Program for Chairs of Clinical Services

The program’s overall objective is to enhance and develop participants’ leadership abilities and effectiveness. This is accomplished by providing a broader understanding of their responsibilities as leaders, a perspective on some of the critical leadership and management issues they face, and an understanding and awareness of concepts and techniques relevant to management.

Upon completion of the program, participants will have gained:

• Increased understanding of responsibilities and tasks as leaders of clinical departments and members of the leadership group of their institution 
• A deeper understanding of the external challenges facing academic medical centers, the available response options, and their impact on the institution, clinical services, and academic programs 
• New perspectives on current and future issues 
• Knowledge of relevant concepts and techniques in several key management disciplines 
• New methods to analyze problems and an enhanced capacity to identify the critical questions 
• Greater effectiveness as departmental and institutional leaders in formulating and implementing new initiatives and managing change

The program is designed for chairs of major clinical departments in teaching hospitals whose responsibilities require them to allocate resources, develop policies, make difficult decisions in times of great uncertainty, and provide leadership. Potential participants report directly to the CEO/Dean and include heads of major departments of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, neurology, anesthesiology, pathology, and radiology. Participants will be selected with a view to ensuring an appropriate mix and balance in the class.

The priority application deadline is August 1, 2026.

Early application is encouraged. Qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis, and programs often fill early. We will continue to accept applications until the program reaches capacity. No payment is due at the time of application. Applicants who are admitted to the program are required to pay the program fee to reserve their place.

Please note: Because this is a full-time, residential program and because of the cumulative and interactive nature of the educational experience, applicants who are accepted must plan and agree to attend and participate in all sessions of the program.

How to Apply

For your convenience, you may review the list of application questions for the program. We advise applicants to prepare their answers in a word document and then cut and paste them into the online application in order to avoid losing their work in the unlikely event of technical difficulty. Once your answers have been prepared and you are ready to continue with the application process please click the “apply now” button. Thank you for your cooperation, we look forward to reviewing your application.

All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the program.