Open Rank Professor - Transplant Nephrology

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Company: The University of Tennessee System

Location: Memphis, TN 38109

Description:

Job Description

Methodist in partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is seeking an experienced multi-organ abdominal Transplant Surgeon (tenure or non-tenure track at Associate or Professor level) to join our successful and large volume center. This position offers an outstanding compensation and benefits package and can accommodate most visa requirements. Candidates must be American Board of Surgery certified/eligible or foreign equivalent and have completed an ASTS abdominal transplant surgery fellowship. Preferred candidates will have experience with living donor liver transplantation and hepatico-biliary and pancreatic surgery, including robotic surgery. Cross training in kidney transplantation, laparoscopic kidney donors and experience with pediatric transplants is required.

Responsibilities

The James D. Eason Transplant Institute is a large volume transplant center performing approximately 130 adult and pediatric liver transplants and 200 kidney transplants annually and boasts an active hepatic and pancreatic surgical practice. Nationally recognized for its success with kidney, liver, kidney-pancreas and pancreas transplants, robust clinical activity, innovation and interdisciplinary research, the Institute has been a leader in the field for more than 30 years.

Transplant Surgeons are University of Tennessee faculty with a clinical appointment with the James D. Eason Transplant Institute at Methodsit University Hospital. Academic rank and salary are commensurate with experience. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA Employer.

Qualifications

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Interested candidates should send their CV to:

Jason M. Vanatta, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Endowed Chair of Excellence in Liver Transplantation

Professor of Surgery

Program Director

University of Tennessee / James D. Eason Transplant Institute

1211 Union Avenue, suite 340

Memphis, TN, 38104 jvanatta@uthsc.edu and latasha.lovett@mlh.org

901-478-0589

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