Chief vs Chair?

[friedcfood]

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Anyone know the difference between the Chair of IM vs the Chief of IM? vs Program Director? Some programs require a letter from the "Chair" of IM.

I know who's our Cheif and Program Director of IM, but i'm so sure who or what the Chair is.

thanks for your help.

 

[dilated]

Usually, a chair runs a department while a chief runs a division of a department. So you could get one from the chair of internal medicine but not the chief of cardiology (a division of internal medicine).

 

[AmoryBlaine]

Alot of times in an academic center when people say "Chief" they mean a resident.

 

[Law2Doc]

Anyone know the difference between the Chair of IM vs the Chief of IM? vs Program Director? Some programs require a letter from the "Chair" of IM.

I know who's our Cheif and Program Director of IM, but i'm so sure who or what the Chair is.

thanks for your help.

Agree with dilated. The Chairman of a Department answers to the Dean. The other positions you described answer to the Chair.

 

[friedcfood]

Thanks for the info...

What about the Program Director? where does the PD fit in all this?

 

[Top Gun]

The program director oversees the residents. Sometimes a PD can be a department chair as well, and sometimes not.