Auburn

The Office of the Registrar serves as the official custodian of student records, in a manner that is consistent with the College’s mission, accreditation, and licensure standards.  Under the direction of the Registrar, the Assistant Registrar assists with all facets of the Office of the Registrar, as well as other various administrative duties necessary to the efficient operation of the Office.   The Assistant Registrar will assume all duties in the absence of the Registrar.  

Primary duty is the oversight of the Surgery clinical education for VCOM students. Responsible as Discipline Chair for the oversight of the teaching and clinical experiences provided by the clinical faculty in VCOM’s core clinical sites who teach students in Surgery.  Develops and annually updates the clinical curriculum and syllabi for the core rotations. Serves as an advisor to students in this specialty and for obtaining a residency and fellowship for clinical practice. Provides on-campus teaching in topics in the specialty field of Surgery.  Supports the College by serving on committees, providing student interviews, curriculum development and delivery, and in all areas of the college development. Provides research and scholarly activity as related to Surgery.   

The Assistant Program Director for Academic Affairs plans, directs, and oversees Anesthesiologist Assistant student academic affairs and activities, ensuring they meet the Program and University’s mission, goals, and objectives.  Assist in coordinating the academic and clinical education of the Anesthesiologist Assistant students with the goal of educating students to act as competent entry level anesthesia providers and as professional members of the health care industry.  Assist the Program Director in providing leadership and direction for the Master of Health Science in Anesthesia Program.  Responsible for coordination of the didactic components of the Program curriculum.

Associate Dean of Simulation and Technology will strive to provide a safe, physician driven, learning environment for medical students while promoting humanism and professionalism in medicine, clinical procedural competencies, and critical decision making.  The Associate Dean will ensure the department will excel in standardized patient, manikin, and cadaver-based simulations, and will work closely with their partners to ensure the program needs and curriculum standards are met.

The Vice President for Operations (VP) is responsible for ensuring sufficient and appropriate facilities on the VCOM Campuses are maintained to serve the academic and research programs of the College.  The facilities should be maintained in a manner that enables students and faculty to successfully pursue the educational goals and curricula of the school and ensures that facilities are appropriate to support the stated mission of the College.  The College has four campuses that are overseen by this position.  The VP for Operations will oversee the facilities team on each campus and approves the engagement of all outside maintenance support to ensure no deferred maintenance would threaten future operations of the College.

The VP reports directly to the President and provides innovative and strategic leadership for all college facilities/campuses.  The VP has direct oversight for the facility management department:  Facilities management oversight includes new construction, site and infrastructure development, renovations; and all planned maintenance projects.  The VP importantly oversees that each campus has appropriate safety and security measures. 

The VP also works closely with all senior administration, including college Vice Presidents, the Provost, Vice Provosts, and the Campus Deans, and fosters collaborative partnerships to ensure the effective management of all college facilities and resources.

The VP has accountability and broad oversight for all facilities, and is responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of all occupied buildings and grounds, and is responsible for implementing procedures to ensure full compliance of the design and execution of work in all college facilities, with applicable codes, standards and permitting requirements, as well as other college concerns. 

The VP oversees the Director for Facilities on each campus and reviews all facility related work and establishes a review process to ensure all college departments are adhering to college facilities policies.

The Director has the following major position responsibilities.

1. Facilitates the development of new graduate medical education programs development by assisting VCOM affiliated clinical sites to develop and maintain appropriate documents (applications, handbooks, etc.) and the policies and procedures necessary for initial sponsoring institution and program accreditations and assisting the program with subsequent accreditation mock inspections and documents from time to time.  
2. Support a consortia model for VCOM affiliated programs to facilitate the ongoing academic support of residencies and fellowships.
3. Provide document review and mock inspections in meeting ACGME requirements.
4. Provide savings for member institutions by assisting with identifying needs of programs and consortia models for purchased resources and for VCOM to provide funded programs to support the affiliated programs from time to time.

The primary responsibility of the Associate Dean for Biomedical Affairs and Research is to assure the campus fulfills the research mission of the college. As a primary responsibility, the successful candidate will lead the Biomedical Division and faculty in research, assuring the role of the faculty within that Division in the success of the research mission of the College. The Associate Dean for Biomedical Affairs will assist the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in mentoring the clinical faculty in research and in building benchmarks to bedside research programs. The Associate Dean will build and promote opportunities for students to learn the principles of research and for interested students to participate in research.

As a secondary responsibility, the position collaborates with the Associate Dean for Medical Education to assure the faculty within the Biomedical Division fulfill their teaching and service duties to support the educational mission of the College. The Associate Dean will assist faculty who are interested in conducting educational research on campus in building research programs.

As a bridge between the biomedical and clinical sciences, the Associate Dean must be ready to support all areas of research including educational, clinical, and biomedical research.  The Associate Dean will promote and support collaborations across Divisions and across campuses.  

The Associate Dean must show commitment towards disseminated research by VCOM and look for opportunities to begin, enhance, increase, or develop research across disciplines on campus and across campuses. As a mentor, the Associate Dean must serve as a role model by conducting and participating in an active and productive research program, by publishing and through grantsmanship.