Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Medical Director & Assistant Medical Director – Emergency Medicine #MED401

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Description The University of Chicago's Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, is seeking full-time faculty members at any rank to serve as Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Medical Director and Assistant EMS Medical Director for Region 7, which is the Illinois Department of Public Health–designated EMS region covering suburban and south suburban Cook County, Will County, and surrounding areas. The appointees will join an academic faculty who are active in research, medical education, simulation, international medicine, EMS/prehospital medicine, and air-medical transport. The EMS Medical Director for Region 7 will help to oversee the region’s EMS system to ensure consistent quality of care and patient safety. The role is responsible for developing and updating medical protocols, leading Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives, managing the credentialing of EMS providers and dispatchers, supervising a physician field-response program, and participating in the Section’s EMS Fellowship Program. The Medical Director also directs training and education programs, including simulation-based instruction, and works closely with the Illinois Department of Public Healt...