Pulmonology-Pediatrics Open Rank Professor College of Medicine
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Job Location:
Memphis, TN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Pediatrics Division of Pulmonology is seeking applicants for a full-time non-tenure track academic position.
Responsibilities
The candidate should have expertise or interest in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. The focus of the position is diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for pediatric and adolescent sleep disorders including but not limited to:
- Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
- Circadian rhythm disorders
- Parasomnias
- Positive airway pressure (PAP) desensitization (to assist patients overcome barriers to PAP therapy for management of OSA)
Selected candidate will be appointed to the academic rank of assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics (commensurate with experience and credentials). Opportunities for research and teaching exist and are strongly encouraged and supported. The Pediatric Sleep Program is part of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology Allergy Immunology and Sleep Medicine and is currently staffed by 3 BC/BE pediatric sleep physicians. The pediatric sleep program manages a 6 bed exclusively pediatric sleep laboratory at Le Bonheur and co-directs an active sleep fellowship with the Memphis VA Medical Center. The program is the only academic program providing the full array of pediatric sleep services to the region.
Qualifications
- Requires a Ph.D. in clinical child psychology and a Tennessee license (or eligibility)
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The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA/V institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide public academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911 the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated collaborative and inclusive education research scientific discovery clinical care and public service.Employing more than 4600 people on its faculty staff and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups and with more than 3200 students across the state UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.
Part of the University of Tennessee System the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UTs doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy Nursing Graduate Health Sciences and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major regional clinical health science locations in Memphis Knoxville Chattanooga and Nashville as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the states largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.
Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene a revitalized Downtown the Midtown Arts District many scenic neighborhoods an active medical district and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.
Memphis boasts attractions including Elvis Presleys Graceland the Memphis Grizzlies historic Beale Street the National Civil Rights Museum the second-largest urban county park in the United States and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
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