Assistant Director, Tissue Typing/HLA Laboratory; Open Rank Faculty

University of Illinois Chicago•Chicago, IL

24d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago seeks faculty at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor rank to oversee and perform Tissue Typing/HLA laboratory testing. Rank and tenure are commensurate with experience. The role combines diagnostic service, teaching, and development or continuation of a basic or translational research program. UI Health includes a 470-bed tertiary care hospital, more than 30 outpatient clinics, and patient-centered research entities, including the University of Illinois Cancer Center. Its active solid-organ and hematopoietic transplantation programs include liver, renal, small bowel, pancreas, and hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation. The newly remodeled HLA Laboratory performs all transplant-related testing in-house. The Department of Pathology offers a collaborative work environment and professional development opportunities for faculty. Professional duties include technical oversight of immunogenetics and histocompatibility testing in a CAP-accredited, CLIA-regulated clinical laboratory; review and sign-out of test results; clinical consultation and virtual crossmatches; monitoring compliance with the Quality Control Plan; and test development, validation, and implementation. The faculty member will participate in teaching medical students, residents, fellows, and house staff, as well as administrative work, research, and professional development and scientific meetings.

Requirements

PhD, MD, DO, DO/PhD, or MD/PhD degree from an accredited institution.
MD/DO candidates must be board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology (AP/CP) or clinical pathology (CP).
MD/DO and PhD candidates must either hold ACHI certification as a Laboratory Director, Clinical Consultant, and Technical Supervisor for Hematopoietic Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplantation (Related and Unrelated Donors) and Solid Organ Transplantation (Live Donors), or have completed the Director in Training program and be eligible to take the ACHI Lab Director exam and portfolio presentation (board eligible).

Responsibilities

Oversee and perform HLA/Tissue Typing diagnostic services.
Provide technical oversight for immunogenetics and histocompatibility testing in a CAP-accredited, CLIA-regulated clinical laboratory.
Review and sign out test results.
Provide clinical consultation and virtual crossmatches.
Monitor compliance with the Quality Control Plan.
Develop, validate, and implement tests.
Teach medical students, residents, fellows, and house staff.
Develop or continue a basic or translational research program.
Participate in administrative work and attend professional development and scientific meetings.