Medicine - Infectious Disease (Assistant Professor)

Summary

The Department of Medicine is seeking an Infectious Diseases physician for the Baylor Medicine practice. With 14 sections, 10 centers, and six vice-chair groups, the Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine is the largest adult practice department at Baylor College of Medicine. We are one of the largest education programs in the US with more than 700 trainees, and highly competitive specialty fellowship training programs, including seven federally funded research training grants. Our healthcare providers see hundreds of thousands of patients in seven inpatient and outpatient facilities and our department's clinical excellence is recognized in U.S. News and World Report. Our departmental research initiatives span the continuum of biomedical research from basic to clinical, attracting $128 million in total extramural funding, including more than $72 million from the NIH as well as other federal sources. The Infectious Diseases Baylor Medicine practice sees patients with a wide variety of infectious diseases including general infectious diseases, complex surgical infections, cardiovascular infections, tropical medicine, and HIV infection at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and the McNair Clinic. 

Job Duties

• 24 weeks of inpatient rounding at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center on the Infectious Diseases consult service.
• 4 half-day clinics per week in General ID clinic at McNair Clinic, when not rounding.

Minimum Qualifications

• BC/BE Infectious Diseases.
• Eligible for a license to practice medicine in the State of Texas.
• Current or in progress DEA certificate.
• Authorized to work in the US without need for visa sponsorship.

Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) is recognized as one of the nation's premier academic health science centers and is known for excellence in education, research, and healthcare and community service. Located in the heart of the world's largest medical center, the Texas Medical Center (https://www.tmc.edu/), Baylor College of Medicine is an intellectually exciting, collegial, and supportive environment with a NIH-funded Center for AIDS Research, a NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, a NIH-funded Digestive Diseases Center, research expertise in phage therapy, robust graduate and post-doctoral programs and extensive opportunities for inter-departmental and inter-institutional collaboration. Houston is one of the most multi-cultural regions in the country. Please send your curriculum vitae and cover letter to Dr. Thomas Giordano ([email protected]) and Dr. M. Rizwan Sohail ([email protected]) at Baylor College of Medicine.