Infectious Disease Physician | UT Texas at Tyler School of Medicine | San Antonio, TX

UT Health East Texas•San Antonio, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible Infectious Diseases physician to join the faculty of the Texas Center for Infectious Disease (TCID) in San Antonio, Texas. This is an exceptional opportunity to practice at one of the nation's only dedicated tuberculosis hospital while participating in medical education, public health, and clinical and translational research. This unique academic position combines inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases practice with opportunities to care for patients with tuberculosis (TB) and Hansen's disease (leprosy). Faculty work alongside nationally recognized experts in tuberculosis and mycobacterial diseases while collaborating with the Heartland National TB Center, state and local public health agencies, and multidisciplinary specialists.

Requirements

BC/BE in Infectious Disease
BC in Internal Medicine
Experience with TB patients

Nice To Haves

Protected academic time may be available based on experience, funding, and scholarly productivity.

Responsibilities

Provide inpatient care for patients with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, drug-resistant tuberculosis, and other complex infectious diseases admitted to TCID.
Manage common coexisting medical conditions including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, anemia, psychiatric illness, and substance use disorders.
Direct and optimize anti-tuberculosis therapy, including management of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Participate in outpatient specialty clinics focused on: Tuberculosis, Latent tuberculosis infection, Hansen's disease (leprosy).
Perform admission evaluations, history and physical examinations, and formulate comprehensive treatment plans.
Conduct daily multidisciplinary inpatient rounds with nursing, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, and social work.
Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection prevention initiatives.
Share weekday, weekend, and after-hours telephone call responsibilities within an established physician group.
Teaching and mentoring medical students, Internal Medicine residents, Infectious Diseases fellows, and rotating learners from partner institutions.
Participate in bedside teaching, formal lectures, case conferences, journal clubs, and multidisciplinary educational conferences.
Mentor trainees interested in infectious diseases, tuberculosis, mycobacterial diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, clinical microbiology, and public health.
Develop scholarly activities in clinical research, translational research, tuberculosis therapeutics, Hansen's disease, epidemiology, public health, and implementation science.