Chief Academic Officer

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Title: Chief Academic Officer (CAO)

Supervisor: President

Classification: Administration

The Xavier University School of Medicine’s Chief Academic Officer is appointed by the Board of Trustees, upon recommendation of the President.

Administrative

  • Reports to the President and the Board of Trustees via regularly scheduled meetings
  • Serves on the executive leadership team of the University
  • Engage in Strategic Planning initiatives
  • Engage in Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives
  • Supervises all Deans, Assistant deans and other administrative officers
  • Supervises all Department chairs
  • Oversees all Departments, Affiliated Hospitals and Clerkship sites
  • Ensures diversity of faculty, students and senior administrative staff
  • Ensures that local and system‐wide policies, including Academic Senate regulations, are observed

Faculty Affairs

  • Presides over the School of Medicine faculty
  • Approves recruitments for faculty
  • Approves and signs tentative offer letters for faculty
  • Approves searches for Faculty, department chairs
  • Adjudicates faculty grievances in conjunction with academic personnel and legal counsel

Education

  • Responsible official for accreditation by the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM) and New York State Education Department (NYSEd)
  • Responsible for oversight of Medical Education, including the planning, implementation and evaluation of the education program for medical students
  • Responsible for oversight of master’s programs and nursing program

Research

  • Responsible for review/approval of requests for research equipment or infrastructure improvements
  • Responsible for review/approval of research affiliations
  • Responsible for review/approval of requests for research space

Clinical

  • Direct report from the VP of Academic Affairs & Dean of Clinical Science (VP&DOCS) Assistant dean for Clinical Science.
  • Oversees all Departments, Affiliated Hospitals and Clerkship sites

Fiduciary

  • Approves budgets for Medical Education and all departments
  • Proposes to the President, dean’s delegated contracts and affiliation agreements

Infrastructure (Space, Equipment)

  • Responsible for the allocation of the learning space
  • Approves space renovation and improvement projects
  • Reviews equipment purchase requests