Open Rank Physician Scientist - Oregon, United States - University of Nebraska

Description

The candidate must have excellent clinical skills, demonstrate outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

The interested candidate should have a strong interest in translational research or ideally have a track record with longitudinal research projects.

Translational research experience related to MPS is desirable.

There will be opportunities to apply for extramural funding to achieve research support in an area of special interest to the candidate.

The clinical genetic activities will involve evaluation and management of patients with congenital abnormalities, connective tissue disorders, skeletal dysplasias, neurodegenerative disorders, and metabolic disorders in both outpatient and inpatient settings.

They will be expected to take some inpatient call with the Pediatric Genetics/Metabolism team.

The Muenzer MPS Center team includes two physicians, two advanced practice providers, three nurse coordinators, five research coordinators, one research assistant, one behavioral assessor, an executive director and an administrative assistant.

Dr. Joseph Muenzer is the Director of the MPS Center. The Muenzer MPS Center is currently conducting seven phase I/II or phase II/ III

MPS clinical trials. The Muenzer MPS Center will be adding at least two more MPS clinical trials in the near future.

The Pediatric Genetics/Metabolism team includes physicians, genetic counselors, metabolic dieticians, and nurse practitioners, who work collaboratively in caring for their patients and families with compassion and evidence-based care.

The Division of Genetics and Metabolism also has an active accredited fellowship training program.

Our Pediatric Genetics/Metabolism team works closely with colleagues from across the medical center, including Adult Medical and Cancer Genetics, Maternal Fetal Medicine, and the Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetic Laboratories.

Faculty members in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism are also actively involved in hearing-loss research, Angelman syndrome clinical trials, translational research for other lysosomal storage disorders, clinical studies evaluating the utility of using next generation sequencing for newborn screening, quality improvement projects and with the state birth defects registry.

MD, board certified/board eligible in Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics/Biochemical Genetics and interested in an academic position.

The candidate must have excellent teaching skills and demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

The candidate should have some track record with longitudinal research projects and exposure to MPS patients.

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