Department of Critical Care Medicine
School of Medicine
Faculty Position – BE/BC Intensivist Physician-Scientist
The Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh is actively seeking physician-scientists to join our faculty.
Statement of duties and responsibilities:
The Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Safar Center for Resuscitation Research seek an exceptional leader for the position of Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. The ideal candidate would be board certified in critical care medicine and have demonstrated leadership experience devoted to acute brain injury research and patient care.
The Department of Critical Care Medicine is seeking physicians who specialize in critical care medicine and clinical, translational, or health services research related to intensive care. The faculty member is expected to develop an independent, extramurally funded research program that aligns with the mission and research priorities of the Department. The candidate is expected to spend most of their professional time performing research. In addition, the candidate may be expected to provide clinical care in one or more ICUs in the UPMC Health system; and actively participate in the education of fellows, residents, and students.
Minimum objective qualifications; other desirable qualifications:
The selected candidate must have an MD, DO, or PhD, be board-certified or board-eligible in critical care medicine by a US accreditation board, and possess base training in either internal medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, anesthesiology, or neurology. Additional masters or PhD-level research training is preferred. The individual should have demonstrated success in developing grant proposals and publishing in the peer-reviewed literature. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required. The candidate should exhibit a strong commitment to educating the next generation of clinicians and scientists and advancing the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the health sciences.
About the Department and Safar Center for Resuscitation Research:
The Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh is one of the only stand-alone academic departments focusing on critical care medicine in the United States. Along with its clinical partner UPMC, department faculty provide clinical services to critically ill adult and pediatric patients across the 30+ hospital UPMC health system. The Department’s research activities span bench-to-bedside-to-population health, supported by over $12 million in annual NIH funding and two T32 training grants.
The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine was founded by the late Dr. Peter Safar in 1979, initially as the International Resuscitation Research Center. Recognizing Dr. Safar’s innumerable contributions to the field of resuscitation medicine, it was renamed the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research in 1994. The Center’s research programs address the development of therapeutics and diagnostics for acute brain injury across the continuum of care, from the field, emergency department, intensive care unit, rehabilitation, and long-term outcome, and across the age spectrum from infants to the elderly. The Center’s mission is to identify and promote ever-improving methods to prevent premature death and reduce associated disability from traumatic brain injury, cardiac arrest, and other forms of acute brain injury, in people with “hearts and brains too good to die.”
To achieve its goals, center investigators in the departments of Critical Care Medicine, Neurological Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, and others at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, work closely with investigators in numerous other departments and schools on the Pitt campus, along with a host of national and international collaborators. In addition to conducting basic, translational, and clinical research, Safar Center investigators also train the next generation of resuscitation researchers. The Safar Center is an 11,000-square-foot state-of-the-art research facility located in the Rangos Research Center on the Campus of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh that houses the laboratories of scientists and clinician-scientists working across a broad spectrum of fields important to resuscitation medicine.
Rank and/or title; salary range or minimum:
Appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor is anticipated. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience.
Applicants are requested to submit their cover letter, curriculum vitae, and research statement to the University of Pittsburgh Talent Center (Requisition 24008773). The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and diversity, including disability and veterans.