Open Rank With Consecutive Term Appointment Based on Experience

Description

Primary Responsibilities:

• Clinical, translational, or basic science research
• Supervision & Teaching of Students
• Participate in Department Grand Rounds, Core Conferences
• Other duties as assigned by the Division Chief/Department Chair

The University of Oklahoma is on an aggressive path to becoming a leading public research university. The OU Health Science Campus (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Public Health, Allied Health, and Nursing) plan to hire 200 clinician-scientists in the next three years, and the College of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics plan to play a significant role in that growth.

Oklahoma Children's Hospital is starting a process to become a nationally recognized children's health organization and one of the leading providers of children's specialty care in the Southcentral U.S. The dramatic research and clinical expansion that will transform the future for children in Oklahoma and beyond.

The Department of Pediatrics is a multi-faceted department with 18 sections and more than 240 faculty members. The faculty constitute the principal medical staff of The Oklahoma Children's Hospital at OU Health and in addition to creating new knowledge through research, share a commitment to serving and protecting the well-being of the state's children, as well as providing quality education to trainees. The 300+ bed Children's Hospital at OU Health serves as one of the teaching hospitals of the Health Sciences Center campus and is the only tertiary and quaternary health care facility in the state dedicated to the care of children.

Qualifications

• Earned PhD
• Board Certified in Pediatrics