Opportunity
Cedars-Sinai Health System seeks a collaborative and strategic leader to serve as chair of the Department of Imaging. The chair will fill a key executive role at nationally-ranked Cedars-Sinai. This is an outstanding opportunity for an accomplished clinical leader to oversee innovation and the highest quality clinical care across Cedars-Sinai. The chair will direct all facets of the department, ensuring that the overall strategic vision and direction aligns with the broader Cedars-Sinai mission. The chair will achieve success by providing expert leadership in the following areas:
The chair jointly reports to the Executive Vice President, Medicine and Health Sciences and Dean of the Medical Faculty (for academic and research issues), and the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (for operational and quality issues).
Cedars-Sinai Imaging
The Department of Imaging at Cedars-Sinai is a comprehensive and dynamic enterprise dedicated to advancing patient care, discovery, and education through state-of-the-art imaging science. Our mission is multifaceted: to deliver high-quality diagnostic and image-guided therapeutic services in a safe and timely manner; to conduct innovative clinical and translational research that informs the evolving role of imaging in disease management; to educate and mentor the next generation of physicians, scientists, and technologists; and to engage with the community to improve access to advanced imaging care.
Our faculty and clinical teams provide imaging services across the entire spectrum of disease complexity, from common and chronic conditions to rapidly evolving, surgically complex, and highly specialized disease processes, leveraging a multidisciplinary approach that ensures precise diagnosis and individualized care for patients of all ages.
The Department of Imaging performs more than 550,000 studies annually, encompassing 46% outpatient, 28% inpatient, and 26% emergency department populations. This volume underscores its capacity to support clinical care, research, and innovation at scale.
Subspecialized Expertise Across the Imaging Continuum
Across all subspecialties, Cedars-Sinai Imaging combines technical excellence, clinical innovation, and research leadership to deliver precision diagnostics and advanced therapies. By integrating subspecialized expertise with multidisciplinary collaboration, cutting-edge imaging technologies, artificial intelligence, and patient-centered care, the department continues to lead in advancing the science and practice of modern radiology.
Cedars-Sinai’s Imaging program is distinguished by both the depth and breadth of its expertise. With 50 fellowship-trained faculty representing every major imaging subspecialty, we deliver comprehensive diagnostic and interventional services for both adult and pediatric populations. Our integrated clinical, research, and outpatient capabilities span the full spectrum of imaging modalities, including:
Artificial Intelligence and Quantitative Imaging Research
Cedars-Sinai Imaging has been at the forefront of adopting artificial intelligence in radiology, with 14 AI tools currently integrated into clinical operations. These innovations advance diagnostic precision, operational efficiency, and patient care across all imaging domains. In collaboration with academic, clinical, and industry partners, Cedars-Sinai Imaging continues to expand the role of AI in clinical practice and research, using real-world data and multimodality analytics to drive discovery and improve outcomes.
Quality
Cedars-Sinai Imaging maintains compliance with national radiology standards and quality benchmarks, including ALARA principles, call-backs, turnaround times, STAT responses, critical results reporting, RVUs, clinical productivity, operational efficiency, and patient satisfaction.
Research Snapshot
Cedars-Sinai Imaging has an excellent track record of external funding and academic productivity. Our FY25 academic accomplishments include:
A Centralized Hub with Expansive Reach
For over 25 years, the S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center has served as the central hub of imaging innovation and excellence at Cedars-Sinai. This flagship facility is complemented by an integrated network of six additional sites, extending the reach of advanced imaging across the health system:
Together, these locations form a cohesive and highly specialized imaging infrastructure that supports Cedars-Sinai’s mission of delivering precision diagnostics, advancing discovery, and transforming patient outcomes.
Clinical Staff
The imaging staff, at 705 members, includes imaging physicians, fellows, residents, technologists, physicists, nurses and support staff.
The Cedars-Sinai Health System
The Cedars-Sinai Health System includes the nationally recognized Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Cedars-Sinai) and its affiliated physician network, major programs in physician and health professions education and the highly regarded Burns and Allen Medical Research Institute. The Cedars-Sinai Health System also includes the Marina del Rey Hospital; Torrance Memorial Medical Center and its affiliated physician network, the leading healthcare organization serving Torrance and the beach cities of Los Angeles; and Huntington Health and its affiliated physician network, the leading healthcare organization serving Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles. Through the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Cedars-Sinai Health System is also a joint venture partner with Select Medical in the California Rehabilitation Institute, and Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California.
Cedars-Sinai Mission Statement
As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.
Our mission is founded in the Judaic tradition, which inspires our devotion to the art and science of healing.
Vision
Trusted and respected worldwide, Cedars-Sinai will advance health and healthcare in Los Angeles and beyond.
To achieve this vision, Cedars-Sinai will:
Values
In the pursuit of our vision, the actions of leadership, staff and other physicians will be guided by the following values:
Nationally Recognized High-Quality Care Delivery
Detailed attention to quality of patient care, prevention of hospital-acquired infections, patient satisfaction and a high number of preventive health screenings are hallmarks of Cedars-Sinai. Clinical programs range from primary care to specialized treatments for rare, complex and advanced illnesses. In addition, Cedars-Sinai serves the community through its Medical Network and through a variety of programs that improve the health of the most vulnerable residents of Los Angeles.
Cedars-Sinai has been named to the Honor Roll for the 10th consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s "Best Hospitals 2025-26" rankings. Cedars-Sinai ranked in the top ten nationally in six specialties: Gastroenterology and GI Surgery (#2); Orthopaedics (#5); Pulmonology and Lung Surgery (#5); Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Surgery (#6); Obstetrics and Gynecology (#8, tied), Diabetes and Endocrinology (#9). Three specialties were also #1 in California: Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, and Orthopedics.
In 2025, Cedars-Sinai received its eight consecutive five-star rating in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings by CMS, the highest distinction by the federal agency. Of the more than 2,891 U.S. hospitals rated, only about 10% earned five stars.
Cedars-Sinai has received the National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award twenty years in a row for providing the highest quality medical care in Los Angeles and has the longest-running Magnet Designation for Nursing Excellence in California. Cedars-Sinai continues to excel in patient experience, receiving top scores in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, exceeding both the national and California averages for both the “overall rating” questions and the “would recommend” question. Across all survey areas (inpatient, medical practice and emergency department), Cedars-Sinai performed in the top quartile of all hospitals nationwide.
Breakthrough Research
Discovery is a core value to Cedars-Sinai’s mission. The institution’s laboratories and clinics generate ideas, therapies, devices and systems that contribute to biomedical progress around the world. More than 2,000 current research projects explore the full breadth of biomedical research. Examples include investigating how high-fat diets promote liver cancer, the effects of near weightlessness on iPSCs in conjunction with NASA, connections among diabetes and chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and the genetic underpinnings of disease, exploiting the potential of stem cells, leveraging nanotechnology, parsing big data, and assessing how gender and metabolism impact health. During the last six years, Cedars-Sinai has more than doubled its federal awards. Cedars-Sinai’s FY24 federal awards totaled $158 million, with 2,300 publications and 2,200 active research projects. Cedars-Sinai is ranked 10th among non-university hospitals that receive NIH funding.
Cedars-Sinai is home to 19 academic departments, with faculty in anesthesiology, biomedical sciences, cardiac surgery, cardiology, computational biomedicine, emergency medicine, imaging, medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopaedics, pathology and laboratory medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences, radiation oncology, surgery, and urology. The organization also has five broad based, interdisciplinary institutes, with the Smidt Heart Institute, the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, the Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, the Geri and Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute, and the Women’s Guild Lung Institute. There are five research institutes: the Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, the Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, the Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, and the Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute.
The recently established Department of Computational Biomedicine is dedicated to cutting-edge informatics and computational sciences that can be applied to advance healthcare at Cedars-Sinai and beyond. The Department will advance the use of artificial intelligence and other methodologies for data analysis, including a focus on patient derived information, in addition to providing informatics support to the greater translational focused research community across the institution.
Empowering Education
Cedars-Sinai’s robust academic enterprise shapes the experts who will help redefine medicine for the next generation. Cedars-Sinai has a fully accredited Graduate School offering PhD and MS programs as a degree-granting institution. As one of the leading independent academic medical centers in the country, Cedars-Sinai has a legacy of providing the most competitive graduate medical education programs, including 15 residency and 89 fellowship programs. Over 837 medical student rotations from around the country are completed at Cedars-Sinai each year. Cedars-Sinai offers its over 450 residents and fellows exposure to a wide range of procedures and populations in highly advanced facilities with state-of-the-art equipment and cutting-edge new technologies.
The institution boasts five major training grants from NIH, including four postdoctoral programs focused on heart, lung, endocrinology, and inflammatory diseases. With regard to the degree-granting programs, Cedars-Sinai is home to an NIGMS-NIH T32 titled, “Graduate Program in Biomedical and Translational Sciences.” A total of 42 candidates are currently enrolled in our Biomedical and Translational Sciences (BTS) PhD program, which is supported by substantial commitments by Cedars-Sinai. This program offers a unique, well-structured experience in translational research and exposure to clinical practice relevant to the student’s dissertation research. Importantly, the BTS PhD program at Cedars-Sinai has had proven success with the recruitment of underrepresented minorities into the graduate program (25% of total enrolled PhD students over 12 years). Additionally, Cedars-Sinai offers master’s degree programs, including in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and in Health Delivery Science.
Community Engagement
Cedars-Sinai fulfills its vital mission to the community by investing in programs and services to improve the health status of the community. The institution works closely with schools, Federally Qualified Health Centers, local government, senior centers and other agencies to improve community health, better meet community needs, and to expand the capacity of other organizations to serve those who are most vulnerable. Cedars-Sinai devoted over $1,030,603,000 in total community benefit spending through a variety of programs in FY23.
Founded by the Jewish community, Cedars-Sinai began in 1902 as a 12-bed hospital in the Angelino Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Today, Cedars-Sinai serves more than 1 million people each year in over 40 locations.
The Position
The Chair is a clinical leader who oversees innovation and the highest clinical care across Cedars-Sinai. The Chair provides strategic, operational and fiscal oversight for the administration, clinical, research, and education agendas and programs within the Imaging Department. The Chair will further cultivate a culture of innovation and collaboration which defines a strategic research vision for Imaging in the spirit of Cedars-Sinai’s interdisciplinary research environment. They will be expected to actively support and promote patient safety, continuous performance and quality improvement, risk management, and efficient resource utilization, all linked to evidence-based medicine. They will attract, mentor, and develop both clinical and research-focused physicians across Cedars- Sinai, fostering excellence in patient care, teaching, and scholarship. In addition, they have operational oversight for the residency and fellowship programs within Imaging and drive coordination and collaboration to ensure excellent clinical care. They will demonstrate responsiveness to the concerns and needs of the faculty and medical staff and provide mentorship and guidance to junior faculty members to ensure a strong and robust department.
The Chair is responsible for actively leading the integration and coordination of services between Imaging and other departments and service lines within Cedars-Sinai. They are responsible for leading programmatic activities which support Cedars-Sinai mission of quality patient care, research, education and training, and community services. The Chair provides overall coordination and supervision of the delivery and quality of medical care including care provided by medical staff, faculty, residents, and fellows, and for the overseeing and directing the provision and continuous performance improvement of those services.
Jointly reporting to the Executive Vice President, Medicine and Health Sciences and Dean of the Medical Faculty (for academic and research issues) and the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (for operational and quality issues), the Chair will be engaged by Cedars-Sinai as a member of the full-time faculty. The Chair will oversee all department clinical services and recruitment decisions as well as all research and education within the Department.
Responsibilities
Leadership, Administrative and Operational
Academic and Teaching
Medical Staff
Research
Resource and Quality Management
Ideal Experience
Minimum Requirements
Compensation Range
We offer competitive total compensation that includes pay, benefits, and other incentive programs for our employees. The total pay range shown considers the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/ certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This total pay range includes any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role. We also offer a comprehensive faculty benefits package. The total compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.
Total Cash Compensation Range: $900,000 - $1,040,000
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