HLA / Tissue Typing
Director of the Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, CA
Submitted by Roger Evans on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 09:04.Director of the Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, CA
Description:
The Department of Pathology (http://pathology.ucsd.edu/) seeks a clinical-track faculty member to join the Division of Laboratory Medicine and serve as Director of the Immunogenetics and Transplantation (HLA) Laboratory for the expanding UC San Diego Health System.
Currently part of the UCSD Clinical Laboratories at Torrey Pines, this major referral laboratory performs over 100,000 billable procedures annually, and supports all solid organ and bone marrow transplantation programs at both the Hillcrest and La Jolla-East (Thornton) Medical Center campuses, as well as for Lifesharing-San Diego and Imperial counties' regional Organ Procurement Organization.
In 2011, the laboratory will be consolidated into the new state-of-the-art Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine, located near the $664 million Jacobs Medical Center complex underdevelopment on the La Jolla-East Campus.
Candidates must possess MD, PhD, or MD/PhD degrees, and be board-certified/eligible by the American Board of Pathology or a diplomate of an accredited clinical laboratory subspecialty board; California licensure and certification as a laboratory director by the American Society of Histocompatability and Immunogenetics (ASHI) are also required.
Preference will be given to individuals with significant prior clinical subspecialty work experience and fellowship training.
Applicants should have strong academic credentials with a track record of basic, translational, or clinical research, and are expected to actively contribute to departmental educational programs including training of residents, fellows, graduate, and medical students.
Academic rank will be commensurate with experience and training. Salary will be consistent with established UCSD pay scales. UCSD is an AA/EOE with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity.
Contact:
Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae, with a cover letter describing clinical and research interests and the names and addresses of three references, by July 1, 2010, to: Ronald W. McLawhon, MD, PhD, Professor and Head, Division of Laboratory Medicine and Director, Clinical Laboratories, c/o Aimee Gallagher, Department of Pathology, 0717, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0717 or via e-mail to: agallagher@ucsd.edu.
Identifiers:
Main Category: Related Physician Specialty/Organ/Tissue Procurement
Subcategory: HLA/Histocompatibility
TPDC Position ID: CASD-2010-0003
Position ID or Job Requisition No: N/A
UNOS ID or Other ID: CASD
City: San Diego
State/Province: California
Country: USA
Date Posted: 06-14-10
