The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases is accepting applications for a faculty position on the Clinician-Educator track, starting July 2025. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary Orthopedic/Musculoskeletal Infectious Disease Service providing inpatient and outpatient patient care, engage in educational activities for all levels of learners, and have opportunities to participate in clinical or translational research programs focused on orthopedic infections.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the largest comprehensive research, teaching, and patient care health system in the Mid-South region and includes a Level 1 Trauma Center, a high-volume Transplant Center, a multi-disciplinary Wound Care Clinic, and the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the region. The VUMC research enterprise is ranked in the top 10 nationally, with robust programs in quality improvements, bioinformatics, personalized medicine, and clinical investigation.
The Division of Infectious Diseases is comprised of 61 full-time faculty, 9 advanced practice providers, and 14 Infectious Diseases fellows, with support from 4 dedicated Infectious Diseases pharmacists. The position includes a competitive salary and benefits package and allows interdisciplinary collaboration with supportive and diverse faculty.
At Vanderbilt we welcome employees from a wide variety of backgrounds, traditions, and experiences. We witness the vitality and creativity that comes from bringing different perspectives together. We are particularly interested in attracting candidates who are Under-Represented in Medicine (URiM) and seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense. Minoritized persons/women/individuals with disabilities/protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
Candidates who are BC/BE in Infectious Diseases and legally authorized to work in the US should submit a letter of interest and CV by December 1st, 2024, to: Karen Bloch, MD MPH, Associate Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, at Karen.bloch@vumc.org.