Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Services

About this role

We are recruiting for a mission-driven Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Services to join our team! We're with you for life’s journey. At Denver Health, purpose isn’t just something we believe in—it’s something we live every day, for life’s journey.

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Department Pathologists

Work for an ASCP-designated Leading Laboratory, recognized for excellence in quality outcomes, professional development, trusted leadership, and laboratory visibility.

Job Summary

Denver Health is seeking an accomplished physician leader to serve as Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Services at Denver Health Medical Center, one of the nation’s leading integrated safety-net health systems. This role provides strategic, clinical, and academic leadership for all pathology and laboratory operations supporting a large urban academic health system that cares for a diverse and medically complex population.

The Chair is accountable for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and efficient pathology and laboratory services that support the clinical mission of the health system. Responsibilities include departmental strategic planning, clinical service oversight, professional and medical staff performance, financial and operational stewardship, and leadership of the department's educational programs. The Chair will cultivate a culture of excellence across pathology and laboratory services by establishing clear performance expectations, advancing evidence-based practice, and ensuring consistency in clinical care standards through strong patient safety practices and outcomes monitoring. The Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Services will be the named holder of the CLIA certificate for the DHMC Laboratory. The Chair will spend a majority of time on leadership and administrative functions in the department, and is also expected to participate in patient care in one or more areas of clinical expertise in support of the department's clinical mission.

As an academic leader, the Chair works closely with University of Colorado School of Medicine through Denver Health's longstanding academic affiliation. Denver Health physician faculty hold full-time academic appointments at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the Chair plays a central role in advancing the department's efforts in and development of faculty to support scholarly, teaching, and research missions. The Chair provides leadership for medical student, resident, and fellow education based at Denver Health and fosters collaboration between the two institutions to advance innovation, academic productivity, and excellence in clinical training. This role ensures that educational programs remain aligned with national standards while supporting a dynamic learning environment that prepares trainees for practice in complex healthcare systems.

As one of the nation's leading integrated safety-net health systems, Denver Health provides care to a diverse and often medically and socially complex patient population. The Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Services will champion equitable, high-quality care for underserved communities and ensure that diagnostic services support the broader mission of improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations. Working across hospital, ambulatory, public health, and community-based settings, the Chair will partner with clinical and operational leaders to improve diagnostic accuracy, laboratory efficiency, and care coordination across the system. This includes leveraging data, technology, and process improvement methods to strengthen laboratory operations and support system-wide initiatives focused on access, quality, and value.

The ideal candidate will bring a passion for serving safety-net populations, experience improving complex systems of care, and the leadership skills necessary to engage physicians, trainees, and staff at all levels of the organization. The Chair will foster an inclusive and collaborative departmental culture that prioritizes accountability, innovation, and professional development. Equally important is a deep commitment to academic medicine and to training the next generation of physicians and pathologists who will practice in mission-driven health systems. Through thoughtful leadership and partnership across Denver Health and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, the Chair will help advance the department's clinical, educational, and scholarly impact while strengthening the institution's mission to provide outstanding care for the community we serve.

Interested applicants should submit CV and cover letter to: Aaron Ortiz, Manager of Provider Recruitment Aaron.ortiz@dhha.org 303-602-4992

Essential Functions :

• Lead and participate in clinical quality initiatives focused on enhancing systems to assure timeliness and efficiency and assuring quality while maintaining fiscal responsibility. (5%) • Promote and oversee development of critical pathways, protocols and practice guidelines that promote quality, cost-effective care for the patient population. (5%) • Ensure that appropriate quality improvement standards/metrics are established, maintained and reported for the Pathology department. (5%) • Lead efforts to optimize operational efficiency within the Pathology Department. (5%) • Ensure the application of best practices, incorporating regulatory requirements at the local, state, and national level; utilize benchmarking and data analysis from applicable sources. (5%) • Provide leadership and disseminate practice standards and accountabilities to non-physician Pathology staff, physicians, residents and medical students. (5%) • Drive innovation in care management and establish efficient operational infrastructure in partnership with support staff and operations to optimize resource allocation and timeliness. (5%) • Oversight of the substance, quality, review and evaluation of graduate medical education in the Department. (5%) • Overs

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