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The Department of Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Associate Professor position in the non-tenure academic clinician track. Expertise is required in the specific area of surgical critical care and emergency surgery. Applicants must have an M.D and/or Ph.D or equivalent degree. They must also be certified for general surgery and surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery or foreign equivalent.
Teaching responsibilities may include supervision and instruction of residents, fellows, and medical students.
Clinical responsibilities may include patient care in trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency surgery.
Successful candidates will be expected to support and expand the trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical ICU clinical programs at University of Pennsylvania Health System member hospitals including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Pennsylvania Hospital, as well as the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. They will also participate in performance improvement activities. Applicants with fellowship training in surgical critical care will be preferred.
We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense. The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE. Minorities/women/individuals with disabilities/protected veterans are encouraged to apply.