Urologist - Department of Surgery (F52700)

Mission or Goal of Unit: The mission of the Division of Urology within the VCU Department of Surgery is the pursuit of excellence in all three areas of an academic surgical practice; teaching, research, and patient care. The Division of Urology is dedicated to the pursuit of diversity in all aspects of our division, including faculty, residents, and staff.

Chief Purpose of this position: The Department of Surgery, Division of Urology at VCU/VCU Health System is actively recruiting for an open rank, collateral, non-tenure track faculty position. The faculty member will be responsible for providing clinical services in urologic oncology and prostate disease, providing state of the art care to the patients of central Virginia. The faculty member will also support the division with teaching responsibilities at the undergraduate and graduate levels to include training residents in the aforementioned clinical specialties.

Position Responsibilities:

Teaching
Faculty member will have teaching responsibilities including formal lectures and case presentations to undergraduate medical students encompassing all areas of urology and applied anatomy and physiology.

Research
Faculty member will be expected to be an active participant in clinical trials in his/her subspecialty interest.

Service
Faculty member will serve on departmental and/or University committees as necessary, as well as in a professional capacity in their field, e.g., reviewer, conference organizer, etc.

Clinical
Faculty member will be expected to build and maintain a busy patient centered clinical practice with focus on minimally invasive and robotic urology. This includes both inpatient and outpatient management of all urological diagnoses and operative procedures. Opportunities will exist for expansion of VCU Division of Urology services to outlying clinics and surrounding communities. A multidisciplinary approach is encouraged with our colleagues in nephrology, transplant medicine, and others

Required Qualifications:

• Must be board certified in Urology or board eligible
• Dedicated to teaching residents and medical students
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU is required
• Commitment to laboratory and/or clinical research within the faculty member’s subspecialty interest

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fellowship training or equivalent experience in minimally invasive surgery for open and robotic urology
• Teaching experience at the undergraduate or graduate level
• Additional experience in quality and education

ORP Eligible: Yes