Assistant/Associate Professor - Dermatopathology, Memphis (Part-time)

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), College of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, is accepting applications for a Dermatopathologist or Surgical Pathologist with subspecialty interest and experience in Dermatopathology. The Department is rapidly growing and consists of divisions of Anatomic, Clinical, Translational and Experimental Pathology. The Pathology Department, with its primary and affiliated faculty serve multiple institutions including LeBonheur Children’s Hospital, Regional One Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Hospital. There is an active residency program in which the residents have an opportunity to partake in clinical service handling almost 200,000 cases. The successful candidate will be engaged in the academic and educational missions of the institution. This is a part-time, non-tenure-track position and faculty rank is commensurate with experience and credentials.

Qualifications

• Candidate must be Board-eligible/Board Certified
• Committed to providing quality clinical care, student/resident teaching and research
• Completed an accredited residency program in surgical pathology
• Successful candidates will have a MD or equivalent degree

The successful candidate will be at the rank of Assistant/Associate Professor; at least 1–3 years of experience, including fellowship training, is preferred. They will be employed through University Clinical Health and spend the majority of time at Veterans Administration Hospital and Regional One Health (ROH), an acute care training site for UTHSC with over 300 staffed beds and associated primary care clinics. ROH houses many specialized services including a burn center, a level 1 trauma center, complex obstetrics, neonatology, cancer, and an HIV/AIDS special care unit. Together with clinical volume received from the different organizations, the pathologist will join a team at ROH handling 17,000 surgical cases.

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT’s doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges - Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state’s largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.