Radiology Faculty Job Posting Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Department of Radiology University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Job Summary: The Department of Radiology is recruiting a fellowship-trained physician with strong research skills, high integrity, and a strong commitment to professionalism to join our team. Appointment rank is commensurate with experience.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate the Medical School’s core values of authenticity, respect, inclusivity, innovation, excellence and promotion of wellness. Fundamental to the position are the ability to:
Serve as an inspiring positive role model
Assist in recruiting, developing, and retaining the best faculty, staff, and learners
Deliver outstanding collaborative patient care
Advance the scientific and research missions of the department
Cultivate a learning community that promotes bold and innovative education for the advancement of science, health, and healthcare delivery
Engage and collaborate with our institutional, local, state, national, and global communities to advance health and science
Our growing and diverse practice has the breadth, depth and scale for faculty at any career stage. We welcome applicants with diverse academic interests. Clinical excellence is foundational and needed, and we deeply value the research and teaching pillars of our Department. Mentorship, career and leadership development, and an inclusive culture are emphasized.
The Division of Nuclear Medicine provides clinical care on our main campus at the University Hospital and attached CS Mott Children’s Hospital. Division resources include 2 clinical whole-body PET/CT (Siemens mCT), a dedicated cardaic PET/CT (Biograph Vision), a dedicated research PET/CT (Siemens Biograph TruePoint), 4 SPECT/CT (Siemens Symbia-T16) and 4 SPECT Siemens Symbia-S tomography units. The Division has additional resources for clinical monitoring and radiotherapeutic infusions. We have integrated clinical and research resources in our Cyclotron/PET Radiochemistry Laboratory for nuclide production (2 GE PETtrace cyclotrons), radiotracer syntheses (14 Comecer hot cells) and associated cGMP resources for production of tracers for human use. The laboratory is fully equipped for preclinical research including biodistribution and animal imaging capabilities. Additional hardware resources can be pursued for the appropriate candidate.
Our Nuclear Medicine faculty supervise and interpret diagnostic PET/CT imaging with use of 18F-FDG, 18F-Axumin, 68Ga-DOTATATE, 68Ga-PSMA-11, 18F-PSMA and a complete range of single-photon diagnostic studies with emphasis on SPECT/CT hybrid imaging applications. Radiotherapies with oral Na131I and parenteral 131I-MIBG, 223RaCl2, 90Y-Zevalin, 177Lu-DOTATATE, and 177Lu-PSMA are routinely performed. Experience with 177Lu-PSMA is highly desirable.
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging is one of 9 clinical divisions, which together with our robust basic science division, form the Department of Radiology faculty. With approximately 150 faculty, we consistently rank near the top nationally in NIH funding, post-graduate radiology education programs, and in the US News & World Report rankings of top hospitals. The Division provides training for clinical fellows, post-doctoral researchers and our diagnostic radiology residents.
Responsibilities include working with a diverse team, conducting outstanding collaborative clinical care, teaching a spectrum of learners (medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty), and performing innovative research. We have many ongoing research programs within the Division and Department, some of which involve close collaboration with our own Basic Sciences Division, and with colleagues across Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan campus. The University of Michigan Medical School has the largest group of health services researchers in the United States at our Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation, and an excellent Faculty Development Program. The University of Michigan has been rated the best public university in the country and across-the-spectrum excellence is present in areas such as Business, Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Arts and Sciences; innumerable opportunities for collaboration are available.
The Michigan Medicine Medical Campus is connected to both the Medical School and greater University campus. Ann Arbor is consistently rated as one of the nation’s top cities in which to live, work, and play, and is a community ranked highly for raising a family. The city is culturally rich and provides excellent educational options for children. Faculty enjoy attending diverse cultural activities in music, theater, art and athletic events offered across campus. Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a Delta Airlines hub, is approximately half an hour away, which provides non-stop flights to most US and many international destinations.
Required Qualifications: The applicant must have an M.D., M.D.-Ph.D or equivalent, is an ABR diplomat with CAQ certification in Nuclear Medicine or has completed an ACGME-accredited residency in Nuclear Medicine (ABNM diplomate), and able to obtain a medical license in the State of Michigan. Evidence of clinical, teaching, research, and leadership competence is expected.
How to apply: Qualified applicants should send their CV and a letter of interest to:
Holli Porter Executive Assistant to the Chair hpangbor@umich.edu (734) 936-4346
