Director, Center for Research and Health Innovation

Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is seeking a visionary leader to serve as the inaugural Director of the Center for Research and Health Innovation (CRHI), providing strategic and clinical leadership to advance research excellence, translational science, and innovative care models across the enterprise. This transformational role will shape a dynamic and collaborative research community, advancing world-class science, education, and community engagement across an integrated academic medical center and health system. 

The CRHI will house interdisciplinary research spanning preclinical, clinical, community, and population health domains and will foster collaboration across multiple institutional entities. The Center will also build relationships with entrepreneurs, public policy experts, and philanthropic leaders to broaden its reach and resources. The inaugural Director is charged with bringing together existing research capabilities at WMCHealth and New York Medical College (NYMC). The CRHI will assemble and integrate resources across the health system and the medical school to advance patient-oriented research and provide a unified support network for investigators and study participants. The Inaugural Director will lead the planning and development of the Institute and play a leading role in shaping its future direction. 

Under the Director's leadership, the Center will drive and expand research activity across all health system campuses, elevating academic excellence, launching extramural funding initiatives, accelerating clinical trial activity, and generating technology innovation to improve health outcomes. The Director will also play a central role in inspiring and developing the next generation of investigators, leaders, and innovators. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in research with a strong history of extramural funding, knowledge of regulatory requirements, and a demonstrated record of creating and leading high-performing, multidisciplinary research teams at scale.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates will be established clinician-scientists with the authority, influence, and administrative acumen necessary to promote translational and clinical research at the local, regional, and national levels. Candidates must possess the knowledge, leadership, and organizational capabilities required to direct complex, multi-faceted research programs.

• Degree of Doctor of Medicine from an accredited and approved school of medicine.
• Relevant board certification.
• Ability to obtain New York State Physician license.
• Eligibility for appointment as associate or full professor.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in clinical research, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity.
• A distinguished record of scholarly productivity, preferably with a history of strong extramural funding.
• Engagement with academic and professional societies at the national level.

About WMCHealth

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with nine hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley and approximately $3 billion in annual revenue. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians who care for more than 381,000 patients annually. WMCHealth sponsors 31 GME programs, with over 300 residents and fellows. Today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. 

The network includes Level I adult and pediatric trauma centers in Valhalla, and affiliated Level II trauma centers; a dedicated burn center; the region’s only advanced care children’s hospital, the academic medical center with vigorous teaching and research programs; a new, high-tech and patient-first ambulatory care facility; several community hospitals; dozens of specialized institutes and centers, including Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers; skilled nursing and assisted-living facilities; homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, along with a growing telemedicine program that connects Hudson Valley residents with immediate, life-saving care. 

About New York Medical College

New York Medical College is a private health sciences university located on a 565-acre suburban campus shared with Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, 15 miles outside of New York City limits. Founded in 1860, NYMC has trained generations of students from all over the world to deliver skilled and compassionate medical care, explore the basic science questions that lead to important discoveries, and provide leadership in the field of public health and essential services to people with specialized care needs. Having joined Touro University in 2011, NYMC is enjoying a new era of growth, diversity, and opportunity, illustrated by recent innovations such as the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, Biotechnology Incubator and impressive growth in applications and fundraising. On the Valhalla campus, the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences and Professions, and Nursing enroll about 2200 students. 

There are over 800 residents and clinical fellows in NYMC sponsored and affiliated GME programs. The university has more than 26,000 alumni actively engaged in medical practice, health care administration, public health, teaching and research throughout the nation and abroad.

Apply

To apply or to learn more about the position, please contact the DSG Global team in confidence via email at [email protected]. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled.