Dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Position Profile
January 2006
The University at Buffalo (UB), the largest and most comprehensive unit of the State University of New York (SUNY) System and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) is seeking a dean for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (SMBS). The primary challenge for the new dean will be to expand the school’s well established commitment to cutting edge research and teaching excellence, while maintaining the school’s and university’s commitment to provide exceptional health care to residents of Western New York and the Buffalo Niagara region.
Position Overview
Consistent with the above, the dean’s primary responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Providing leadership in maintaining and expanding the basic science and clinical research mission of the school in concert with UB’s established goals and ambitious aspirations as articulated in UB 2020; creating strong collaborative research efforts with the other health sciences schools on campus and with appropriate local, state and national institutions and affiliated hospitals.
- Providing leadership and oversight for all educational activities conducted under the aegis of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, including undergraduate and graduate medical education, continuing medical education, and graduate programs in basic and professional sciences.
- Developing, nurturing, and fostering cooperation among affiliated hospitals and institutions, and promoting excellence in education for students/trainees.
- Providing leadership that promotes world-class patient care in the Western New York area.
- Providing leadership for the structural and financial management of the University at Buffalo’s Schools of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- Expanding the critically valuable relations with SMBS alumni and friends.
- Working collaboratively and in consultation with university colleagues to design and implement a strategy for increasing corporate and individual philanthropic support for SMBS priorities in research and education.
President John B. Simpson, Provost Satish K. Tripathi, and Vice President for Health Sciences David L. Dunn seek to appoint to this senior administrative position a dynamic, charismatic, creative and thoughtful individual with a demonstrated record of leadership and substantial scholarly and professional achievement. The expectation is that the next dean will work under the leadership of the vice president for health sciences and in collaboration with the other health sciences school deans to delimit and implement an aggressive and ambitious strategic plan to move the University at Buffalo’s health sciences schools—as related to clinical practice, biomedical research, and clinical research—into the top national tier. Concurrent with this goal is the expectation that the new dean will encourage and facilitate the development of a dramatically expanded research agenda for the health sciences by promoting increased collaborative relationships with researchers in a variety of institutions, and in particular with those affiliated with the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, other UB institutes, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate should have the following professional qualifications and personal characteristics:
- Leadership: An established record of effective, strong and collaborative leadership in academic medicine, the capacity to formulate, articulate and communicate persuasively an inspiring vision for the SMBS in concert with a shared vision for the university’s health sciences complex.
- Academic qualifications: Significant health sciences credentials, including a distinguished record of scholarly accomplishments and health care practice leadership. These qualifications also include an inherent understanding of the university’s academic, research, and service missions as a public AAU research institution.
- Administrative experience: The ability to manage and deploy people and resources with integrity, sensitivity, and sound strategy.
- Relations with the university community: The ability to engage faculty, staff, and students in the mission and vision of the university, as well as to recruit renowned and accomplished faculty and administrative colleagues to the campus; the experience and ability to build a strong leadership team for the SMBS and to work effectively with them for the benefit of the school and the university.
- Focus on students: A genuine understanding of the school’s unique clinical and research teaching mission and the importance of providing students with the highest quality educational experience. The successful candidate will also need to recognize the importance of employing effective marketing and recruitment strategies in order to attract high caliber students to the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
- Relations with other health sciences schools and partner organizations: The ability to maintain and expand strong working relationships with the school’s academic partners within and outside the university, including the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, the Kaleida Health System, Erie County Medical Center, the Buffalo Veterans Administration Hospital, the Catholic Health System, and the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. The dean will also be expected to work effectively with major regional foundations; to maintain and develop strong partnerships with hospitals where medical and clinical training takes place; and to nurture synergies with regional, state, national, and international institutions.
- Familiarity with the life sciences: A record of demonstrated expertise to work with faculty and health care professionals in medicine and biomedical sciences and a record of outstanding achievement in addressing the unique challenges posed by medical and health sciences education.
- Communication skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to be effective in articulating the university’s values and goals to a wide range of constituencies.
- Personal qualities: Integrity, a commitment to public higher education and diversity, a high energy level, ease in working with a wide range of public constituent groups and organizations, and comfort in maintaining a high-visibility public persona with the highest of ethical standards.
The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo is the State University of New York’s comprehensive research-intensive university and its primary center for professional education and training. It is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. UB is located in the Buffalo Niagara region of the state, New York’s largest upstate metropolitan area. The University at Buffalo currently enrolls over 27,000 students and offers over 300 degree programs (baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral and professional). Home to over 110 research centers and institutes, UB recorded research expenditures for FY 2003-2004 totaling almost $260 million. With an annual budget of close to $1 billion from a variety of sources, UB has a total workforce of over 6,200 full-time employees, including approximately 1,300 full-time faculty.
UB enjoys a strong international presence, maintaining affiliation agreements with over 60 universities in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. International students currently comprise over twelve percent of UB’s total student enrollment, ranking UB eleventh among 2,700 accredited US universities in international enrollment.
The UB faculty are part of the collective bargaining unit that represents all SUNY faculty, the United University Professions (UUP), a member of the American Federation of Teachers. The faculty governance body is the Faculty Senate. The Senate’s by-laws give it a substantial role in key governance issues, including advising on budget, the creation of academic departments, and academic programs. The Senate operates through a wide range of standing committees.
University at Buffalo: The Health Sciences Schools
The University at Buffalo’s health sciences center includes the following five schools:
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the founding faculty of the university, is 157 years old. Rooted in the importance of the basic biological scientific underpinning of medical knowledge, the school is committed to contributing continuously to that body of knowledge and to providing the best training possible for the physicians and medical scientists of the future. The school enrolls 135 medical students per year and up to four MD/PhD students. There are approximately 144 Ph.D students, and 50 Master’s degree students. In addition, the basic science departments offer popular undergraduate major programs. Postdoctoral training is also a dynamic component of the educational climate. Besides the classic basic science departments (Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology and Biophysics, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences), the school has a Department of Structural Biology based at the Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute, and a Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Science.
Among the School of Medicine and Biomedical Science’s particular research strengths are those in ion channel physiology and biophysics, retinal and cardiac electrophysiology, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disorders, cellular and molecular signaling, computational biophysics, exercise physiology, and behavioral medicine. The school’s Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, and the Witebsksy Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology enjoy national reputations.
The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ affiliated institutions include: Kaleida Health System, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo Veterans Administration Hospital, the Catholic Health System, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, and the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and the Life Sciences.
The school offers 63 post-graduate medical educational training programs with rotations in nine major hospitals and community-based locations. During the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ research expenditures totaled $40,833,690.
School of Dental Medicine: Established in 1892, the School offers the DDS, MS, and PhD degrees. The School of Dental Medicine is recognized nationally and internationally for its excellence in dental research and research training. The school educates general practitioners and dental specialists (advanced education programs in endodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral and maxillofacial pathology, and orthodontics) to deliver high quality, state-of-the-art oral health care.
The School of Dental Medicine is a leader in innovative research and scholarship contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral disease. The school educates biomedical scientists and dental educators through its Dental Student Summer Research Program, minors in oral biology, MS programs and PhD programs in oral biology, and combined research/clinical education programs. Graduates of these programs are in national leadership positions.
School of Nursing: Established in 1940 after several years as a division within the medical school, the School of Nursing seeks to develop autonomous, self-directed practitioners who will advance and test the knowledge upon which nursing practice is based. The school has the widest array of nursing programs offered within the SUNY system and in the Upstate NY region including three baccalaureate programs, nine MS programs (family, women’s health, child health, psychiatric, adult, critical care, geriatric nurse practitioner; adult clinical nurse specialist, and nurse anesthetist), and a PhD program.
The School of Nursing’s research mission has been significantly strengthened by the establishment of a support structure in the Center for Nursing Research. There has been a seven-fold increase in external research funding over the past 5 years.
With a current enrollment of 602 undergraduate and graduate students, the School of Nursing has 250 clinical placement sites in area locations. The school is engaged in community collaboration efforts with the Martin Luther King Urban Life Center Charter School, Lighthouse (shelter for women and children), and the Visiting Nurse Association flu vaccination project. Partnerships to increase accelerated BS program enrollment have been established with the Kaleida and Catholic health care systems.
School of Public Health and Health Professions: The first of its kind in SUNY and New York State, the school was created in 1965 as the School of Health Related Professions and was newly designated as the School of Public Health and Health Professions in 2003. Training public health and health professionals in an environment focused on wellness, disease prevention, and environmental issues, the school pursues an active and successful research agenda on issues that affect the health of the community. The school’s research success is facilitated through the extensive collaborations with other units within UB and other health care partners. Today, the school enrolls over 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The school offers a variety of graduate and professional educational opportunities in public health epidemiology, biostatistics, occupational and physical therapy, exercise and nutrition sciences, and graduate medical training in preventive medicine.
The School of Public Health and Health Professions has a strong record of research in areas including chronic disease prevention and epidemiology, and rehabilitation-assistive technology. In these areas, the school has a long history of successful extramural funding (federal and non-federal), especially in epidemiology, where many of the faculty members in this area are recognized nationally and internationally for their expertise and accomplishments. The school’s four research centers—the Center for Assistive Technology, the Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange, the Center for Preventive Medicine, and the Women’s Health Initiative—integrate education, research, and community outreach.
In fiscal year 2003, the school’s research expenditures totaled $6,367,832.
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Ranked among the top pharmacy schools in the United States and considered one of the most prestigious, the school was founded in 1886 and is the second-oldest component of the university and the only school of pharmacy in SUNY.
The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is organized into two departments: Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice. The school enrolls over 500 students in five degree programs (BS, BS/MS, MS, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Doctor of Pharmacy). Over ninety-three percent of the school’s students are enrolled in graduate and graduate professional programs. The school is also engaged in postdoctoral education in the pharmaceutical sciences and in clinical pharmacy post-PharmD residency and fellowship programs, and sponsors six fellowship programs and seventeen residency programs.
The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science’s research emphasis is in biological applications of pharmaceutical sciences, particularly in cutting edge areas of systems pharmacology (pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics) and in the development of new therapeutic approaches utilizing mechanistic studies with tools of genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. In fiscal year 2003, the school’s research expenditures totaled $3,323,975.
University at Buffalo: Other Academic Programs
Academic programs are also offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, Schools of Architecture and Planning, Education, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Informatics, Law, Management, and Social Work.
College of Arts and Sciences: With 32 departments and many specialized research centers, the College of Arts and Sciences is the largest and most comprehensive of the university’s units. The college has a distinguished, award-winning faculty dedicated to instruction and research in the core disciplines of the humanities, arts, and sciences. The college enrolls over 12,000 students.
School of Architecture and Planning: Established in 1968, UB’s professional architecture school is unique in the SUNY system. The school offers the only accredited professional degree in architecture within SUNY, and is one of two within SUNY to offer an accredited certificate in urban planning.
Graduate School of Education: The Graduate School of Education comprises three main programs: counseling, school, and educational psychology; educational leadership and policy; and learning and instruction. Doctoral, master’s and advanced certificate programs are offered. Established in 1931, the school currently produces close to 1/5 of all master’s degrees at UB and maintains close functional ties with area school districts.
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)—ranked in the top 15 percent of the nation’s engineering schools—is the largest and most comprehensive public school of engineering in New York State. Founded in 1946, SEAS is comprised of six departments including chemical and biological engineering and is well known for fostering partnerships and interdisciplinary research.
School of Informatics: Established in 2001, the School of Informatics is on the cutting edge of information access, harnessing communication theory to develop best practices, analyze policy, and conduct research. The school encompasses the Department of Communication and the Department of Library and Information Studies.
Law School: Since its founding in 1887, UB’s Law School—the only law school in SUNY—has established an excellent reputation and is widely regarded as a leader in legal education. The school focuses not only on the letter of the law, but also on the historical, social, economic and political contexts of the law in order to give students a competitive edge.
School of Management: Established in 1927, the School of Management, with its impressive academic portfolio, comprehensive range, and successful graduates, was recently ranked again by The Wall Street Journal as among the world’s top business schools. The academic mission of the school spans the globe, with international programs and students who hail from all over the world.
School of Social Work: Established in 1936, the School of Social Work defines its mission as threefold: preparing graduates for successful social work practice, contributing research and scholarship to further the profession, and providing leadership for community service.
In addition to the above, UB’s many centers of research have served as the foundation for growth in programs and resources, such as the Center for Computational Research and, most recently, the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. Designated in 2001 as one of five Centers of Excellence around New York State by Governor George E. Pataki, the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences focuses on the integration of computational biology and high throughput discovery-based medicine. It is unique among major universities in the scope and breadth of areas addressed. The 400,000 square foot Life Sciences Complex that will house the Center opens early in the spring of 2006 in the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus, adjacent to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in downtown Buffalo. To date, more than $200 million in funding has been committed to the Center.
University at Buffalo: History & Culture
Founded in 1846 as a private medical college located in central Buffalo, UB was first known as the University of Buffalo. The 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, served as a founder and as UB’s first chancellor (1846-1874). UB grew slowly in the 19th century, expanding with Schools of Pharmacy (1886), Law (1887), and Dental Medicine (1892). This grounding in professional training shaped UB’s early identity as an educational institution, as well as its place within the local and state communities.
UB’s first liberal arts curriculum was developed in the early 1900s, when the American Medical Association began to require at least one preliminary year of liberal arts work as part of physician education. Such courses were instituted in 1913 and awarded departmental status in 1915, giving shape to UB as a university in the traditional sense of the term. The College of Arts and Sciences was authorized by the State Department of Education in 1919; 1920 saw the university’s first fundraising initiative, as it became clear UB would no longer be able to sustain itself entirely by student fees and occasional donations. This fund made it possible to develop the Main Street campus, now known as the South Campus. In 1922, graduate work in the arts and sciences curriculum was introduced. The Graduate School offered its first programs as an individual division in 1939; the 1930s and 1940s saw the introduction of several other divisions at UB, such as the Schools of Management, Education, Social Work, Nursing, and Engineering. In the 1950s, the university consolidated all facilities—with the exception of the Law School, which operated in a mix of buildings in downtown Buffalo—at the South Campus.
In 1962, UB joined the State University of New York, becoming the State University of New York at Buffalo - one of four University Centers in the system and its largest and most comprehensive campus. Space to accommodate the quickly growing campus was an immediate concern. Today, the North Campus in Amherst is a thriving academic community with a modern aesthetic that contrasts with the historically distinguished architecture of the South Campus. While there is a long history of alumni engagement, in recent years alumni have increasingly returned to assist the university, as is demonstrated by the growing number of volunteers throughout the university and participation in the university’s capital campaign.
In 1989, UB was elected to membership in the very prestigious Association of American Universities, becoming the first public research university in New York and New England invited to join this most select and exclusive academic organization. With the appointment in 2004 of John Simpson as the university’s 14th president, UB is currently engaged in a comprehensive and inclusive campus-wide process of strategic planning and institutional development designed to advance academic excellence and to position UB as one of the nation’s leading public research universities within the next 15 years.
University at Buffalo: Values & Commitments
The three traditional missions of the land grant and public university—research, teaching, and public service—are not separate or discrete actions, but interdependent activities that inform and enhance each other within our overall university mission. UB’s first priority will be the considered pursuit and practice of academic excellence for its faculty and its students, in teaching and in research. Academic excellence is our fundamental value and goal, and will be pursued with vigor. It is the very core of our enterprise and is the basis for our broader mission as a public research university. Therefore, inherent in this pursuit and practice of academic excellence:
- we will establish the appropriate institutional conditions that allow academic excellence to flourish;
- we will strive to foster a worldview that is broad and complex in scope, enlightened rather than narrow, and open to possibility, not constrained by bias;
- we will be continually engaged with our communities - regional, statewide, national and global - in new ways that serve to define the university’s intellectual, cultural, and economic impact in the 21st century;
- we will play a vital role in the strategic development of effective linkages between primary, secondary and tertiary education in New York State;
- we will hold ourselves to the highest standards of civility, professionalism, and collegiality;
- we will recognize, honor and encourage diversity;
- we will protect and preserve equity throughout our university community;
- we will strive to realize institutional accessibility, comprised of all elements of a student’s ability to engage productively in the university experience; and
- we uphold the right of every human being to access knowledge, to exercise freedom of thought and of speech, to think and learn critically, to participate in new intellectual discovery; to advance the development of the self, and to contribute one’s own perspectives, thoughts and talents to the benefit the common good.
University at Buffalo: Resources and Capital Plant
The University at Buffalo spans two major campuses that together encompass 1,400 acres and over nine million square feet of built space.
The North Campus, located in Amherst, a Buffalo suburb, is home to UB’s core academic programs and is the university’s main undergraduate campus. Opened in 1973, the North Campus comprises almost 1,200 acres and 141 buildings, including a multi-venue Center for the Arts, a substantial athletics and recreation complex, 10 residence halls and five new apartment-style student housing villages built since 1998. The North Campus houses over 6,000 students.
The South Campus, located three miles from the North Campus in a residential section of Buffalo, dates from the early 20th century and is the historic original campus of the University of Buffalo. Covering 154 acres with 52 buildings, today it is home to UB’s Schools of Architecture and Planning, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Dental Medicine, Public Health and Health Professions, and Nursing, as well as five residence halls housing 1,350 students.
With a total budget in the range of $1 billion, UB relies on a diversified revenue stream to shield its operating budget from fluctuations in state appropriations. Over the last five years, revenue from grants and contracts and auxiliary enterprises has grown by more than 60 percent and now represents over 30 percent of total revenue. UB is committed to developing mechanisms to enable it to continue to grow non-state revenue. Construction and facility renewal on both campuses are pressing needs. The state plans to allocate $178 million to UB over the next five years for these purposes, but additional sources of revenue are critical. Specific detail on the university’s revenues and expenditures for the 2003-2004 fiscal year are below.
Revenues –– Fiscal Year 2003-2004 (in thousands)
| Tuition and fees |
$133,821 |
(13.0%) |
| State Appropriations |
$316,807 |
(30.8%) |
| Grants and Contracts |
$225,005 |
(21.9%) |
| Private Support and Other |
$135,318 |
(13.2%) |
| Auxiliary Enterprises |
$74,925 |
(7.3%) |
| Hospitals and Clinical Revenue |
$135,602 |
(13.2%) |
| Capital Appropriations, Gifts |
$6,452 |
(.6%) |
| Total |
$1,027,930 |
(100%) |
Expenditures and Transfers –– Fiscal Year 2003-2004 (in thousands)
| Instruction |
$247,624 |
(25.2%) |
| Research |
$173,432 |
(17.6%) |
| Public Service |
$7,911 |
(.8%) |
| Academic Support |
$59,336 |
(6.0%) |
| Student Services |
$17,057 |
(1.7%) |
| Institutional Support |
$90,010 |
(9.5%) |
| Operation and Maintenance of Plant |
$64,693 |
(6.6%) |
| Depreciation |
$50,547 |
(5.1%) |
| Scholarships and Fellowships |
$11,753 |
(1.2%) |
| Hospitals and Clinics |
$129,065 |
(13.1%) |
| Auxiliary Enterprises |
$85,877 |
(8.7%) |
| Interest Expense |
$39,242 |
(4.0%) |
| Transfers and Other |
$4,654 |
(.5%) |
| Total |
$984,201 |
(100%) |
Note: Figures for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 are not yet available. The $259 million research and expenditures total noted earlier in this profile refers to data collected through the National Science Foundation survey of research and development expenditures, and is accurate for Fiscal Year 2003-2004. |
UB and The Buffalo-Niagara Community
In addition to its two main campuses, UB has multiple urban and regional campuses, sites, and centers of research where teaching, research and service extend directly into the surrounding community, such as the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, the UB Anderson Art Gallery, the Jacobs Executive Development Center, and the Educational Opportunity Center. UB also collaborates with regional institutions, such as the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, to provide innovative initiatives, events and educational programs taught by faculty who are actively and successfully engaged in advancing knowledge in their respective disciplines and professions.
UB fields the only Division I-A athletics program in the SUNY system. The NCAA officially upgraded UB’s intercollegiate athletics programs to Division I in 1993; today, UB competes in the Mid-American Conference in 19 of its 20 sports. Among its many athletic facilities, UB’s newly refurbished 31,000 seat stadium on its North Campus, where it hosts football, soccer, and track and field events, provides an important connecting point for the university, its alumni, and the community. The men’s basketball program is enjoying consecutive years of success, recently receiving recognition in national coaches’ and sportswriters’ polls.
UB’s total economic impact on the state and region is estimated at more than $1.3 billion annually. The university is one of Western New York’s largest employers; its strong regional presence extends through multiple satellite sites in Buffalo and locations across the region. UB offers an innovative home loan guaranty program to assist faculty and staff who choose to purchase homes in the university’s South Campus neighborhood.
Buffalo, dubbed “The City of Good Neighbors,” is the second-largest city in New York State. Fortune magazine ranked this region in the top 20 percent of 60 areas in the nation for the quality of its public education. Erie County’s public and private secondary schools consistently soar above state and national standardized test averages. Since 1996, Buffalo has been recognized by the National Civic League as an “All-America City,” a designation that honors exemplary civic spirit in a select number of U.S. communities. In 2005, the Town of Amherst was designated among the “safest cities in America” for the sixth consecutive year. The American Chamber of Commerce Research Association (ACCRA) has found that Buffalo housing costs are 15 percent lower than the U.S. average, making Buffalo living as affordable as it is appealing. A recent federal study of the 50 largest cities in the U.S. recently determined that Buffalo has the shortest work commute time, averaging 19 minutes.
The Buffalo-Niagara region lies directly in the middle of the Northeastern Trade Corridor running from Chicago to Boston; it is within a two-hour drive of Toronto. Buffalo is located at the heart of the “Canadian-American corridor” spanning the region from Toronto to Syracuse. With over nine million residents, this regional area is the third largest market in North America.
Buffalo has the cultural resources of a much larger city. Buffalo is home to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, housing one of the world’s finest collections of modern painting and sculpture. UB recently acquired the Anderson Gallery, which ARTnews has hailed as “a shrine to a world-class collection of contemporary art.” The nationally renowned Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra performs in Kleinhans Music Hall. Designed by the famed Finnish father-and-son team, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Kleinhans itself is widely admired both for its acoustic qualities and for its architectural beauty. Buffalo also boasts several landmark homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, most notably the Darwin Martin House and Graycliff, as well as an expansive park system created by Frederick Law Olmsted. UB’s own Lippes Concert Hall is also a rich cultural resource for the Western New York community, offering over 200 concerts each year, as is UB’s Center for the Arts, one of the region’s major performing arts venues.
Buffalo is well known for its NFL team (four-time AFC champions, the Buffalo Bills) and its NHL team (1999 Stanley Cup finalists, the Buffalo Sabres). Area sports fans are also treated to a championship Triple-A baseball team (the Bisons), professional indoor lacrosse (the Bandits), and a new ABA professional basketball team (the Rapids).
Situated on the banks of Lake Erie and the Niagara River and within a half-hour’s drive of Lake Ontario, Buffalo is a true “waterfront city.” Lake Erie is a major source of recreational activity in the spring and summer and one of the area’s chief natural beauties year-round. The Buffalo metropolitan area offers a pleasant, temperate four season climate similar to other Great Lake and midwestern cities and the “highest percentage of summer sunshine of any region in New York State.” Outdoor recreational activities range from alpine and cross country skiing in the winter to fishing and sailing in the summer months.
For additional information about the University at Buffalo and the community, see
http://www.buffalo.edu
http://www.buffaloniagara.org
Procedures for Candidacy
Inquiries, nominations, and applications are invited. Interested individuals should provide a curriculum vitae and an optional letter describing their interest in and qualifications for the position. To protect confidentiality, please include on the CV a home address, any preferred email address, and a home, office and mobile telephone number. All materials submitted should be sent electronically via e-mail (Microsoft Word attachments strongly preferred) to:
Dr. Maurizio Trevisan
Search Committee Chair for the Dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and
Dr. Ilene H. Nagel
Executive Search Consultant, Russell Reynolds Associates
at ubmed-dean@russellreynolds.com
This search will be conducted with full confidentiality of all candidates. References will not be contacted without the prior knowledge and approval of the candidate. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the new dean is appointed. Compensation for this position is highly competitive. Candidates are urged to review all information and documents posted on the UB Web site before preparing their materials. Candidates wishing to discuss the position or to inquire as to the search process should contact the Executive Search Consultant, Dr. Ilene H. Nagel. Dr. Nagel can be reached at 805 565 2227 (PST) or at the dedicated email site for the search, ubmed-dean@russellreynolds.com
UB is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Recruiter. We actively encourage applications from and nominations of women and other protected group members.
The material presented in this position profile should be relied on for informational purposes only. This material has been copied, compiled, or quoted in part from University at Buffalo documents and personal interviews and is believed to be reliable. Naturally, while every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, the original source documents and factual situations govern.
