Open Rank, Clinical Faculty Appointment (CFA) - Nuclear Medicine

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center•Houston, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The faculty member is expected to hold a Clinical Faculty Appointment (CFA) position at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Department of Nuclear Medicine within the Division of Diagnostic Imaging. The faculty member is a clinician qualified to work in the field of Nuclear Medicine at a Professor level. The primary academic appointment will be in the Department of Nuclear Medicine. The Sections of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Clinical Nuclear Medicine (CNM) are administrative units that provide comprehensive, diagnostic and therapeutic services within the Department of Nuclear Medicine. Faculty within these Sections provide excellent, comprehensive and compassionate care for an oncologic patient population; nuclear imaging and therapeutic procedures in a cost effective environment; programs and projects conducted to advance fundamental or clinical understanding of oncology and nuclear medicine; education for medical students, residents, fellows, graduate students, and technologists; and multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches to patient-centered imaging, transformative research, prevention and exceptional education. The members of the Department are appointed upon the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Nuclear Medicine with concurrence of the Division Head of Diagnostic Imaging, and approval by the President of the Institution. This position is supervised by the Section Chief(s) for day-to-day clinical operations. The primary evaluator on an Annual Faculty Performance Appraisal is the Department Chair, reflecting faculty member’s education, research, patient care, and administrative activities. These functional responsibilities require the mental ability to reason deductively; act decisively; communicate and execute the Institution’s acceptable standards of conduct; interact with highly sophisticated technology; and understand complicated, comprehensive concepts, and technologies. This faculty position will provide onsite services, as assigned, in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Houston Area Locations (HALs).

Requirements

Medical Degree
Board Certification by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine
Licensure by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
BLS certification prior to employment

Nice To Haves

Promise of ability to participate in collaborative research and in team science is desired
Evidence of excellence in clinical care & performance
Evidence of ability to develop an essential role in patient care services
Demonstrates potential for institutional service
Shows promise for effective participation in teams as appropriate for appointment role(s)
Has taken steps to initiate education activities, including mentoring
Board Certified by the American Board of Radiology
A record of high-quality peer-reviewed publications
ACLS certification preferred

Responsibilities

Provide excellent, comprehensive and compassionate care for an oncologic patient population
Perform nuclear imaging and therapeutic procedures in a cost effective environment
Conduct programs and projects to advance fundamental or clinical understanding of oncology and nuclear medicine
Educate medical students, residents, fellows, graduate students, and technologists
Utilize multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches to patient-centered imaging, transformative research, prevention and exceptional education
Provide onsite services, as assigned, in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Houston Area Locations (HALs)
Participate in collaborative research and in team science
Develop an essential role in patient care services
Provide institutional service
Participate in teams as appropriate for appointment role(s)
Initiate education activities, including mentoring