Medical Director of UCLA Kidney Transplant Program

Medical Director of UCLA Kidney Transplant Program 2025-2026 Apply now to Medical Director of UCLA Kidney Transplant Program 2025-2026

Job #JPF10730

• Medicine-Nephrology / David Geffen School Of Medicin / UCLA

Position overview

Salary range: The posted UC salary scales [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html] set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The salary range for this position is $146,700-$442,800. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html], which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Application Window

Open date: February 20, 2026

Next review date: Monday, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

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

Final date: Monday, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The UCLA Division of Nephrology, in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites invites applicants for a position as the Medical Director of the prestigious UCLA Kidney Transplant Program.

The Medical Director will lead a team of highly experienced transplant physicians and nurse practitioners, driving strategic vision, ensuring clinical excellence, and overseeing the seamless operation of our large transplant program. The UCLA Kidney Transplant Program is one of the most prominent in the U.S., performing more than 400 transplants per year. Working collaboratively with the director of the Kidney Transplant Immunobiology Program and Transplant Administration, the Medical Director will oversee medical and patient care operations provided by our interdisciplinary team, which includes nephrologists, surgeons, nurses, transplant coordinators, social workers, and dietitians; direct patient management protocols; and oversee the living kidney donor program.

In addition, the Medical Director will provide administrative oversight for the program, including interfacing with UCLA Health and the Department of Medicine in the organization of the transplant program, directing quality assurance efforts, and ensuring compliance with regulations and standards set by oversight bodies such as the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The ideal candidate will be a nationally recognized academic physician with a distinguished record of accomplishment in clinical care and teaching, along with demonstrated leadership skills and a track record of collaboration. All candidates must hold an M.D. (or equivalent), be board-certified or board-eligible in nephrology, have completed an AST/ASN-accredited transplant nephrology fellowship, and be eligible for licensure in California. The successful candidate will receive an academic appointment commensurate with qualifications.

The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what's right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.

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 https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

An M.D. or equivalent is required.

Additional qualifications

Must be board-certified in Internal Medicine.

Must be board-eligible and board-certified in Nephrology.

Must have a California medical license.

Must have completed an AST/ASN accredited transplant nephrology fellowship or have equivalent experience by years of practice as a transplant nephrologist in a sizeable transplant program.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

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

Please provide contact information for two potential references.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10730

Help contact: lblum@mednet.ucla.edu

About UCLA

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.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy (https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH)
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/\_files/apm/apm-035.pdf)

Job location

Los Angeles, CA