Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor (HS Clinical, Adjunct, In-Residence, Clinical X) Kidney Transplantation

The Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (http://med.ucsd.edu/) is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. The Division of Nephrology-Hypertension is recruiting Academic Transplant Nephrologists for faculty positions.

The UC San Diego Kidney Transplant program is the oldest and largest kidney transplant program in San Diego performing over 170 kidney transplants in 2023. The Division continues to expand its clinical care for recipients of deceased donors, living donors, and multiorgan transplants.

Responsibilities include pre- and post-transplant management of kidney transplant recipients in the inpatient and outpatient settings, evaluation of living kidney donors, dialysis and apheresis care, nephrology consultation, critical care nephrology including continuous renal replacement therapy modalities, plasmapheresis, and end-stage renal disease care. Responsibilities also include participation in weekly selection committee and monthly quality meetings. Other duties of the position include scholarly activities and teaching medical students, residents, and fellows in didactics and clinical settings.

The appropriate series and appointment at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level will be based on the candidate's background and experience.

A link to full descriptions of each series is provided for your review:

HS Clinical Professor - see: http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-278.pdf

Clinical X Professor - see: http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-275.pdf

In-Residence Professor - see: http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-270.pdf

Adjunct Professor - see: http://ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-280.pdf

As a member of the Health Sciences Compensation Plan, the appointee should be aware that there are limitations on outside professional activities, and clinical moonlighting is expressly prohibited. Additional information can be found here: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-671.pdf

Department: http://med.ucsd.edu/

Division: https://nephrology.ucsd.edu/

Candidate must have a DO, MD or equivalent, or MD/PhD in health-related areas.

Candidates must also be eligible for a California medical license or equivalent certification/permit as determined by the Medical Board of California.

Candidates must be board-certified or board-eligible in Nephrology.

Candidates with research and clinical interest in transplantation and a minimum of 1 year of experience in the design and evaluation of clinical trials and observational data to evaluate kidney transplant outcomes are preferred.

Candidates with 1 year AST-ASN certified transplant fellowship completed or demonstrated having completed 30 in-patient and 30 outpatient recipient management experiences; 3 surgical observations; 3 procurement observations; 25 recipient evaluations, and 10 living donor evaluations are preferred.

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

The University of California, San Diego is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, covered veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.

For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California prohibits smoking and tobacco use at all University controlled properties.

The UC San Diego Annual Security & Fire Safety Report is available online at: https://www.police.ucsd.edu/docs/annualclery.pdf. This report provides crime and fire statistics, as well as institutional policy statement & procedures. Contact the UC San Diego Police Department at (858) 534-4361 if you want to obtain paper copies of this report.