OB/GYN RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Borthwell Health – Northern Westchester Hospital
Mount Kisco, NY

Northwell Health’s Department of OB/GYN is seeking a Residency Program Director for the OB/GYN Service Line to help begin Northern Westchester Hospital’s training program located in Mount Kisco, New York. We are seeking applicants with outstanding clinical and managerial skills and out of residency a minimum of 5 years. We prefer the applicant to have at least three (3) years’ experience in a leadership position in OB/GYN residency education (Associate Program Director or Program Director). The ideal candidate will provide oversight of the program to ensure regulatory compliance with the requirements of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), its Residency Review Committee (RRC), and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). The candidate will also ensure the completeness of the educational training experience, comply with institutional and regulatory guidelines, and maintain the adequacy of the educational environment. Responsibilities will also include oversight of the candidate recruitment process, management of the program’s budget and review of performance measures and use of staff resources appropriate to the program’s need. In addition, the Director will participate in the institutional graduate medical education committee and provide supervision to fellows, residents and other trainees caring for patients under the auspices of the department.

This key leadership position will work collaboratively with Hospital and Health System leaders to meet and exceed the organization’s clinical, operational, and financial goals. The residency program will provide advanced education in hospital-based obstetrics and gynecology, focused on maximizing patient safety. This program will provide strong clinical, surgical and healthcare systems training in both academic and community hospital settings. High-quality training will be given by experienced OB-GYN hospitalist, maternal fetal medicine, gynecologic oncology, family planning and urogynecology faculty. Residents will also be exposed to national leaders in the specialty at the annual American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) meeting, where they can present research projects.

Northern Westchester Hospital has the exceptional expertise and technology needed to address the special needs of pregnancy, including services for high-risk pregnancies, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and comprehensive treatment for premature care. The department is nationally recognized for its excellence in clinical care, research, and medical education. It has a consultative practice with a diverse work environment including office and inpatient high risk pregnancy consultation, perinatal ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis/procedures. The practice collaborates closely with pediatric sub-specialists of Cohen Children’s Medical Center in caring for pregnancies with complex congenital heart disease and a broad range of fetal conditions.

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800
employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Experience a career well cared for and make a difference in the lives of our community.

Northwell Health is committed to training, supporting and nurturing physicians from all backgrounds. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do from education to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being.

Diversity and inclusion permeate our educational and clinical initiatives. We have set a goal to make sure every one of our physicians receive training on how to deliver high quality, culturally competent care. Our recent educational areas of focus have been on social determinants of health, community engagement and developing a medical-legal partnership for our physicians-in-training. One of our many strengths is our diverse patient population and our expectation is that our diverse patient populations receive equitable care, irrespective of who they are. As a result, we continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of our diverse patients.

Qualified candidates should forward their CV to Alice Perkins at aperkins2@northwell.edu.

About Northwell Health

We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care. Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the bett...er. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.

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