and diversifying the healthcare workforce, especially in historically underserved rural and urban communities throughout Georgia, the nation and the world," said Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG. "That includes creating opportunities for young physicians to receive exceptional training in communities where they can have the mostmeaningful impact. This unique partnership with Phoebe is an innovative way for MSM to embed our learners and invest our resources in ways that will further our shared goals to benefit the people of southwest Georgia for generations."

The agreement aims to establish a regional Morehouse School of Medicine campus and new residency programs in multiple specialties at Phoebe, as well as provide clinical training for MSM students and residents at hospitals and clinics throughout thePhoebe Healthsystem.

"There is a nationwide shortage of physicians that is particularly acute in small urban and rural areas like southwest Georgia. We must be better at growing our own by providing more opportunities for physicians with a connection to Georgia to train in our part of the state," said Scott Steiner, Phoebe Putney Health System President & CEO. "Morehouse School of Medicine is a great partner for us because they have a longstanding track record of developing physicians with a passion for serving diverse communities, with a large percentage of MSM graduates staying in Georgia."

Phoebe and MSM will develop plans to enhance student and workforce pathways as well as recruitment and retention strategies to incentivize students, residents and healthcare workers to practice medicine in the region once their training is completed. The institutions will also develop a Research Hub to increase funding and expand clinical trials that will primarily focus on projects to address critical needs outlined in Phoebe's Community Health Needs Assessments.

"MSM experts are involved in many groundbreaking clinical research projects that have improved health outcomes for real people," said Erica Sutton, MD,MSM Senior AssociateDean for Undergraduate Medical Education. "We don't conduct these studies simply to gather data but rather because of our mission and vision, which is leading the creation and advancement of health equity to achieve health justice. We look forward to collaborating with Phoebe to enhance our educational and research infrastructure in southwest Georgia."

Phoebe and MSM already have a deep relationship. For years, MSM students have had the opportunity to complete elective rotations at Phoebe. Currently, all third year MSM students focusing on pediatric medicine complete core rotations at Phoebe, training in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. In November, a resident in MSM's obstetrics & gynecology program began training at Phoebe for a year. Another will arrive later this year for a year-long stay, while other MSM obstetrics and gynecology residents will rotate through for shorter training stays.

The two institutions have also worked together on programs such as Project Elevation and the Nurse Family Partnership. Project Elevation educates men – primarily Black men – about the importance of prostate cancer screenings and has provided nearly 1,000 free screenings at churches throughout the region, while the Nurse Family Partnership pairs a Phoebe nurse with a first-time mother before and after delivery to ensure the family has access to the health care and resources they need for a healthy birth and long-term health and development of the child. So far, around 100 mothers in the program have given birth, and Phoebe is working on a plan to double the number of women who can be in the program at any given time from 75 to 150.

"We are focused on making every life we touch better and overcoming social drivers of health that often keep southwest Georgians from reaching their optimum level of health. Morehouse School of Medicine shares those goals and has a proven history of working with us here in our part of the state to get results. By expanding our partnership, we will significantly enhance that impact and improve the lives of people in our region," said Dianna Grant, MD, Phoebe Putney Health System Chief Medical Officer.

A Steering Committee will meet monthly to track and enhance progress toward shared goals of the partnership. Some of the overall objectives include:

• Addressing critical healthcare needs and improving wellness, health outcomes and access to healthcare
• Increasing the diversity of health professionals and scientific workforce
• Advancing treatment options and care plans
• Advancing research and innovation

The Role
Reporting relationship

• The position has a direct reporting relationship to the Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine and works closely with the CEO of Phoebe Putney Health Systems.

Key contacts

Dr. Joseph (Adrian) Tyndall
Dr. Joseph (Adrian) Tyndall, MD, MPH, FACEP is currently the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine. He previously served as a professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine since 2008. He was also immediately previously, the Associate Vice President for Strategic and Academic Affairs for UF Health in Gainesville Florida.

He was appointed interim dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Florida in 2018, the 13th physician and only person of color to lead the college as dean, and served in that position for two and a half years before transitioning to his current system level role. He is the first chair of color of an academic department in the UF College of Medicine's history and was the second African American in the US to be named chair of an academic emergency medicine department at a US medical school.

Dr. Tyndall is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the emergency medicine residency program at the University of Maryland Medical System. In addition, he received his master's degree in Health Services Management and Health Policy from Columbia University in the City of New York. He served on the Board of Directors of UF Health Shands Hospital at the University of Florida for a decade and was chair of the Board of Trustees for the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute during his tenure as interim dean. Dr. Tyndall also represented the UF College of Medicine as the senior medical school representative to the Council for Faculty and Academic Societies of the Association of American Medical Colleges from 2014 to 2018.

In 2018, he was named a fellow of the Council of Deans of the AAMC. His extensive service and activities on boards and foundations include his service as immediate past president of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians, and his current role as a trustee and president-elect of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation, emergency medicine's national foundation supporting education and research in emergency care. Dr. Tyndall is an elected member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He has wide ranging academic interests in emergency medicine and is an editor of the upcoming 10th edition of emergency medicine's most authoritative reference textbook "Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice."

He has continuing academic interests in health services research and traumatic and ischemic brain injury and has written extensively and lectured nationally and internationally in the field of emergency medicine. He is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. At Morehouse, he will be responsible for the day to day operations of the academic programs as well as executing on the institution's strategic plan. He will also assume leadership of Morehouse Health Care.

Scope
Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean, the Chief Administrative Officer will work with the EVP and Dean as well as the Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education to establish a new MSM regional campus in Albany, GA. Working closely and collaboratively with others, the CAO directs and manages the intersecting and cross-functional activities of the academic programs and affiliations in support of MSM regional campus development, educational programs, administrative and financial operations. In addition, the CAO works with the EVP and Dean, Senior Associate Dean for UME, Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Affiliations, and faculty leaders on mission-based budgeting and strategic planning, development, and implementation of the undergraduate education program and regional campus development. The CAO will develop short and long-range strategic goals and objectives, conceptual designs, and documentation for assigned areas.

The position works collaboratively with other leaders in medical education and educational affairs. The successful candidate will be an exemplary mentor who is committed to the success and wellbeing of students and invested in the development of faculty and staff.

Responsibilities
Evaluation, implementation, and reporting for new academic partnerships, regional rotation sites, and campuses

• Assist in onboarding new leadership and faculty associated with the Albany Regional Campus
• Chairs the Coordinating Committee, ensuring alignment across all workstreams on deliverables, providing informed direction based on PPHS and MSM leadership directives, and ensuring committed progress on the Partnership's goals.
• Provides regular updates to the Steering Committee on workstream progress, opportunities, and challenges that may require senior leadership intervention.
• In Partnership with PPHS and MSM leadership, set goals and deadlines for the workstreams and drive end-to-end strategies targeted towards meeting the Partnership's aims.
• Drives the attainment of the Partnership's vision around the expansion of GME programs and the growth of the UME programs.
• In Partnership with the academic lead at MSM or PPHS, ensures the training and certification of preceptors on necessary teaching methodologies through MSM's Teaching Academy.
• Ensures teachers' and students' experiences are standardized, seamless, and positive across the breadth of the programs within the Partnership.
• Responsible for the Partnership's fiscal management and reporting, including developing and managing financial workflows across PPHS and MSM and developing necessary processes to ensure that operational interactions across the Partnership are seamless.
• Drive the establishment of policies and procedures that promote the Partnership's vision to internal and external stakeholders.
• Establishes partnerships with critical members of MSM, PPHS and various constituents in the key functions to execute integration plans.
• Responsible for integration project management with the ability to understand all the organizational inter-departmental dependencies to support the growth and evolution of the program.
• Under the direction of the Dean of the School of Medicine serves as the clinician executive for MSM's GME programs ensuring clinical leadership in areas of faculty development, quality and scholarly activities, strategic planning, faculty and resident engagement, communication, and alignment with affiliated hospitals.
• Provides leadership in support of the long-term strategic plan of GME and develops new plans in coordination with changing needs of graduate learners, healthcare leadership and community partners.
• Assures compliance with all ACGME requirements.
• With the Dean of the School of Medicine, establishes GME institutional policies.
• Experience in GME and or medical education preferred.
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• Proven track record and experience developing, implementing, scaling, and delivering an integration strategy.
• Proven ability to quickly establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization at all levels and be viewed as a team player with exceptional communication, analytical, and leadership skills.
• Data-driven and goal-oriented, with experience measuring and reporting both quantitatively and qualitatively, and understands the importance of each.
• Working knowledge of Federal Government grants/funding

The candidate
Education / Certifications / Scholarship

• The CAO should possess an earned doctoral degree (M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent) from an accredited college, university, or medical school.
• The CAO must also have an appropriate scholarship, teaching, and service record to meet the Associate Professor requirements at Morehouse School of Medicine.

Professional experience and Qualifications
The successful candidate will have a track record of accomplishment and impact, allowing them to accomplish the above goals. Candidates will likely have experience as a clinical department chair, chief or deputy chief medical officer, or hold a similar position with broad institutional purview.
In addition, the CAO should possess:

• Academic Leadership: Sterling reputation as an educator; a strong sense of strategic, inclusive educational leadership linked to success in implementing and managing change and driving organizational achievement, enhancing academic excellence and recognition, and fostering links to promote MSM nationally and internationally.
• Collaboration: Demonstrated success with inter-professional cooperation in educational and clinical settings.
• Communication: Exceptional written and oral communication, interpersonal, and emotional intelligence skills.
• Diversity: A deeply rooted commitment to diversity and inclusion at all levels is one of MSM's institutional values.
• Financial Stewardship: Understands financial implications of decisions and manages with budgetary discipline.
• Innovation: Ability to identify opportunities for developing and implementing innovative solutions to meet or exceed customers' and stakeholders' needs; a champion of innovation and change.
• Integrity: Impeccable personal and professional integrity. Demonstrates integrity and honesty in decision-making and relationships.
• Leadership Interface: Ability to build consensus and synergy across multiple entities.
• Management: Outstanding ability to develop complex plans and procedures and to coordinate people and other resources to execute goals; ability to perform in a complex organizational structure; strong and collaborative decision-making skills; able to take reasoned risk.
• Personal Characteristics: High energy and enthusiasm balanced with a highly professional demeanor; flexible and patient; approachable and down-to-earth; creative, self-directed, and innovative.
• Relationship Building: Inclusive management style, with the ability to foster partnerships, build relationships, work collaboratively across boundaries, and achieve performance and results through others towards established goals.
• Results Orientation: Ability to foster delivery, responsibility, and accountability culture.

Morehouse School of Medicine is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. MSM's mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. The successful candidate will share a commitment to this mission.

Note: Morehouse School of Medicine offers an attractive compensation and benefits package commensurate with the successful candidate's background and experience.

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