Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty Appointment, Department of Lymphoma Myeloma

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center•Houston, TX

1d•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 the field of Lymphoma. A key aspect of the position is the independent design, execution, and conduct of 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 2 years experience as Instructor or 5 years post degree with any combination of time as a clinician, clinical scientist or GME trainee (except specialties with shorter residencies or fellowships).
Appropriate post medical doctoral training per discipline.

Nice To Haves

Possesses consistent record of successful, independent, and peer-reviewed research funding.
Earns national and international recognition for research expertise.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical care to patients.
Manage care teams for both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Provide a teaching environment for fellows, residents, and students in the specialties of Lymphoma.
Independently design, execute, and conduct a broad range of Lymphoma research projects with a focus on translational and clinical studies.
Serve on institutional and hospital committees and attend appropriate meetings.
Coordinate the lymphoma clinical research infrastructure.
Organize local and national meetings sponsored through UT MD Anderson.
Attend, participate, and lead Department teachings and continuing education conferences.
Practice clinical medicine in an exemplary manner.
Provide complete and thorough history and physical patient examinations.
Perform invasive procedures as dictated by the physician’s subspecialty.
Develop and maintain a clinical practice for patients referred to UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Provide physician staffing for the Lymphoma/Myeloma Center and consult service.
Manage patient-care provider teams.
Complete patient documentation for medical records within timeframes required by institutional policy.
Visually review for proper ICD-10 and CPT coding and approve all charge documents.
Correspond with physicians regarding patient care and treatment.
Keep abreast of current approaches in the management of patients through attendance at continuing education conferences.
Request appropriate consultations for patients.
Act as a role model as a practitioner for faculty, fellows, residents, students, and staff.
Provide peer review for assessing the clinical practice of faculty within the Department.
Work within a context of very intense interpersonal relationships including other physicians, patients and staff.
Actively engage in clinical research and scholarly activity to enhance the academic environment of the department.
Develop programs of clinical research and scholarly activities in keeping with the goals of the Department.
Seek appropriate funding mechanisms to support clinical research.
Present relative research findings through timely publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at scientific meetings.
Produce a cohesive body of scholarly work demonstrating progress in an important area of oncology research.
Demonstrate outstanding innovation in research, leading to consistent production of peer-reviewed publications.