Chief of Vitreoretinal Surgery Professor / Associate Professor

The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the Yale School of Medicine seeks an outstanding Vitreoretinal-trained Ophthalmologist to serve as the Chief of the Division of Vitreoretinal Surgery. The candidate must be eligible for appointment as an Associate Professor or Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine. The Division Chief will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of patient care, leading and expanding the clinical footprint of the research division, mentoring of other faculty, and developing faculty and staff while fostering a collaborative environment. Additionally, the Chief will play a key role in curriculum development, teaching medical students, residents, and fellows, and enhancing the division's national and international reputation. The division of vitreoretinal surgery currently has 7 clinical faculty members, and interacts with our research division which has additional faculty devoted to bench research in retinal disorders, including retinal physiology, stem cells, tissue culture and animal models of retinal degenerations, and understanding basic pathological mechanism including molecular switches in tumor metastasis, retinal signaling in neovascular retinal disorders, and socioeconomics of retinal diseases in vulnerable populations. The division chief will lead efforts to integrate the clinical and research efforts of the division and be tasked with propelling this section of the department forward to increasing national prominence.

The department has a long-standing tradition of excellence in clinical care and research in multiple subspecialty areas of ophthalmology. Our faculty provides clinical services for patients at Yale Medicine Ophthalmology and the West Haven Veterans Affairs Hospital. We have a strong and competitive residency program, which consists of 15 residents, along with two fellowship programs. The Department is affiliated with the Yale New Haven Health System, a growing healthcare system including Yale-New Haven Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital, Greenwich Hospital, and Lawrence and Memorial Hospital. We have outpatient offices in New Haven, Guilford, Norwalk, Madison, Waterford, Greenwich, and Stratford. The Department is expanding into Fairfield County, New London County, and beyond. Our department is growing, with plans to double its clinical and academic footprint over five years, adding multiple new clinical and research faculty members to coincide with this geographic expansion.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a candidate who is interested in building a solid career in academic medicine in a superb setting for clinical practice, education, and research. The ideal candidate will be devoted to clinical excellence and have a firm commitment to the education of residents and medical students. Candidates should have an MD degree and be board certified or board eligible in ophthalmology and be eligible for medical licensure in the state of Connecticut.