Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty Appointment, Department of Lymphoma Myeloma

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center•Houston, TX

5h•Onsite

About The Position

The selected faculty member will report to the Chairman of the Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma and hold the rank of Assistant Professor. This role involves providing clinical care to patients, managing care teams in both inpatient and outpatient settings, and contributing to the teaching of fellows, residents, and students in Lymphoma specialties. A key aspect of the position is independently designing, executing, and conducting a broad range of Lymphoma research projects, with a focus on translational and clinical studies.

Requirements

Doctorate-level degree in a field appropriate to faculty role and department mission.
Licensed to practice in Texas.
Board certified (or obtained within departmental timeline), unless exempted.
At least 5 years’ experience post degree with any combination of time as a clinician, clinical scientist or GME trainee (except specialties with shorter residencies or fellowships).

Responsibilities

Serves on institutional and hospital committees and attends appropriate meetings.
Coordinates the lymphoma clinical research infrastructure and organizes local and national meetings.
Attends, participates, and leads Department teachings and continuing education conferences.
Practices clinical medicine in an exemplary manner, providing complete and thorough history and physical patient examinations.
Performs invasive procedures as dictated by the physician’s subspecialty.
Develops and maintains a clinical practice for patients referred to MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Provides physician staffing for the Lymphoma/Myeloma Center and consult service.
Manages of patient-care provider teams.
Completes patient documentation for medical records within timeframes required by institutional policy.
Visually reviews for proper ICD-10 and CPT coding and approves all charge documents.
Corresponds with physicians regarding patient care and treatment.
Keeps abreast of current approaches in the management of patients through attendance at continuing education conferences.
Requests appropriate consultations for patients.
Acts as a role model as a practitioner for faculty, fellows, residents, students, and staff.
Provides peer review for assessing the clinical practice of faculty within the Department.
Works within a context of very intense interpersonal relationships including other physicians, patients and staff.
Actively engages in clinical research and scholarly activity to enhance the academic environment of the department.
Develops programs of clinical research and scholarly activities in keeping with the goals of the Department.
Seeks appropriate funding mechanisms to support clinical research.
Presents relative research findings through timely publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at scientific meetings.
Possesses consistent record of successful, independent, and peer-reviewed research funding.
Earns national and international recognition for research expertise.
Demonstrates outstanding innovation in research, leading to consistent production of peer-reviewed publications.