ADJ LECTURER

The fellowship is a two‐year position in Veterinary Perfusion, during which the fellow will receive advanced and intensive training in cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery in companion animals under the direction of an experienced perfusionist. The current open-heart caseload is focused on mitral valve repair, however, a small number of cases requiring perfusion support can involve other cardiac conditions, including congenital disease. In conjunction with the faculty perfusionist, the fellow will have responsibilities of pre-operative planning, intraoperative perfusion support, and post-operative care. Post-operative patient care might involve some overnight management of patients in the immediate post-operative period to support the ICU with these high-acuity cases. While the fellow will not have primary case responsibility, they will participate in pre- and post-operative management of the case in the ICU in addition to managing the perfusion during surgery. Good communication skills and teamwork are essential characteristics of a fellow in addition to strong medical skills and training. Successful open-heart surgery cases are a product of multiservice teamwork and the fellow will be expected to work closely with cardiology, anesthesia, surgery, and ICU to ensure high quality patient care and programmatic success.  Opportunities to collaborate and learn from other teams in the hospital (e.g. cardiology, ECC, surgery) and physicians at the medical center (Shands UF) are present, along with the opportunity to contribute to advancement of clinical research and growth of the Open-heart Surgery Program at UF through growth of the perfusion program. The successful applicant will be hired into an Adjunct Lecturer position.

Education Requirements: DVM or equivalent degree. Must have completed residency training or be board-certified in either cardiology, anesthesia, or emergency and critical care.

Program-specific Requirements:

‐Time allowance: 2 years

‐ 40 fellowship in-training weeks per year spent with the perfusionist

‐ 4 weeks at human hospital such as UF Health Shands Hospital, shadowing human perfusionists

‐ Publication requirements: A minimum of one retrospective or prospective manuscript submitted to a peer‐reviewed journal and one advanced case report regarding veterinary perfusion.

‐ A semi‐annual written review by the program director or perfusionist will be done

‐ The fellow must present at least one research or case report at national level meeting

‐ 20 didactic case presentations or journal club attendance are required

‐ Maintenance of a perfusion case log to include no less than 30 cases annually for submission to the program director and faculty perfusionist at the end of the fellowship.

Journal Club:  20 journal club and/or didactic rounds sessions must be attended by the fellow per year. JC and rounds attended can be surgical, anesthesia, emergency critical care, or cardiology JC.

Resident Rounds/Book Clubs:  The fellow is expected to participate in cardiology resident rounds or open-heart or perfusion rounds as these develop

Caseload:  The open-heart surgery service operates 40 weeks per year for an annual caseload of 40 cases, however, this is expected to increase to 70 annual cases within the next year.

40 weeks of surgery. Weeks in which surgery is not performed will be used for: training (onsite with perfusionist, off-site at Shands), scholarly activity endeavors, vacation.

$65,000

DVM or equivalent degree. Must have completed residency training or be board-certified in either cardiology, anesthesia, or emergency and critical care.

All applicants for job number 534350 must apply online through Careers at UF in order to be considered for the position. For full consideration, a current curriculum vitae, letter of intent and names of three individuals willing to write in support of the applicant. The letters of recommendation should be from individuals that can speak to all aspects of a candidate’s abilities based on the above job description. Application materials must be submitted online and sent electronically to Dr. Katsuhiro Matsuura (kmatsuura@ufl.edu) and Dr. Darcy Adin (adind@ufl.edu). Email inquiries are welcome. The review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the positions are filled.

Final candidates will be required to provide 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 approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.

The University of Florida is An Equal Employment Opportunity Institution. 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.

The fellowship will start July 2025 (up to Oct 2025 if the candidate is finishing a residency program in July 2025).

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.