Clinical or Tenure Track, Asst/Assoc/Full Professor of Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care

The Department of Clinical Sciences at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants to fill a full-time, 12-month appointment. Depending on experience, qualifications and interest, the successful candidate may be appointed to either a tenure-track (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) or non-tenure track (Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) position in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in teaching, clinical service, and research/scholarly activity. Teaching responsibilities include the clinical and didactic instructional activities of professional veterinary medicine and postgraduate training programs related to emergency and critical care medicine. Current coursework taught by ECC faculty to veterinary and graduate students includes but is not limited to: physical diagnosis, small animal emergency and critical care, toxicology, professional communications, hemolymphatics, cardiology, critical care literature reviews, and advanced critical care pathophysiology. Clinical service and research responsibilities are negotiable and will depend on the successful candidate's interests and the type of appointment, i.e. clinical vs. tenure track appointment. There is ample opportunity to participate in established research programs on campus with current collaborations with the Scott Ritchey Research Center, the Canine Performances Sciences unit, the College of Engineering, and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

The successful applicant will join a current team of three DACVECC faculty, six ACVECC residents, and one ECC specialty intern. The team is further supported by 8 small animal rotating interns, 2 Emergency Medicine Professors of Practice, 17 intensive care and intermediate care veterinary technicians/assistants, and one licensed social worker. The program provides 24-hour, same-day referral care designed to serve the needs of veterinarians in the Auburn-Opelika community as well as the greater Southeastern United States. A virtual tour of the facility is available here: https://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/about/virtual-tour/facility/wilford-kate-bailey-small-animal-teaching-hospital/

The Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care (ER and CC) services at Auburn University have a highly successful resident training program with a robust caseload of >9000 cases seen annually in the Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital, which opened in 2014. The ER service now sees 20-50 new cases daily and inpatients of 5-15 cases daily. The CC service is an open-concept, taking both primary management and co-management with our other services. These services include small animal internal medicine, small animal general, orthopedic, and oncologic surgery, neurology, medical and radiation oncology, ophthalmology, cardiology, dermatology, theriogenology, physical therapy and rehabilitation, avian and exotic medicine, and primary care. The intermediate care ward can house up to 36 inpatients, the intensive care unit up to 18 inpatients, and the hospital has separate isolation units and separate receiving for infectious patients. The Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital also provides direct consultation for and transfer of care from Auburn Veterinary Specialists-Gulf Shores, a satellite of the Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital.

The qualified applicant must hold a DVM or equivalent degree at the time employment begins, have completed residency or fellowship training in the American College of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care ( ACVECC), and be a Diplomate of ACVECC or qualified to sit for the ACVECC certifying examination. The candidate selected for this position must be able to meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States at the time the appointment is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment. Eligibility for faculty veterinary licensure in the State of Alabama is also required.

Demonstration of experience or additional training in education and teaching is also desired. For a tenure-track position, research experience and an advanced degree (MS or PhD) are desired. Tenure-track faculty are expected to establish a specific area of research focus, seek extramural funding, and mentor ACVECC residents pursuing graduate degrees.

Applications should include a letter of intent describing strengths, professional goals, and vision for contribution to either a tenure-track or clinical-track position, along with a curriculum vitae and names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three professional references.

Candidates interested in a tenure track position must provide a research statement describing their primary research interests and research goals. Candidates interested in a clinical track position must provide a statement describing collaborative research, teaching, or other scholarship interests.

Please apply online on our website at: https://www.auemployment.com/postings/47795.

Please direct inquiries to the search committee chair, Dr. Kathy Gerken, P.B. Griffin Endowed Associate Clinical Professor, at gerkekk@auburn.edu.

Review of applications will begin on September 26, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.

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