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Academic Vascular Surgeon

Position overview

Salary range: The posted UC salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html) set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5, at Scale 7. In accordance with AB 168 and SB 1162, the initial/base salary range for this position is $138,100 - $539,217. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan (http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf), which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Application Window

Open date: June 10, 2023

Most recent review date: Monday, Aug 21, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Sunday, Jun 9, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

Academic Vascular Surgeon
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery

The Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications for a full-time faculty position at all ranks in the Health Sciences Clinical series.

Qualified candidates must hold an MD or equivalent, be board-eligible or certified, and have completed an ACGME-accredited vascular surgery residency or fellowship. Candidates will possess advanced open and endovascular skills, a high level of expertise in treating aortic disease, specifically complex open and endovascular repair. The candidate must be committed to UCLA’s mission to deliver leading edge patient care, research and education. While the appointment is primarily clinical, UCLA is a world-renowned research institution. We are seeking candidates who have attained or demonstrate a desire to pursue research, clinical trials, and/or extramural grant funding. A successful clinical appointment would open the possibility of application for the Wesley Moore Endovascular Endowed Chair.

The Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery has a busy vascular surgical practice of open and endovascular procedures. The division performs approximately 3000 procedures per year and has about 120 patient visits per day, 5 days per week. The UCLA sites of practice include the main OR (hybrid room), ambulatory surgery center, in patient catheterization lab in the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, as well as an office based procedure Unit/Venous Center (OBL), an accredited vascular laboratory, a wound care center, and a hyperbaric center. Other sites of practice may include Santa Monica UCLA, the Greater Los Angeles VA Hospital, and Olive View UCLA Medical Center.

The University of California seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve our diverse communities, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.

The salary will be commensurate with academic rank and experience.

The posted UC salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html) set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5, at Scale 7. In accordance with AB 168 and SB 1162, the initial/base salary range for this position is $138,100 - $539,217. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan (http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf), which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Interested applicants must submit their application materials online at: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08323.

UC Regents Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct : All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html

Confidential inquiries related to this position and/or search may be directed to:
Jessica O’Connell, M.D.
Search Committee Chair
JOConnell@mednet.ucla.edu
jessica.oconnell@va.gov

The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.

Anti-Racism Roadmap: The David Geffen School of Medicine Anti-racism roadmap is our co-created path to ensuring racial justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to actively dismantling structural racism in our organization as described in more detail at: https://medschool.ucla.edu/diversity-anti-racism-roadmap

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Qualified candidates must hold a medical degree or equivalent.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter

  • Statement of Teaching (Optional)

  • Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.

  • Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

  • Misc / Additional (Optional)

  • Statement of Creativity - A narrative of individual’s record demonstrating creative contributions to administrative, academic or scholarly activities. This criterion can be satisfied by evidence of substantive contributions, some examples of which include the following (this list is not meant to be all-inclusive):

    Development of or contributions to educational curricula
    Development of or contributions to administration of a teaching program
    Participation in the advancement of professional education
    Development of or contributions to original material in handouts for lectures
    Development of or contributions to informational brochures with regard to the individual’s specialty or area of interest targeted to physicians, allied health professionals and/or patients
    Lectures, original educational materials, or teaching files placed on resident website
    Participation in platform or poster presentations at local, regional, or national meetings
    Participation in research, not necessarily as primary or independent investigator (in some cases, the individual’s participation in research may be sufficiently substantial to warrant a reduced breadth of clinical responsibilities)
    First, senior, or collaborative authorship of peer-reviewed research papers
    Publication of case reports or clinical reviews
    Development of or contributions to administration (supervision) of a clinical service or health care facility
    Development of or contributions to clinical guidelines or pathways
    Development of or contributions to quality improvement programs
    Development of or contributions to medical informational systems
    Participation in the advancement of University professional practice programs
    Development of or contributions to community-oriented programs; and
    Development of or contributions to community outreach or informational programs

  • Statement of Research - A narrative about your specific achievements have been in research/performance/design and explain why they are important in your field. More important than numbers is the impact of these publications or compositions. For many of the sciences, the most important publications are original research articles in respected peer-reviewed journals. That can be estimated by the impact factors of the journals in which you are publishing, your placement in the authorship, and citations.

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 required (contact information only)

3 References with contact information is required for this search.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08323

Help contact: cchiuco@mednet.ucla.edu

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy.

Job location

Los Angeles