Job Description
UT Health Tyler in Tyler, TX is seeking a Faculty Radiology Chair to join its growing
team.
Required Education / Experience:
Advanced degree, i.e., MD, DO, or Ph.D. is required.
Minimum
of 5 years of experience within academic departmental leadership or related activities strongly
preferred
Accompanying Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies:
Track record of effective
leadership, including experience and success in research, education, and clinical
administration
Success in building, expanding and elevating programs with vision and collaborative
team spirit.
Ability to develop and implement new programs.
Knowledge of creating and managing
budgets.
About the Position: Â
Schedule: Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm with occasional
overtime as needed
Call is 1:3 weeks. Tele-radiology service is utilized for overnight reads; the
Physician will need to over-read reports the following morning. Saturday and Sunday call will
consist of 2 to 5 hours to read weekend and overnight studies.
Outpatient clinic is located at our
University Hospital, UT Health North Campus Tyler
Research is not necessary, but the opportunity is
available to clinical faculty
Teaching responsibilities will include internal medicine and family
medicine, residents. The schedule is on average 1-1.5 days a week.
UT Health North Campus
Tyler:
Average 45-50 studies a day per person, a total of 150-180
64-slice CT scanner
1.5-tesla
magnet
PET/CT
SPECT NUC med with CT scan, SPECT-CT
Ultrasound
Tomosynthesis Mammography
Molecular
breast imaging (MBI)
 Recruitment Package may include:
Base salary + wRVU production incentive
CME
allowance
Sign-on bonus
Medical debt assistance + Consultative services by Navigate Student
Loans
Relocation allowance
Residency Stipend
Paid malpractice coverage
Health benefits + Retirement
plan
Marketing + practice growth assistance
-Potential Eligibility for Public Service Loan
Forgiveness program
- H-1B support via the H-1B lottery - O-1
Additional Information:
- Specialty: Abdominal/Body Imaging Radiology
- Location: Tyler, Texas 75708
- Contact: Melanie Smith (Provider Recruiter)
About the Company:
The UT Health East Texas
Our purpose is to care for our patients, their families and each other. We
do so while educating and developing the caregivers of the future.
10 hospitals
>50 physician
clinics
>300 employed providers
13 regional rehabilitation facilities
two freestanding emergency
centers
regional home health services covering 41 counties
an EMS fleet of more than 45 ambulances
and four helicopters
a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network, including a Level 1 trauma
center.Â
Our primary service area has a population over 600,000.Â
As a partner with the University
of Texas System, UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to provide east Texas patients with
access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next
generation of physicians and other health professionals. Graduate Medical Education is an integral
component at UT Health East Texas and includes accredited residency programs in Family Medicine,
Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Psychiatry. An Internal Medicine and General Surgery
residency took their first classes summer 2020, with two new programs starting in 2021.
The
University of Texas has also approved a medical school in Tyler, and we expect to take our first
class in 2023. We encourage you to learn more by visiting our websites at www.uthealtheasttexas.com
and www.uthct.edu.Â
UT Health East Texas offers the opportunity to build a career with a thriving
health system. Continued investment in facilities and services, as well as strong physician
leadership, make UT Health East Texas an ideal fit for physicians at all stages of their careers.
East Texas offers a family friendly lifestyle as well as easy access to major metro areas.