Anesthesiology Residency Program Director & Faculty Opportunities

About the Role

USA Health is seeking an experienced physician leader to provide strategic leadership, administration, and oversight for the development, implementation, and successful accreditation of a new Anesthesiology Residency Program. The Program Director will collaborate closely with the Department Chair, Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Graduate Medical Education Office, faculty, and institutional leadership to develop curriculum, recruit faculty and residents, establish educational infrastructure, and guide the residency program through the ACGME accreditation process while maintaining an active clinical anesthesiology practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of USA Health's Anesthesiology Residency Program.
• Prepare and oversee the ACGME accreditation application and ongoing accreditation activities.
• Develop curriculum, educational policies, resident evaluation processes, and faculty development initiatives.
• Recruit, mentor, and evaluate residents.
• Lead Clinical Competency Committee, Program Evaluation Committee, Annual Program Evaluation, and Self-Study activities.
• Ensure compliance with ACGME Common Program Requirements, institutional GME policies, and ABA requirements.
• Foster a culture of academic excellence, professionalism, scholarly activity, quality improvement, and resident wellness.
• Maintain an active clinical anesthesiology practice while providing educational leadership.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive anesthesia services for surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
• Administer anesthetics and sedation, evaluate patients preoperatively to determine anesthetic risk and appropriate anesthetic plans.
• Monitor patients throughout procedures and recovery, manage acute and chronic pain.
• Provide airway management and life support during emergencies.
• Collaborate with surgeons and multidisciplinary healthcare teams to deliver safe, high-quality patient care.
• Supervise and educate residents, fellows, medical students, CRNAs, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in clinical research and quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate medical documentation and adhere to all institutional policies and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in departmental call coverage and perform other duties as assigned.

Faculty Opportunities

We are actively recruiting for the following specialties:

• General Anesthesiology
• Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
• Cardiovascular Critical Care
• Critical Care Anesthesiology
• Neuro Anesthesiology
• Pediatric Anesthesiology
• Obstetric Anesthesiology
• Regional Anesthesiology
• Acute & Chronic Pain Medicine

Faculty will practice across multiple USA Health hospitals while working alongside experienced surgeons and multidisciplinary teams in a collaborative academic environment.

Qualifications

Candidates must possess:

• MD or DO degree.
• Board Certification / Board Eligibility by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) or the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology (AOBA).
• Eligibility for Alabama medical licensure.

Program Director Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree.
• Board Certification by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) or the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology (AOBA).
• Eligibility for unrestricted Alabama medical licensure.
• Current participation in MOCA 2.0 with continuous maintenance of certification.
• Minimum of three (3) years of documented educational and/or administrative leadership experience acceptable to the ACGME Review Committee.
• Demonstrated scholarly activity including publications, educational innovation, curriculum development, quality improvement initiatives, clinical research, book chapters, or other academic contributions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a formal Graduate Medical Education (GME) administrative leadership role as a Program Director or Associate Program Director.
• Experience with curriculum development, resident recruitment and selection, subspecialty rotation oversight, resident evaluation, Milestone documentation, Clinical Competency Committee participation, Annual Program Evaluation, and institutional reporting processes that support ACGME accreditation.
• Demonstrated experience with ACGME Common Program Requirements, residency accreditation, institutional reviews, and Self-Study preparation.
• Working knowledge of National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) processes, duty-hour compliance, faculty development, and graduate medical education best practices.

Candidates with significant graduate medical education experience who have not previously served in a formal GME leadership role are encouraged to apply. Physicians with demonstrated leadership potential and a commitment to graduate medical education will be considered.

Benefits

• Base salary beginning at $540,000.
• $75,000 Sign-On Bonus.
• $20,000 annual fellowship stipend for eligible subspecialists maintaining board certification.
• Additional compensation opportunities for extra shifts.
• Performance incentive opportunities.
• Seven weeks paid time off.
• CME allowance.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Malpractice coverage.
• 403(b) retirement plan.
• Short-term disability coverage.

Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.