Professor of Medicine and Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the College of Medicine

About the role

The University of Central Florida seeks an innovative, collaborative, and visionary leader to serve as Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the College of Medicine. The Vice President and Dean will advance medical education, biomedical research, and academic health partnerships at one of the nation’s largest metropolitan research universities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to shape the next chapter of UCF’s College of Medicine and Academic Health Sciences Center, strengthening research growth, faculty excellence, student success, growth of the clinical enterprise and clinical training opportunities.
• Foster interdisciplinary collaboration across UCF, healthcare systems, industry, and community partners to advance innovation in medical education, biomedical research, and patient care.
• Help position UCF to meet Florida’s evolving healthcare and workforce needs while expanding the university’s impact on the state’s economy, health outcomes, research enterprise, and future talent pipeline.

Requirements

• Hold an MD or an equivalent clinical doctoral degree from an accredited institution.
• Demonstrate a record of teaching, research, and service commensurate with appointment at the rank of Professor with tenure in the College of Medicine.
• Eligible for appointment as a tenured professor of medicine upon hire.

Qualifications

• A proven leader with significant administrative experience and the ability to articulate and execute a clear vision.
• Demonstrated ability to build infrastructure and recruit personnel necessary to expand the research enterprise and attract extramural funding from government and private sources.
• Ability to strengthen and diversify clinical partnerships, including building relationships with Central Florida health systems to expand training opportunities, enhance community engagement, and increase the College’s regional impact.
• Evidence of the ability to strategically expand UCF Health and generate resources to reinvest in education, research, and community service.
• Ability to operationalize a technology-driven college and deliver undergraduate and graduate education that leverages UCF’s strengths in engineering, optics and photonics, modeling and simulation, and artificial intelligence.
• Capacity to foster innovative educational programming, steward existing programs, and identify new academic offerings aligned with evolving student interests and emerging workforce needs in healthcare and biomedical sciences.
• Proven capacity to grow and support faculty, expand high-demand disciplines, build depth in existing areas, and secure the resources needed to sustain growth.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• An agile and innovative leader who is comfortable navigating strategic risk in response to shifting federal funding landscapes, rapid technological advancements, and evolving academic healthcare dynamics.
• Ability to build and sustain partnerships across the university and with external stakeholders while effectively managing complex, multi-stakeholder relationships.
• A genuine people-centered leader who inspires collaboration, leverages faculty expertise, reduces silos, and fosters a culture of shared purpose and ambition.
• Commitment to sustaining a high-quality MD program while expanding faculty and resources to support continued excellence.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.
• Substantial experience as both a medical researcher and a leader of a research enterprise, including recruiting faculty, developing laboratories, securing extramural funding, and translating discoveries into clinical impact.
• Ability to advance medical education partnerships and affiliations to create new opportunities for medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Demonstrated success in securing philanthropic support through strong, sustained relationships with donors, alumni, foundations, industry partners, and public stakeholders.