Academic rank and salary are commensurate with experience and academic credentials. Please address inquiries to Jill Bixler MD, Search Lead, WK Kellogg Eye Center, 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, or at jegreen@med.umich.edu and cc: Shannan Saltz, Department Faculty Affairs Office, At sfee@med.umich.edu and Wendy Mrdjenovich at wmrdjeno@med.umich.edu.
Michigan Medicine’s Kellogg Eye Center is dedicated to improving lives around the world by enhancing vision. Located in culturally rich and diverse Ann Arbor, the department has over 100 clinical and research faculty and more than 500 employees in 10 different locations in Southeast Michigan. The department is deliberate in fostering a culture centered around Our guiding principles are teamwork, caring, inclusion, innovation, and integrity.
We are seeking to enhance our faculty by adding a pediatric optometrist to join our team of providers in a dynamic and creative academic environment. Proficiency in pediatric primary eye care is required. Applicants should be willing to work in more than one office setting, evenings, and/or weekends as needed.
This faculty appointment in the University of Michigan Medical School as well as a clinician at Michigan Medicine is ideal for those who thrive in seeing challenging cases, interprofessional relationships, and academic prowess. Opportunities in innovative program development that addresses the clinical and research needs of our patients and contributions toward teaching are highly valued.
We welcome applicants to apply who are residency trained and Michigan licensed or eligible. This full-time position is on the clinical track depending on individual qualifications and career aspirations. The University of Michigan is a collaborative educational institution with leading programs in every discipline from engineering to business to public health with whom our current faculty partner.
Successful candidates will have an MD ± PhD degree, or equivalent, in areas as described above. Documentation of scholarly ability and achievement (record of publications in peer-reviewed journals; record of acquisition of external funding for research programs, research plan, collaborative research experience) is expected