Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Clinical-Open Rank in Radiation Oncology
Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Clinical-Open Rank in Radiation Oncology
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The Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) at Texas A&M University is excited to invite applicants for a full-time non-tenure-track faculty position on an 11-month appointment at the rank of clinical assistant professor clinical associate professor or clinical professor in Radiation Oncology with an anticipated start in the Fall of 2025. Our Oncology service has 3 medical oncology faculty lines and 2 radiation oncology faculty lines. Oncology service faculty play a critical role in student education patient care and scholarship.
The successful candidate will devote a major portion of their time (% effort negotiable) to clinical instruction and patient care in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (65%; VMTH). The remaining time will be devoted to integrative classroom and laboratory teaching (15%) research (10%) and academic citizenship (10%). Clinical responsibilities will include primary management of cases instruction of veterinary students and technicians mentorship of interns and residents and participation in occasional after-hours emergency coverage. Classroom and laboratory teaching responsibilities will include the education of professional students in our integrated curriculum and opportunities to interface with graduate students across multiple disciplines. Active supervision of house officers and in-depth participation in intern/resident training (including topic rounds journal club and backup support) is expected. Additionally we expect the successful candidate to collaborate in one of the many research opportunities. Opportunities for rich research collaborations are plentiful both within the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and beyond. Texas A&M has a strong biomedical engineering program and several medical school campuses (both locally and in Houston) available for collaboration. Two of the largest human cancer Centers (MD Anderson and UT Southwestern) in the US are within driving distance. Teamwork is highly valued at Texas A&M University and candidates are expected to demonstrate institutional citizenship that may include service to committees working groups and professional organizations.
The VMTH is a spacious facility with sophisticated diagnostic and patient care equipment. Radiation therapy capabilities include TomoTherapy Hi-Art with Precision TPS and Strontium-90 plesiotherapy. The VMTH maintains Mimics and Echopixel licenses for three-dimensional reconstruction with easy access to 3D printers. Other equipment includes (but not limited to) 40 slice CT 3T MRI video endoscopy nuclear imaging acid-base/blood-gas analyzers oxygen and inhalant gas analyzers standard coagulation as well as VCM and PFA analyzers intraoperative cell salvage transfusion equipment phacoemulsification system high-flow oxygen therapy color-flow Doppler ultrasonography 4D transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography digital fluoroscopy scintigraphy and an ICU telemetry system. Surgical suites and instrumentation allow for complex orthopedic neurologic cardiac thoracic oncologic and abdominal procedures such as stereotactic brain biopsies cardiac occlusive device implantation and subcutaneous ureteral bypass device placement. The planning of a next-generation small animal hospital is underway and construction is expected to start within this year. The small animal hospital will include a new linear accelerator in a vault directly adjacent to the integrated oncology service area. Faculty working on the oncology service are supported by an outstanding team of veterinary technicians.
The Small Animal Hospital of the VMTH has approximately 60 board-certified specialists in a wide variety of clinically relevant specialties as well as many technicians in areas such as imaging surgery critical care internal medicine anesthesia cardiology neurology surgery dentistry and others. Capable personnel including but not limited to talented ICU technicians an active multidisciplinary interventional radiology service three in-house pharmacists with compounding capability and a clinical trials coordinator as well as a clinical trials technician.
A start-up package will be available commensurate with the clinical or scholarly needs and record of the individual. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to interact with approximately 60 small animal faculty members 40 large animal faculty members and more than 100 faculty members in basic sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. Beyond that Texas A&M currently has more than 4200 faculty members in a wide range of disciplines. Also we have an active group of house officers that includes more than 50 interns and residents from other medical and surgical disciplines. The Texas A&M University VMTH values employee quality of life and well-being as well as the sustainability of our missions.
Texas A&M University is the oldest public institution of higher education in Texas and the nations largest single university with more than 75000 students (over 10000 of whom are pursuing professional or graduate degrees) in residence at the College Station campus. Texas A&M University is a major research university with a growing international focus and outstanding public and private support. The community of Bryan-College Station (BCS) population 250000 is a growing and diverse college town with a wide variety of cultural and recreational opportunities excellent public and private schools and a relatively low cost of living. BCS is centered in the Texas Triangle a megaregion consisting of the states five largest cities (Houston Dallas Ft. Worth San Antonio and Austin).
- Each applicant must have a DVM degree (or equivalent).
- Applicants must be a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology (ACVR)-Radiation Oncology or must have completed an ACVR-Radiation Oncology approved residency and have met the requirements to take the board examination in Radiation Oncology.
- Applicants must be licensed or eligible for regular or special licensing to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Texas.
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
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