Chief of Pediatric Surgery

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Job #JPF10932

• Surgery-Pediatric / David Geffen School Of Medicine / UCLA

Position overview Position title: Chief of Pediatric Surgery and the Eric W. Fonkalsrud, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

Salary range: The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5, at Scale 7. The salary range for this position is $779,100-$1,011,600. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Application Window

Open date: May 12, 2026

Next review date: Thursday, Jun 11, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Tuesday, May 11, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

Chief of Pediatric Surgery

Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery

The Department of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications for Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery, a faculty position in the Clinical Surgery or in-Residence series at the Associate or Full Professor level, and the Eric W. Fonkalsrud, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery.

The Division of Pediatric Surgery provides exceptional patient care, pursues breakthrough research, produces significant advances in the treatment of pediatric disease, and trains the next generation of highly accomplished surgeons. The program is based on the campus of UCLA in Westwood at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. The service also provides care at the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles General Medical Center, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and surrounding hospitals.

The Division Chief must have a strong track record as an outstanding clinician, exceptional educator with commitment to teaching, and an experienced investigator including scholarly work in basic science, public health, global health or social science research. The Division Chief must demonstrate transparency, a deep sense of professionalism, clear communication, commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its forms including the provision of equitable care, an unwavering ethical compass, and strong support for interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration and institutional growth. It is the responsibility of the Division Chief to work alongside the Department Chair to represent the Division in the areas of financial performance, faculty career development, research, education, and clinical care, while achieving local, regional and national visibility and prominence in the subspecialty. Additionally, the Division Chief, subject to Vice Chancellor’s recommendation/approval, will hold the Eric W. Fonkalsrud, MD Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery. This Endowed Chair is a permanent appointment chair that provides funding support for medical student and resident teaching including as seed funding for the advancement of pediatric surgical research and specific items for pediatric clinical care. Candidates must possess an M.D. degree or equivalent, be board certified in pediatric surgery, and be eligible for licensure in the State of California. The salary will be commensurate with academic rank and experience.

The University of California seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.

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Interested applicants must submit their application materials in UC Recruit ( .

UC Regents Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct : All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct (

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

Candidate must possess an M.D. or equivalent.

Additional qualifications

Candidate must be board certified in pediatric surgery, and be eligible for licensure in the State of California.

Candidate must have a strong track record as a clinician investigator and educator including scholarly work in basic science, translational science, public health, global health or social science research.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Research

• Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

• UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.

The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows:

Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles

Expand our reach as a global university

Enhance our research and creative activities

Elevate how we teach

Become a more effective institution

Prompt for candidates for recruitment:

Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service

Reference requirements

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

Names and Email address only

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As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

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Job location

Los Angeles, CA