Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine

The Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine is a full-time, mission-driven leader dedicated wholly to advancing the success, reputation, and impact of TUN College of Osteopathic Medicine. This dynamic role not only directs and oversees the day-to-day operations of the College, but also sets the vision for its continued growth and excellence. The Dean ensures the highest standards of academic and clinical education, safeguarding the integrity of the curriculum while driving innovation through state-of-the-art technology and cutting-edge learning strategies. With a steadfast commitment to student success, the Dean fosters an environment where faculty, staff, and learners can thrive.

Beyond the campus, the Dean serves as a connector and strategist, building meaningful partnerships with healthcare systems, community organizations, and peer institutions to expand opportunities and strengthen the College’s influence regionally, nationally, and beyond. This position is not just about management, it is about leadership, innovation, and impact: ensuring that the College of Osteopathic Medicine continues to be a leader in educating compassionate physicians prepared to meet the evolving healthcare needs of society.

Located in Henderson, Nevada, approximately twenty-five minutes from the iconic Las Vegas strip, Touro University Nevada is a non-profit medical, health sciences, and education graduate university focused on positively impacting our community in healthcare and education. Our values surrounding intellectual pursuit and service to humanity are steadfast and are clearly visible in the actions of our students, faculty, staff, and graduates.

We invite you to apply to our position for consideration to join the ranks of our talented and professional staff and faculty. Please visit the tun.touro.edu/administration/human-resources website where you can see a comprehensive listing of optional benefits and Human Resources contact information.

1. Directs all administrative duties within the COM
   1. Assures compliance with state and federal regulations and accreditation standards (Represents and serves as liaison with other academic sites and agencies, including but not limited to the: American Osteopathic Association (AOA), American Association of Osteopathic Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), and the Western Accreditation Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)/ Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).
   2. Oversees/manages direct reports and assigned college (defining/outlining roles and responsibilities, serves as an effective leader/mentor guiding direct reports toward optimal performance, providing guidance and clarity, facilitates discussions, coordinating cohesive productivity, reviewing/conducting performance evaluations, assisting with problems [conflict resolution, crisis management, etc.], deadline attainment, personnel issues, etc.)
   3. Develops and maintains current, accurate policies and protocols (evaluating content, clarifying and minimizing redundancies, reviewing regularly, initiating changes, collaborating with appropriate internal and external partners, implementing/ disseminating updates, ) ensuring adherence in accordance with established policy and procedures approved by the Executive Committee.
   4. Oversees/manages college budgets, ensuring adherence to College practices (preparing and submitting annually, monitoring expenditures, reconciling monthly, examining income/expense statements, assessing needs [operating and capital], ensuring optimal utilization of facilities and resources, following protocols, formulating recommendations, effectively documenting, etc.)
   5. Manages faculty, staff and student relationships (monitoring performance, assessing needs, working to identify at-risk situations, recommending appropriate supportive measures, and referring to appropriate College resources) participates in the development/deployment, maintenance and enhancement of the faculty/staff adequacy model (serving on teams/task forces, gathering data, providing input/feedback, assisting with the implementation, etc.)
   6. Conducts regular team meetings (establishing agendas, setting dates and times, facilitating the exchange of information) to proactively enhance and improve college efficiencies as a component of the development and in attainment of strategic planning outcomes measures (assessing performance and outcomes measures, evaluating needs/services, providing constructive feedback, implementing necessary changes, providing educational enrichment opportunities to faculty and staff, disseminating material, etc.)
2. Upholds the integrity of the COM curriculum and ensures optimal effectiveness.
   1. Directs and evaluates design, development, implementation and maintenance of curriculum (directs development and revisions/enhancements, monitoring progress, soliciting input/ideas, instructing/guiding ‘team’ members, establishing/enforcing deadlines, etc.) ensuring curriculum remains current and innovative (monitoring competitors, researching trends, etc.).
   2. Ensures essential elements of curriculum [quality, integrity, adequacy, consistency, student use/results/impact etc.] adhere to and exceed, as defined by the relevant governing accreditation body requirements and the College’s mission (ensuring appropriateness of educational experiences, monitoring performance, tracking all data and activity, implementing modifications to ensure commitment to excellence and high quality outcomes, providing constructive feedback, documenting findings, etc.)
   3. Constructs and implements strategies for continuous curricular improvement (identifying opportunities to build and enhance the educational experience, implementing “checks and balances” to test effectiveness, evaluating results against established standards and criteria, coordinating, directing, implementing changes, etc.) including faculty effectiveness, workforce analysis, contributing to the design and implements faculty enrichment and professional development.
   4. Accurately and timely maintains and presents college academic performance data and targeted outcomes (meeting deadlines, performance measures i.e. outcomes, statistics, etc.).
3. Actively engages in the advancement of the College
   1. Contributes to the College’s reputation/image of being one of the best osteopathic medical colleges (monitoring outcomes, partnering with internal and external stakeholders, modifying techniques, etc.)
   2. Builds collaborative partnership opportunities across and among various entities participating in networking opportunities, [internal and external partners, other colleges and universities, hospitals, local organizations, societies, etc.] promoting relationships with the College.
   3. Promotes and represents the College at local, state, and national events (attending and participating in conferences, serving as a speaker/presenter, networking with colleagues to foster program development, participating in various community opportunities, etc.)
   4. Refers to and coordinates in advance with the Vice President of Advancement on all media contacts, communications, and/or interactions to include message, promotion, etc. in which asked to serve as an official representative, content expert, or spokesperson on behalf of the College. 
   5. Coordination in advance with the Vice President of Advancement on all TUNCOM related legislative issues to include contact with the national, state, and local government officials, whether in official College capacity or with a national, state or local organization.
   6. Serves on various committees and teams within the College as assigned (attending meetings, contributing to discussions, sharing/exchanging information, and leading constituents toward goal attainment) to include advising and mentoring (Students, clubs, campus organizations)
   7. Contributes to College’s compliance with and in the development of required documentation as related to accreditation of all programs to which departmental content is contributed. (faculty adequacy model, gathering data, self-assessment, peer review, providing input/feedback, etc.) aiding in the attainment of academic compliance
   8. Participates in the production of various College materials [academic calendar, directory, College website, etc.] (collecting/preparing materials, organizing/formatting data, adhering to various deadlines, reviewing drafts, providing input/feedback, etc.).
   9. Is knowledgeable of and remains in compliance with all institutional policies and procedures as outlined in the Faculty Handbook for TUNCOM.
4. Contributes to team effort by performing other duties as needed/assigned

Education:    

• The Dean shall hold an earned D.O. degree from a COCA-accredited College of Osteopathic Medicine. They must have held an unrestricted medical license at some point in their career, free of any disciplinary actions or sanctions while licensed. In addition, the Dean shall have achieved board certification by either an AOA or ABMS specialty board during their career.

Experience:  

• Minimum of five years of proven experience within the last ten years in academic leadership roles, which includes budget management authority. This experience should encompass service in osteopathic college administration as an Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, Dean, or in an equivalent administrative leadership position. Associate professor rank or higher with demonstrated effectiveness, knowledge, and experience in academics leadership roles and administration that includes budget management authority. Proven experience in teaching, educational design and evaluation, scholarly activity, and academic leadership in a medical education setting appropriate. Demonstrated leadership and proven record of establishing successful collaborative programs in the community and with hospitals and other external partners.  Evidence of scholarly activity in peer reviewed journals.

Skills & Abilities:

• Must have excellent organization, management, and communication skills.  Excellent presentation/public speaking and interpersonal skills.  Must be highly motivated, a self-starter, and self-disciplined.  Demonstrated leadership abilities in consensus building, conflict resolution, inspiration, truthfulness, organization, and objective critique.  Must have the ability to work diplomatically and effectively with a variety of internal and external constituents.  Willing to work effectively in a team environment with peers, giving/receiving collegial advice.  Must have sound, rational decision-making skills and the ability to hold firm in challenging and/or adverse situations.  Demonstrated ability to work independently, lead staff to optimal levels of productivity, balance multiple projects in stressful situations, while meeting deadlines and maintaining positive relations.  Excellent follow-through skills essential.  Demonstrated competence in designing curriculum and ability to institute a comfortable learning environment necessary to maintain a dynamic curriculum with a vision for growth.