Adjunct Lecturer in Open-Heart Surgery
About The Position
The Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants for an Open-Heart Surgery Training / Fellowship. This fellowship is a two‐year position in Open-heart Surgery during which the fellow will receive advanced and intensive training, primarily in surgical correction of mitral valve disease, with a smaller emphasis on surgical correction of other cardiac conditions using open heart surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass. In conjunction with the fellowship program director, the fellow will have responsibilities of case screening and selection, open heart cardiac surgical techniques, post-operative patient care, and case responsibility including in-hospital management and client communication. Good communication skills and teamwork are essential characteristics of a fellow in addition to strong surgical skills and medical training. Successful open-heart surgery cases are a product of multiservice teamwork and the fellow will be expected to work closely with cardiology, anesthesia, perfusion, and ICU to ensure high quality patient care and programmatic success. Opportunities to participate in both cardiology and surgery rounds, to collaborate and learn from physicians at the medical center (Shands UF), to contribute to advancement of clinical research, and grow the Open-heart Surgery Program at UF are unique aspects of this program that are additive to the opportunity to gain expertise in this highly specialized surgical technique. Opportunities to participate in other surgical opportunities within the hospital for skill maintenance are available if desired. The successful applicant will be hired into an Adjunct Lecturer position.
Requirements
- Candidates shall have received the academic degree appropriate to the assignment of duties, or equivalent experiences or accomplishments in the field may be substituted.
- DVM or equivalent degree.
- ACVS board-certification, ACVS residency training, or equivalent surgical training or experience is required.
- Good communication skills and teamwork
- Strong surgical skills and medical training
Responsibilities
- Case screening and selection
- Open heart cardiac surgical techniques
- Post-operative patient care
- Case responsibility including in-hospital management and client communication
- Work closely with cardiology, anesthesia, perfusion, and ICU to ensure high quality patient care and programmatic success
- Participate in both cardiology and surgery rounds
- Collaborate and learn from physicians at the medical center (Shands UF)
- Contribute to advancement of clinical research
- Grow the Open-heart Surgery Program at UF
- Maintain an OH case log which will be submitted to the program director at the end of the fellowship.
- Attend 20 journal club and/or didactic rounds sessions
- Present a minimum of 3 seminars or rounds
- Submit a minimum of one retrospective or prospective manuscript or case report to a peer‐reviewed journal.
- Present at least one research or case report at national level meeting (e.g. ACVIM Forum or ACVS Summit)
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What This Job Offers
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
