2024-10-26
University of Pittsburgh
Other
/yr
employee
contract
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
15260
United States
The Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking applicants for a full-time faculty position in the Lung Transplant program. The division is represented by more than 100 full-time faculty members, 30 pulmonary and postdoctoral fellows, and 200 staff members actively engaged in the division’s tri-partite mission of patient care, research, and teaching.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is home to an active lung transplant program. Since the program’s inception in 1982, UPMC has performed more than 2,300 lung or heart-lung transplants. The program is one of the most recognized and experienced centers in the world, evaluating many high-risk patients.
Applicants are specifically sought with experience in working with a multidisciplinary team in the care of patients with advanced lung disease, focusing on pre- and post-lung transplantation evaluation and treatment. The faculty will work in a highly collaborative and innovative environment with support from faculty with expertise in pulmonary immunology, ECMO, pathology, transplant pharmacology, rehabilitation, early and late-phase clinical studies, translational epidemiology, and data analysis.
Qualified applicants must have an MD/DO or equivalent degree and must be board-certified in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, with formal training in lung transplant, with experience in clinical and/or clinical-translational research, and be eligible for licensure in Pennsylvania. Academic rank is commensurate with experience and qualifications. An attractive compensation package is being offered.
General rank requirements:
Applicants for Assistant Professor, non-tenure or tenure-stream, should have three or more years of experience in related scientific research; have obtained or demonstrate the ability to obtain external research funding; have disseminated results through peer-reviewed publications and other scientific forums; have significant teaching experience; and demonstrate the capacity for sustained career development, promotion, and tenure.
Applicants for Associate Professor, non-tenure, tenure-stream, tenured, should have five or more years of experience in related scientific research; have independent, external research funding and a substantial record of peer-reviewed publications; have significant teaching experience; and demonstrate the capacity for sustained, impactful, and independent scholarly contributions and leadership.
Applicants for Professor, non-tenure, tenure-stream, and tenured, will have served five to seven years as Associate Professor. The rank of professor recognizes the attainment of authoritative knowledge and reputation in a recognized field of learning and the achievement of effective teaching skills. The professor should have attained superior stature in their field through scholarship, professional practice, and leadership in professional and learned organizations.
Interested applicants, please apply through https://www.join.pitt.edu Requisition #24007330.
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