Associate Professor/Professor, Nuclear Medicine - Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, McGovern Medical School
a full-time faculty position as Section Chief of Nuclear Medicine within the Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging.
The preferred candidate will be a board certified radiologist with special competence in nuclear medicine. The faculty appointment will be at either the Associate or Professor level depending on the candidate’s experience.
McGovern Medical School primarily provides imaging services at Memorial Hermann Hospital and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center and LBJ Hospital in the Harris Health Hospital System. The Nuclear Medicine section performs a broad array of nuclear medicine diagnostic examinations and therapies in both adults and children, including cardiac imaging and PET/CT. The Nuclear Medicine section faculty perform a total of approximately 8,081 examinations and procedures per year.
Position Key Accountabilities:
This position will be teaching medical students and residents, providing direct patient care and supervision of medical students in hospital settings.
- Developing and sustaining an environment in the patient care units that
- Providing coaching, mentoring, support and consultation to clinical managers,
- Identifying patient and family needs of the populations served; recommends
- Collaborating with UTHealth and hospital administration and physicians to
- Participating in and/or chairs committees, work groups, and meetings at as
- Assuring interdisciplinary performance improvement programs are active,
- Maintaining professional growth and development through seminars,
- Supervising a highly specialized clinical team of direct care providers
Qualifications:
The selected candidate for the position must have a Texas Medical License or be eligible for a Texas Faculty Temporary License. Required or preferred board certification/eligibility statement. Required or preferred minimum years of clinical experience or years post residency statement.
Candidates must be ABR certified and CAQ certified or eligible. Candidates should have experience and expertise in protocoling, supervising and interpreting all variety of nuclear medicine studies and therapies, with particular emphasis on cardiac nuclear medicine and PET/CT. The position involves teaching of residents, fellows and medical students. Evidence of scholarship is desirable. Academic activities are strongly encouraged and supported.
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
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