Location: College Station, TX
Institution: Texas A&M University
Position Description:
The Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (SVMBS), Texas A&M University is excited to invite applicants to a full-time non-tenure-track faculty position at the rank of clinical assistant or clinical associate professor in anesthesiology on an 11-month appointment at the rank of clinical assistant or clinical associate professor in anesthesiology. This position has an anticipated start date of Spring or Fall 2025.
Duties:
The successful candidate will devote approximately 65% time (negotiable) to clinical instruction and patient care distributed among the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) Small and Large Animal Teaching Hospitals and Diagnostic Imaging and Cancer Treatment Center. The remaining time will be devoted to integrative classroom and laboratory teaching (15%), research and other scholarly activities (10%), and academic citizenship (10%).
– Clinical responsibilities will include patient care, instruction of veterinary students and technicians, mentorship of interns and residents, and participation in afterhours emergency coverage. We are currently a team of 5 boarded anesthesiologists (4 ACVAA and 1 ECVAA), 3 residents, and approximately 20 technicians distributed among the Small and Large Animal Teaching Hospitals and the Diagnostic Imaging and Cancer Treatment Center of our VMTH. A state-of-the-art electronic anesthesia scheduling/case-tracking system along with 19 Mindray anesthesia multiparameter monitors with a central anesthesia station allows the Texas A&M University Anesthesia Service to be one of the most sophisticated in the world. The Anesthesia Service also has its own ultrasound for locoregional blocks, peripheral nerve stimulators, pediatric and adult patient ventilators, Mindray WATO and VETA5 anesthesia stations, Tafonius ventilator with integrated multiparametric monitor, spirometry, one-lung ventilation devices, and a 15-camera monitoring system used to remotely view all equine recoveries as well as radiation therapy cases.
– Classroom and laboratory teaching responsibilities include the education of 2nd year professional students in our anesthesia course in the Spring and clinical teaching to fourth year students. Active supervision of house officers and in-depth participation in intern/resident training (including topic rounds, journal club, and back-up support) is also expected. Our integrated curriculum also includes opportunities to interface with graduate students across multiple disciplines and junior surgery for third year students. The faculty member will also be expected with the other Anesthesiologists as a team to support our DVM 2+2 program by providing remote lecturers and a limited number of on-site laboratories to a small cohort of eighteen veterinary students. The 2+2 program is housed at our Veterinary Education Research and Outreach (VERO) facility on the West Texas A&M University Campus in Canyon, TX (take a tour in our VERO facility at https://youtu.be/mANW-zi_qZ – visit us at https://vetmed.tamu.edu/vero/).
– Collaborative research that aligns with expertise in the department, school, and university and builds collaborations with other basic and clinical scientists will be expected.
– Institutional citizenship that may include service to committees, working groups, and professional organizations will be expected with teamwork and collaboration being highly valued at Texas A&M University.
Qualifications
Each applicant must have a DVM degree (or equivalent) and must be a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (ACVAA) or European College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (ECVAA), or must have completed an ACVAA or ECVAA approved residency and have met the requirements to take the corresponding board examination. Applicants must be licensed or eligible for regular or special licenses to practice veterinary medicine in Texas.
About The Department & Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to interact with approximately 80 small and large animal faculty members and an active group of house officers that includes more than 50 interns and residents from other medical and surgical disciplines. The Texas A&M University VMTH values employee quality of life and well-being as well as the sustainability of our missions.
The VMTH is a spacious facility with sophisticated diagnostic and patient care equipment, including but not limited to color-flow Doppler ultrasonography, 4D transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, digital fluoroscopy, scintigraphy, 40 slice CT, 3T MRI, video endoscopy, nuclear imaging, acid-base/blood-gas analyzers, oxygen and inhalant gas analyzers, standard coagulation as well as TEG and PFA analyzers, in-house blood donor program, intraoperative cell salvage transfusion equipment, phacoemulsification system, high-flow oxygen therapy, and an ICU telemetry system.
Radiation capabilities include TomoTherapy and iridium implant brachytherapy. Surgical suites and instrumentation allow for complex orthopedic, neurologic, cardiac, thoracic, oncologic, and abdominal procedures such as stereotactic brain biopsies, cardiac occlusive device implantation, and subcutaneous ureteral bypass device placement. Research equipment available, but not limited to, includes lithium and thermodilution cardiac output monitoring, thermal threshold testing, and mechanical threshold testing. The VMTH has capable personnel including, but not limited to talented ICU technicians, an active multidisciplinary interventional radiology service, two in-house pharmacists with compounding capability, and a clinical trial coordinator.
About Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu) is one of the largest universities in the United States, with more than 73,000 students from all 50 states and 124 countries. It is supported by a multibillion‐dollar endowment (ranked 4th among public universities) and is a top-20 research enterprise. Take a virtual tour at our Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex (VBEC) (https://youtu.be/jXHyhGmGm9M), Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (https://youtu.be/DnL__lokYQY), teaching labs (https://youtu.be/DnL__lokYQY) and research and graduate studies (https://youtu.be/0kSMKOyrWpE).
Living here
The community of Bryan-College Station (BCS), population 250,000, is a growing and diverse college town with a wide variety of cultural and recreational opportunities, excellent schools, and a relatively low cost of living. BCS is centered in the Texas Triangle, a megaregion consisting of the state’s five largest cities, all of them with international airports (Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio). We’re also a few hours from beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as fishing, diving, hiking and camping opportunities. You can learn more using these links:
- Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary https://flowergarden.noaa.gov/visiting/welcome.html
- Texas Gulf Surfing Association https://www.surftgsa.org/
- Texas State Parks https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/parks-map
- Enchanted Rock State Natural Area https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/enchanted-rock
- Chamber of Commerce Bryan-College Station https://www.bcschamber.org/
- Beaches of Galveston (https://www.galveston.com/), Matagorda (https://matagordabeach.org/), and South Padre Island (https://www.sopadre.com/)
Work-Life Balance
The service is committed to supporting candidates both professionally and personally. The following are examples of the work-life balance commitment within the anesthesia service:
- Weeks spent off the clinic floor are flexible
- Three faculty cover the clinical floor each week.
- Clinical working hours are from 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
- Faculty do not provide primary emergency duty.
Start-Up Funds & Benefits
A generous start-up package will be available commensurate with the clinical or scholarly needs and record of the individual. The Texas A&M University System offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Long-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement income
- Additional benefits
- Wellness
- Deer Oaks Employee Assistance Programs
- 2ndMD
For a full description, refer to the plan description booklets, available online at http://www.tamus.edu/business/benefits-administration/ .
How To Apply
Interested candidates should submit:
1) a cover letter (including information on scholarly accomplishments and goals, career and service goals, professional interest, and teaching philosophy)
2) curriculum vitae
3) names and contact information of three individuals who have been requested by the applicant to act as references to the search committee chair.
Applications must be submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/150452. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted and will be considered until the position has been filled. Informal inquiries are welcomed to Dr. Keila Ida (kida@cvm.tamu.edu) or Dr. Courtney Baetge (cbaetge@cvm.tamu.edu) .