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University of Florida Advanced Endoscopy

Employer
University of Florida, Gainesville, Department of Medicine
Location
North Central Florida
Posted Date
Aug 8, 2017

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Specialty
Gastroenterology
Position Type
Permanent

Job Details

The University of Florida Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, part of UF Health, the Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health center, invites applicants for full-time clinical track faculty positions at the Assistant/Associate/Full Professor level to pursue an academic career in Gastroenterology. The division seeks individuals with a clinical and research focus in advanced endoscopy:

  • EUS and ERCP skills required

The Division looks to add to a robust program in advanced and therapeutic endoscopy which includes ERCP, EUS, EMR and ESD, POEMs, RFA, cryotherapy, deep enteroscopy, and a growing program in endoscopic anti reflux and obesity therapies. Clinical duties include focused outpatient clinics, advanced endoscopic procedures, and periodic staffing of the GI inpatient and consult services at UF Health Shands Hospital. Multiple collaborative research opportunities exist in the areas of novel technology, pancreatitis, GI malignancies, biomarker discovery, inflammation and immunity, and the microbiome. Teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows is required, as is teaching of fourth-year advanced endoscopy fellows.

The Gainesville region has an inexpensive cost of living, nationally ranked middle and high schools, and superb weather with multiple year round recreational opportunities.

Minimum requirements: Applicants must have an MD degree or equivalent. Applicants must be board certified or board eligible in Gastroenterology and eligible for a Florida Medical License. Must have completed a fourth year fellowship or have equivalent experience.

Company

The UF Department of Medicine is a nationally renowned clinical and research team that has more 300 faculty in 11 Divisions: Cardiovascular Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism; Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition; General Internal Medicine; Hematology & Oncology; Hospital Medicine; Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine; Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation; Palliative Care; Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine; and Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology. We also houses multiple major specialty care and research centers,including the Clinical and Translational Research Institute, the Center for Inflammation and Mucosal Immunology, the UF Health Integrative Medicine Program, the Cell Therapy Research Network, The Institute of Therapeutic Innovation and the Center for Regenerative Medicine. The department also plays major leadership roles in the UF Health Cancer Center and the UF Diabetes Institute.

The Department supports nearly 100 Internal Medicine residents and 90 fellows in 16 distinct fellowship programs, spanning each division. The department has 15 external clinic sites, plus multiple satellite clinic locations, and runs all Internal Medicine clinical services at both the UF Health Shands Teaching Hospital (950+ beds) and the adjacent Malcolm Randall VA Hospital (350 beds). Medicine services in UF Health Shands hospital include: MICU, Intermediate Medical Care Unit, Hospital Medicine, General Medicine teaching services, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Malignant Hematology & BMT, Oncology, Medical Observation Unit, the Endoscopy Center, the Bronchoscopy Center, Medical Cardiology, the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, and the CardiacIntensive Care Unit. Departmental faculty also serve as Medical Directors for Heart, Lung, Liver, Kidney, and Pancreatic transplantation. The department admits over 20,000 patients a year to UF Health Shands, and sees more than 160,000 out-patients annually.  

Departmental faculty hold over $24 M in annual NIH funding (direct costs), ranking 40th in the Blue Ridge Institute’s survey of all internal medicine departments in FY14. There are 11 faculty that serve on NIH or VA study sections, and another 105 that serve on a national medical society committee. There are 95 departmental faculty that serve on editorial boards of journals, and 90 faculty with peer-reviewed extra-mural funding. In addition, departmental faculty published 698 papers and 63 book chapters in FY14.

 

Company info
Telephone
352-265-8390
Location
PO Box 100277
Gainesville
FL
32610
US

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