The Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking applicants for a full-time faculty position in the Lung Transplant program.  The division is represented by more than 100 full-time faculty members, 30 pulmonary and postdoctoral fellows, and 200 staff members actively engaged in the division’s tri-partite mission of patient care, research, and teaching.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is home to an active lung transplant program. Since the program’s inception in 1982, UPMC has performed more than 2,300 lung or heart-lung transplants. The program is one of the most recognized and experienced centers in the world, evaluating many high-risk patients.

Applicants are specifically sought with experience in working with a multidisciplinary team in the care of patients with advanced lung disease focusing on pre- and post-lung transplantation evaluation and treatment. The faculty will work in a highly collaborative and innovative environment with support from faculty with expertise in pulmonary immunology, ECMO, pathology, transplant pharmacology, rehabilitation, early and late phase clinical studies, translational epidemiology, and data analysis.  The qualified candidate must be board certified in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, with formal training in lung transplant, with experience in clinical and/or clinical-translational research and be eligible for licensure in Pennsylvania.  Academic rank is commensurate with experience and qualifications.  An attractive compensation package is being offered. 

General rank requirements: An assistant professor should have demonstrated teaching ability, experience in advanced study and research, or professional experience of a kind which would enable them to make an academic contribution. An associate professor will have a strong experience with an impactful scholarship, a local, regional, and developing national reputation, effectiveness as a teacher, and service. Professor level should have attained superior stature in their field through scholarship, professional practice, and leadership in professional and learned organizations.

The University of Pittsburgh requires all Pitt constituents (employees, trainees, and students) on all campuses to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption. Visit coronavirus.pitt.edu to learn more about this requirement.

The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity, EOE, including disability/vets.

Interested applicants please apply through https://www.join.pitt.edu Requisition #22008704 and submit a cover letter and CV to: Joseph Pilewski, M.D., Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, c/o Emily Joseph (josephe5@upmc.edu) University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, MUH NW 628, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is a $19 billion integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 85,000 employees, 40 hospitals with more than 8,000 licensed beds, 600 clinical locations including outpatient sites and doctors’ offices, a 3.4 million-member health insurance division, as well as commercial and international ventures. It is closely affiliated with its academic partner, the University of Pittsburgh. It is considered a leading American health care provider, as its flagship facilities have ranked in US News & World Report "Honor Roll" of the approximately 15 to 20 best hospitals in America for over 15 years. As of 2016, UPMC is ranked 12th nationally among the best hospitals (and second in Pennsylvania) by US News & World Report and ranked in 15 of 16 specialty areas when including UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. This does not include UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh which ranked in the top 10 of pediatric centers in a separate US News ranking.

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