Assistant Professor of Clinical - Medicine, Interventional Radiology

University of Miami•Miami, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Interventional Pulmonologist serves as a full-time, clinical-track faculty member within the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Health System. The position is jointly embedded within the Miami Transplant Institute (MTI) and the Lung Center at Jackson Memorial, reflecting the dual programmatic mission of supporting a high-volume lung transplant program and a comprehensive lung nodule and thoracic oncology service. The incumbent will deliver the full spectrum of advanced interventional pulmonology care, encompassing complex bronchoscopic procedures, central airway management, pleural interventions, and multidisciplinary procedural support. In addition to the primary clinical mission, the position carries defined academic, educational, and administrative responsibilities consistent with a faculty appointment at a major academic medical center.

Requirements

Demonstrated competency in advanced bronchoscopic procedures is required, including flexible and rigid bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound with transbronchial needle aspiration, robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, airway stenting, tumor debulking, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, and pleuroscopy.
Full medical licensure in the State of Florida.
Maintain all required licensure, board certifications, and continuing medical education requirements throughout the duration of employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the pre- and post-procedural management of lung transplant candidates and recipients.
Familiarity with the multidisciplinary evaluation of indeterminate pulmonary nodules.

Responsibilities

Deliver the full spectrum of advanced interventional pulmonology care, encompassing complex bronchoscopic procedures, central airway management, pleural interventions, and multidisciplinary procedural support.
Independently perform and supervise the full range of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopic and pleural procedures appropriate to a high-volume academic interventional pulmonology program.
Maintain procedural proficiency across the scope of contemporary interventional pulmonology practice, including advanced bronchoscopic techniques for airway evaluation and management, tissue sampling, and therapeutic intervention.
Provide daily inpatient consultative services at Jackson Memorial Health System, encompassing the evaluation and management of complex pulmonary conditions requiring interventional expertise.
Maintain a dedicated outpatient interventional pulmonology clinic, providing consultative evaluation, procedural planning, and post-procedural follow-up for patients referred from thoracic oncology, transplant pulmonology, primary pulmonology, and other subspecialty services within the Jackson Memorial Health System network.
Provide bronchoscopic services for lung transplant recipients as clinically indicated, including surveillance bronchoscopy and management of post-transplant pulmonary and airway complications.
Serve as a core procedural resource for the transplant team and will engage with the broader multidisciplinary lung transplant clinical structure as appropriate.
Serve as the interventional pulmonology representative on the Thoracic Oncology Multidisciplinary Tumor Board and actively participate in the Lung Nodule Clinic.
Directly supervise and mentor Pulmonary and Critical Care fellows and internal medicine residents rotating through the interventional pulmonology service.
Provide bronchoscopy skills training and simulation-based procedural education.
Participate in weekly divisional didactic conferences and case-based teaching in the bronchoscopy suite and operating room.
Contribute to the development and implementation of the planned Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship program, including participation in curriculum design, trainee case log oversight, and structured competency assessment.
Engage in departmental Grand Rounds, Morbidity and Mortality conferences, quality improvement education, and scholarly activities including peer-reviewed publication.