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Associate Dean, Windsor Program
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON

Associate Dean, Windsor Program
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
The University of Western Ontario

Applications, nominations and expressions of interest are invited for the position of Associate Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Windsor Program, The University of Western Ontario.

The Windsor Program is an exciting new collaborative venture between The University of Western Ontario, the University of Windsor and the London and Windsor hospitals, bringing a 4-year MDprogram to the Windsor area. The Program builds on the Southwestern Ontario Medical Education Network (SWOMEN) regional initiative established in Windsor in 2003 to provide clerkship and residency positions for Schulich students. The Program admitted its first class of 24 students in 2008, welcomed an additional 30 students in 2009, and will admit38 new first-year students in fall 2010.The Windsor Program is being delivered at the Medical Education Building on the campus of the University of Windsor, at Windsor Regional Hospital, Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital and at other regional education sites through SWOMEN. By the end of the2009 academic year, SWOMEN-Windsor will be incorporated into the Windsor Program.

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry offers programs leading to MD and DDS degrees, postgraduate medicine (residency), an undergraduate Bachelor of Medical Sciences program, and numerous graduate programs in basic and clinical sciences. The School is home to the Robarts Research Institute and partners with the Lawson Health Research Institute, the research arm of the London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care, London, in the oversight of London, Ontario's health research and training enterprise. Together, these organizations generate over $135 million annually in external research support, and in recent years have produced a number of global firsts in the translation of research to advances in cancer treatment, surgical techniques, and medical imaging. Through its twelve Faculties and Schools, and three Affiliated Colleges, The University of Western Ontario offers more than 60 different degree and diploma programs to over 33,000 full-time equivalent students in graduate, undergraduate and professional studies. The University of Windsor has 15,550 students, in 140 programs offered by nine Faculties.

Located in Windsor, the Associate Dean will provide collaborative consultative academic leadership and management of the Windsor Program. He/she will be expected to interface actively and collegially with the University of Windsor, in order to coordinate operational matters and to participate in health-related academic partnerships. In addition to the five-year, renewable term as Associate Dean, the successful candidate will be appointed to a faculty position at appropriate rank within the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western.

Candidates must have an MD or equivalent and be eligible for licensure in Ontario, and/or a PhD or equivalent. Experience in education leadership in an academic or teaching hospital setting is required. This challenging position demands superb interpersonal and communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to work effectively with multiple partners in the medical school, the universities, and the hospital and community settings to provide leadership for the continuing development of the Windsor Program.

The University of Western Ontario and the University of Windsor are committed to employment equity and welcome applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people, and persons with disabilities.

The Advisory Committee expects to begin its review of candidates in March 2010, with the appointment of a successful candidate to be effective July 1, 2010. Nominations and applications including an up to date curriculum vitae and the names of at least three referees (who will not be contacted without consent of the applicant), should be submitted in confidence to:

Laverne Smith & Associates Inc.
1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801
Toronto, ON M5E 1W7
Windsorprogram@lavernesmith.com