Adjunct Faculty Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry

The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry is located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. With a 132-year history, Virginia's only dental school provides opportunities for selected, qualified individuals to study dentistry and oral health through a doctor of dental surgery (D.D.S.) program, graduate specialty training programs and a dental hygiene program. The VCU School of Dentistry is one of a small number of dental schools in the country affiliated with an academic medical center, the only dental school in the Commonwealth, and the second oldest dental school in the U.S. It is one of five health sciences academic programs on the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Campus of VCU. The primary mission of the School of Dentistry is to educate practitioners of dentistry capable of meeting the general oral health needs of the communities they serve. Integral parts of the mission are research and other scholarly activity, patient care, and leadership in dental education and organized dentistry, and collaboration and participation with other units with VCU and VCU Health Systems.

Chief Purpose of this position:

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics is seeking applicants for an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Orthodontics to provide teaching and patient care of orthodontic patients. This faculty position will provide didactic and clinical teaching and mentoring to orthodontic residents. The position's responsibilities include, but are not limited to: teaching and mentoring postgraduate orthodontic students specifically regarding care of orthodontic patients.

Position Responsibilities:

Teaching:

Responsibilities include clinical and didactic teaching of orthodontics to 8 post-doctoral residents. Faculty members are expected to teach in an integrated curriculum system that includes baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education. Teaching across traditional departmental lines and in multidisciplinary teams is required. Faculty members are expected to foster transformative learning that is informed by interdisciplinary and translational research, scholarship, and creative expression.

Clinical:

This position will provide a teaching and leadership role in the School of Dentistry clinics, seeing patients, working with students, and working collaboratively with other faculty and staff to promote best business practices, and increase clinic productivity.