Building departments and raising clinical education and research profiles.
The Kaye/Bassman Academic Physician & Executive Leadership Practice has a demonstrated track record of success in building departments and raising the clinical education and clinical research profiles of new programs, especially in rural and underserved areas.
The practice is led by seasoned healthcare and search professionals who have a combined 175 years of direct recruitment and consulting experience in academic healthcare. Over the last two decades, we have developed strong relationships with premier institutions coast-to-coast and have full access to a diverse slate of active and passive candidates at all organizational levels and disciplines within academic medicine. Recognized as a Top 10 Executive Search Firm in the United States, Kaye/Bassman has earned the reputation of identifying, attracting, and recruiting medical education talent at all functional levels and specialties, including Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Graduate Medical Education (GME), and Continuing Medical Education (CME). Our deep market coverage allows us to create comprehensive search strategies, design compelling opportunities that speak to the motivations of each candidate in the pool, and dig deeply and broadly into every potential candidate pool to identify fresh and passive candidates.
Candidate Testimonials
I’d like to thank Eric Dickerson and the KBIC Academic Medicine Team for your assistance in finding the perfect practice situation for me over the last few months! I am a mid-career OBGYN subspecialist surgeon, and I was having trouble finding just-the-right opportunity to combine my specific combination of subspecialty practice and educational focus. For the last couple of years, I have been half-heartedly looking at a few jobs I knew weren’t exactly what I was looking for…maybe for practice, maybe to leverage them to fix my lousy clinical contract at home. Who knows?
But, when I made the decision to stop futzing around, and get serious, I stumbled across a posting I thought sounded too good to be true… A Program Director job at Parkview Health, requiring exactly the skills I possessed, that my subspecialty surgery training would enhance. It was in a geographically perfect area, the salary was great, and I had this closer — Eric — who always seemed to e-mail, text or call at just the right time to remind me to follow-up, produce required documents, or provide me with info that I needed. The process was incredibly easy, and it seemed like the job and I were destined to be together. From start to finish, it was less than two months! And now, I’m signed and preparing to sell my house. Thanks, Kaye/Bassman!
Founding Program Director, OBGYN Residency Program
Parkview Health
After several years in Graduate Medical Education, I was someone who was professionally satisfied and not concerned about making a career change, particularly one that involved relocation. there was something unique that caught my eye about the DIO/Residency Program Director opportunity at Lexington Medical Center that was sent from Elaine Auerbach [at Kaye/Bassman]. Elaine represented not only the hospital well, but also myself, to the best extent possible given the short time we had conversed.
Through the process of relocating, Elaine was always immediately responsive, empathetic with some of the challenges posed by a long-distance move, and thoughtful with suggestions on making the transition a smooth one.
After I settled in, my dealings with Elaine became one of client rather than candidate, as we continued to use Elaine and her firm, Kaye/Bassman, to help secure additional faculty at Lexington Medical Center. In this new role, I have seen why Elaine was so adept in aligning my own vision with that of the institution I came to. She listens, clarifies with probing questions, provides pragmatic insights and advice, and moves forward in an efficient and kindly manner.
DIO and Residency Program Director, Family Medicine
Lexington Medical Center
I would have never considered this opportunity or relocating to this city before talking with Elaine Auerbach on the phone. She was genuinely interested in getting to know me–my aspirations, career goals, research interests, and personal and professional history. She asked probing questions that compelled me to articulate my rationale for the career decisions I had made so far. I found her to be a gifted observer, a good listener, and a real student of human psychology. At the end of that phone conversation, there was no question I had to see the program for myself because I had just spoken with a highly intelligent and thoughtful person who said this was a good opportunity.
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
Representative Placements
- C-Suite: CME, CMO, CMIO
- Associate CMIO
- President, College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Sr. Vice President, Clinical Services
- Vice President, Medical Director of Clinical Services
- Vice President/Assistant Dean, GME & Clinical Research
- Vice President, Grants and Research
- Associate Vice President, Development
- Founding Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Associate Dean, Clinical Education & GME
- Associate Dean, Curriculum
- Associate Dean, GME/DIO
- Assistant Dean, Clinical Education & GME
- Assistant/Associate Dean, Pre-Clinical Education
- Assistant/Associate Dean, Student Affairs
- Assistant Dean/Founding Program Director, Family Medicine
- Assistant Dean/Medical Director, UME
- Department Chair, Biomedical Sciences
- Department Chair, Internal Medicine
- Department Chair, Pediatrics
- Department Chair, Radiology
- Department Chair, Surgery
- Department Vice-Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
- Department Vice-Chair, Research – Acute Care Surgery
- Division Chief, Anesthesiology
- Division Chief, Breast Imaging
- Division Chief, Cardiology & Co-Director Heart and Vascular Institute
- Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Imaging
- Division Chief, Genetics
- Division Chief, Hospital Medicine
- Division Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Division Chief, Neuroradiology
- Division Chief, Neurosurgery
- Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care
- Division Chief, Pediatric Nephrology
- Division Chief, Rheumatology
- Division Chief, Surgical Oncology
- Division Head, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Division Director, Hematology, Oncology, BMT & Cellular Therapies
- Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
- Director, Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence
- Director, Patient Safety & Quality
- Director, Pediatric BMT
- Director, Tracks and Electives
- Assistant Director, Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program
- Medical Director, Clinical Education/Trauma
- Medical Director, Heart Transplant
- Medical Director, Primary Care Clinic
- Medical Director, Psychiatry Hospital Services
- Clerkship Director, Family Medicine
- Founding Residency Program Directors
- Residency Program Director, Family Medicine
- Residency Program Director, Internal Medicine
- Residency Program Director, OB/GYN
- Residency Program Director, Orthopedic Surgery
- Residency Program Director, Psychiatry
- Residency Program Director, Surgery
- Residency Program Director, Urology
- Program Director, Physician Assistant Studies
- Department Administrators
- Clinical Faculty, Researchers, Basic Scientists and Investigators
- Among others
Client and Organizational Search History Experience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Health
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Medical College of Wisconsin
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Parkview Health
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Dignity Health
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Rocky Vista University Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine
Founding Leadership Searches
University of Florida Health
Faculty & Leadership Searches
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Faculty & Leadership Searches
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Faculty & Leadership Searches
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Faculty & Leadership Searches
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine
Founding Dean Search Success
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Faculty & Leadership Searches
University of California, Irvine
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Texas Health Resources
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Transcendent Endeavors
Executive Leadership Search
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Penn State University
Faculty & Leadership Searches
The University of Arizona College of Medicine
Faculty & Leadership Searches
Nemours Children’s Health System
Faculty & Leadership Searches
University of Southern California
Faculty & Leadership Searches
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Faculty & Leadership Searches
