From: frisse@informatics.wustl.edu (Mark Frisse)
Newsgroups: stl.jobs
Subject: Network Director, Wash. U. School of Medicine
Date: 10 Oct 1992 13:16:44 -0500
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis
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POSITION TITLE

Director, Academic computing and Networking Office, Washington
University School of Medicine

DESCRIPTION

The Washington University School of Medicine seeks applications for
individuals qualified to fill a non-academic appointment as Director of
a  newly formed Academic Computing and Networking Office. The School of
Medicine is in the process of a reorganization involving the School of
Medicine Library and Biomedical Communications Center, several
computing facilities, and all academic networks. The Director of
Academic Computing and Networking Office will report to the Associate
Dean for Academic Information Management. The Director's
responsibilities will include: developing and coordinating from a
technical, economic, and administrative perspective a comprehensive
computer networking strategy for the School of Medicine; coordinating
activities with the Universitys Office of the Network Coordinator,
department network coordinators, affiliated hospitals, and other
Medical Center collaborators; overseeing day-to-day technical
responsibilities and administration of Medical School networks;
refining current network security policies and procedures; and
representing the Associate Dean and School of Medicine in a wide range
of local and national technical deliberative bodies.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must have both a strong technical background and
demonstrated leadership abilities. Applicants must have a Master's
Degree or Ph.D. in an appropriate discipline, expertise with TCP/IP,
FDDI, and ATM technologies, proven ability to manage institutional
networks, and administrative experience. Knowledge of and appreciation
for the unique scientific and educational mission of an academic health
sciences center is essential.  Salary will be commensurate with
experience and responsibilities.

THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

The School of Medicine has a faculty of 934 and a student body composed
of 784 students enrolled in programs in Medicine, Rehabilitation
Medicine, and other ancillary professions.  All medical students and
most research faculty have Internet access through central computing
facilities or through departmental sub-networks. The School is closely
allied with a number of hospitals. The Medical School collaborates
closely with the hospitals on information systems development (e.g.,
Emtek point of care systems) and jointly manages an independent
telecommunications corporation. Scientific opportunities relevant to
the position include collaborations with the Institute for Biomedical
Computing, the Department of Computer Science, the Division of Medical
Informatics in the Department of Medicine. Research, and the hospitals.
Research opportunities range in scope from clinical information systems
to multimedia imaging systems based on ATM technology.

The Washington University School of Medicine Library and Biomedical
Communications Centers principal facility is an eight-level 114,000
square-foot building dedicated in 1991 and houses approximately 3,300
current subscriptions, 90,000 monographs, 245,000 bound volumes, and
2,500 audiovisual and software items. As a resource to the Medical
Center and broader community, the librarys annual circulation is
approximately 300,000 items, 2.5 million photocopy pages, and 25,000
interlibrary loans. The facility also incorporates a separate computing
group housed in an adjacent facility. The computing facilities are
responsible for all non-departmental networking in the School of
Medicine, access to the Universitys financial information systems,
library information services, and a number of computational resources
devoted to molecular biology.

Interested applicants should send resumes to:

Dr. Mark E. Frisse
Associate Dean for Academic Information Management and
Director, School of Medicine Library and Biomedical Communications
Center
Washington University School of Medicine (Box 8132)
660 S. Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO.  63110

Washington University is a smoke-free environment. Washington
University is an Equal Opportunity, Afffirmative Action Employer.
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