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The University of Florida Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is seeking a motivated and compassionate Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) specialist to join our team as a full-time faculty member. Academic track (tenure or non-tenure track) and rank (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) will be based on qualifications. The position will also include responsibilities as the Program Director for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship. Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine clinical team consists of seven clinical faculty, three fellows, six ambulatory advanced practice providers, 12 ultrasound technicians, two perinatal nurse navigators, and one genetic counselor. Care is provided at three ambulatory offices and one hospital facility, UF Health Shands Hospital, which has been designated a Level IV maternal care verified facility by the Joint Commission’s Maternal Levels of Care Verification program.
As a perinatologist, this individual will carry out the division’s missions of patient care, education, and research.
Clinical duties may include coverage of labor and delivery activities, oversight of complex pregnancy care, perinatal consultations, perinatal ultrasound, and invasive and non-invasive fetal diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
General education responsibilities include the education and supervision of residents and MFM fellows in the fundamentals of maternal-fetal medicine, including surgical and ultrasound skills required to optimize pregnancy outcomes and provide diagnostic information to patients, as well as providing education for third-year medical students in the ObGyn clerkship and fourth-year students on the MFM elective.
As the MFM Fellowship Program Director, this individual has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for: administration and operations, teaching and scholarly activity oversight, fellow recruitment and selection, oversight of fellows, and fellows’ education in the context of patient care. The Program Director is also responsible for the standards, quality, reputation, and ongoing improvement of the MFM Fellowship Program while remaining compliant with institutional and ACGME program requirements. This will include appropriate protected time.
MFM faculty participate in assigned hospital, medical school, and department committees; attend and support department activities (rounds, special lectures, postgraduate courses, etc.); and participate in division conferences and fellowship activities. Scholarly activities and collaborative research activities are encouraged and there is room for professional growth within the institution. There are numerous opportunities to establish or join multidisciplinary collaborations to address research involving fundamental questions of biology and clinical care. The University of Florida has a long and distinguished history of reproductive and perinatal research across multiple colleges of the university.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics serve our community with nearly 60,000 patient visits and over 3,100 deliveries a year. UF Health Shands Hospital is recognized as a top 50 hospital for Obstetrics & Gynecology by U.S. News & World Report. The Division performs over 16,000 ultrasound exams annually in our American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine-accredited unit. The department combines high quality patient care with a strong commitment to teaching future physicians and exploring research questions to push the science of medicine to its leading edge. For more information about the department and our team, please visit https://obgyn.ufl.edu/.
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| Special Instructions to Applicants: |
Applicants must apply online. Applicants should include a brief cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a list of three professional references with contact information. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until a sufficient applicant pool has been established.
Selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered "official" if a designation of "Issued to Student" is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approval by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://naces.org/.
If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352-392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800-955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.
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