The operating room director: functions and responsibilities

Do you supervise the operating room (OR) director in your hospital? Are you thinking of applying for an OR director's position? Or are you in the process of clarifying your role as the OR director with your boss? If so, read these authors' analysis of one OR director's role in a large, teaching hospital. Not only will you learn about the functions one OR director performs to lead a 37 million dollar revenue-producing corporate division, but also you will get an appreciation for the pace, complexity, rewards, and dilemmas of such a position.