| The Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University is delighted to announce the expansion of our small animal Emergency service from three full-time clinicians to four. We are seeking a full-time, non-tenure-track assistant, associate, or full professor in small animal emergency and critical care (ECC) to join our team on an 11-month appointment. Each applicant must have a DVM degree (or equivalent) and must be a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) or eligible to sit for the exam to become board-certified. Applicants must be licensed or eligible for a regular or special license to practice veterinary medicine in Texas. The successful candidate will devote up to 70% of his or her time to clinical instruction and patient care in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The remaining assigned effort will consist of academic citizenship (10%), scholarship (10%) and classroom/laboratory teaching (10%). Clinical duties will be shared among the four ECC clinicians and a team of interns and residents. The Emergency Service admits over 6000 cases per year with the ECC clinicians additionally consulting on some 2000 ICU cases. Active supervision of interns and residents, instruction of clinical-year students, and primary case supervision is expected. Successful candidates will also participate in and contribute to weekly resident boards review and journal clubs. Numerous opportunities for collaborative research exist throughout the college and university. The 3,000 square foot Intensive Care Unit is staffed with talented technicians. The teaching hospital has capable personnel and modern technology including but not limited to mechanical ventilation, high-flow oxygen therapy, centralized ECG monitoring, tomotherapy, cell saver (autotransfusion) technology, stereotactic brain and nasal biopsy, imaging (3T MRI, 40-slice CT), color-flow Doppler ultrasonography and echocardiography, video endoscopy, nuclear imaging, an active multidisciplinary interventional radiology service, and two in-house pharmacists with compounding capability. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to interact with over 40 faculty members in the small animal hospital, one criticalist in the large animal hospital, and an active group of house officers that includes more than 30 rotating interns and residents in the other medical and surgical services in the department. Texas A&M University is the oldest public institution of higher education in Texas and one of the nation’s largest and most dynamic universities. More than 60,000 students are enrolled in the University’s 10 academic colleges with approximately 9,000 pursuing graduate or professional degrees. Texas A&M University is a major research university with a growing international focus, and outstanding public and private support and the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences has just celebrated its 100th year. Interested candidates must submit 1) a cover letter (including career and service goals, professional interest, teaching philosophy), 2) curriculum vitae, and 3) names of three individuals who have been requested by the applicant to act as references to the search committee chair. Applications must be submitted online at apply.interfolio.com/78289). Applications will be reviewed starting September 1, 2020, and will be considered until the position is full. Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Christine Rutter crutter@cvm.tamu.edu (Chair, Search Committee). Texas A&M University is a smoke-free workplace. |
