University of Florida Seeking Rheumatologist
- Employer
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Department of Medicine
- Location
- Gainesville, Florida
- Salary
- Salary is negotiable and commensurate with experience.
- Posted Date
- Apr 23, 2019
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- Specialty
- Rheumatology
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
The University of Florida Department of Medicine invites qualified applicants to apply for a full-time, tenured/non-tenured appointment in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology. Rank and tenure is commensurate with experience.
Applicants must be board-certified or board-eligible in Rheumatology and eligible for a Florida Medical License. Responsibilities will include patient care in the inpatient, based at UF Health Shands Hospital, and outpatient settings, as well as supervision/teaching of rheumatology fellows, residents, and medical students. Along with general rheumatology clinics, successful applicants will be expected to collaborate with a basic scientist in the capacity of clinical mentor for one or more research trainees in our NIH-funded T32 training program. An interest in translational research is highly desirable.
Foreign nationals whose employment conditions meet federal and University requirements under an immigrant classification are eligible to apply.
About UF Health:
UF Health Shands is a private, not-for-profit hospital system affiliated with the University of Florida. The Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health center, UF Health is Florida’s flagship medical center and includes six health colleges, nine research institutes and centers, two teaching hospitals and four specialty hospitals.
About Gainesville:
The Gainesville region is a family friendly place to build your career and boasts a lower cost of living, nationally ranked middle and high schools, and superb weather with multiple year-round recreational opportunities, including biking, hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, and cave diving.
Qualifications
Applicants must have an MD or equivalent degree, be board-certified or board-eligible in Rheumatology, and be eligible for a Florida Medical License.
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.
- Telephone
- 352-265-8390
- Location
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PO Box 100277
Gainesville
FL
32610
US
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