Psychiatry- Assistant Professor

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Department of Psychiatry is seeking a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who meets the academic rank of Assistant Professor. The candidate will teach Medical Students and Residents, provide supervision for Residents and Fellows, maintain an active practice with our practice partner for UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists (ULPS).

The Department of Psychiatry at UTHSC is a growing and thriving department that is actively recruiting faculty in several areas. The Department is highly collegial and has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. The department encourages applications from all qualified applicants and celebrates diversity in age, class, ethnicity, gender physical and mental abilities, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and other human differences. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship state- wide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service.

Interested individuals should send curriculum vitae, with names and addresses of two professional references, to Ronald L. Cowan, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Psychiatry, 920 Madison Ave., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38163, or by email to rcowan3@uthsc.edu

The candidate will teach Medical Students and Residents, provide supervision for Residents and Fellows, maintain an active practice with our practice partner at UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists (ULPS).

REQUIREMENTS: Medical Doctor, Board certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is required. Completed an accredited Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship training program is required. Current unrestricted licensure as a Physician in Tennessee, Current certification DEA number and Eligible for malpractice insurance is required.

For benefits information, please visit https://www.uthsc.edu/hr/benefits/documents/benefits-preview-packet.pdf

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA/V institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a v ibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley's Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.