Emergency Medicine Academic job located in Texas

• Develop and execute the department's research vision and strategic plan.
• Identify research priorities and opportunities within the field of EM.
• Oversee and mentor faculty, trainees, staff, and students involved in research.

Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine Research Opportunity

Associate/Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is recruiting a Vice Chair of Research who will be charged with leading an expanding research enterprise with enormous potential for growth and impact. This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated PhD or a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician with a successful track record in clinical and/or basic science research and is seasoned and passionate about leading an expanding and collaborative emergency medicine research team. The successful applicant will have a broad scope of responsibility and significant resources to lead the Department's research mission at the Texas Emergency Medicine Research Center (Login for Information). The candidate should have federal funding awards in emergency research and have leadership and collaborative teamwork skills to develop and mentor high-quality research throughout the Department and in collaboration with other departments.

Located in the Texas Medical Center, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston's Department of Emergency Medicine is one of the largest academic EM programs in the country and is affiliated with one of the busiest trauma centers in the country. The Department has a fully accredited three-year residency training program with 63 residents and ten fellows.

Our primary teaching sites are Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center (MH-TMC) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (LBJ). MH-TMC provides leading-edge care in cardiac, trauma, neuroscience, orthopedics, women's health, general surgery, organ transplantation, and much more. As one of only two certified Level I trauma centers in the greater Houston area, the hospital provides 24/7 emergency and trauma care to over 75,000 patients annually. Memorial Herman Life Flight provides emergency rescue within a 150-mile radius. MHH TMC has achieved one of the highest levels of recognition a hospital can receive – Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. LBJ is a 215 licensed-beds acute care hospital offering a full range of medical services (a new hospital is under construction and will more than double capacity upon completion). LBJ is a verified Level 3 Trauma Center and is the only trauma facility positioned to serve the needs of the historically underserved northeast Harris County. Additionally, LBJ is the busiest Level 3 trauma center in the state, with more than 83,000 emergency patient visits yearly and more than 14,500 inpatient admissions.

The Department of Emergency Medicine offers a competitive package of salary, benefits, and faculty development opportunities. It has a long history of excellence in clinical emergency medicine, ultrasound, EMS, quality assurance, and research. UTHealth Houston is a health-sciences university based in the Texas Medical Center and consists of seven different schools.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is an Equal Opportunity

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This is a security-sensitive position and thereby subject to Texas Education Code §51.215.  A background check will be required for the final candidate.