Open Rank Professor-Transplant Surgery
University of Tennessee at Martin
Salary undisclosed
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Description
Skilled leader with a track record of supporting excellent patient outcomes, fostering program growth, and ensuring compliance with UNOS and OPTN rules and bylaws. The Medical Director should have extensive experience in the care of patients with advanced liver disease at all levels, including evaluation of pre-transplant candidates, donor selection, proper maintenance of the waitlist and long-term post-transplant care of liver transplant recipients. The Director should be able to build relationships with the community and internal partners. This position would work side by side with the Surgical Director, Quality Director, and the Senior Administrative Director of Transplant to ensure high-quality patient outcomes while broadening the reach of the Transplant Institute.
Participation in the training of medical students, gastroenterology fellows, and transplant hepatology fellows is expected. Opportunities to participate in clinical and translational research exist and are highly encouraged through our endowed Transplant Research Institute. Supervision of advanced practice providers is required.
Qualifications
EDUCATION: MD/DO or equivalent degree. Completion of ASTS Fellowship.
EXPERIENCE: Board-certified with a minimum of five (5) years of transplant experience. Must meet the OPTN/UNOS certification for primary liver transplant physician. Must provide direct care for hepatology and liver transplant patients. Proven leadership ability, along with excellent team building, collaboration and exceptional verbal and written communication skills. ERCP skills would be beneficial.
LICENSES: Board-certified in Gastroenterology. Board-certified in Transplant Hepatology. Licensed Physician by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCES
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences is a statewide flagship, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering collaborative 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, UT Health Sciences contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.
Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Sciences 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. UT Health Sciences 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. UT Health Sciences 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 vibrant 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.
About this role
University of Tennessee Health Sciences seeks a Medical Director for its Transplant Institute in Memphis—an open rank professor position that combines clinical leadership, academic teaching, and program development in liver transplantation. You would oversee the medical aspects of liver transplant care across the patient journey: evaluating candidates with advanced liver disease, selecting donors, managing the waitlist, and providing long-term follow-up. Working alongside the Surgical Director, Quality Director, and administrative leadership, you would ensure compliance with UNOS and OPTN standards while driving program growth and community partnerships.
This role demands board certification in both Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, at least five years of transplant experience, and OPTN/UNOS primary liver transplant physician certification. You would provide direct patient care, supervise advanced practice providers, and teach medical students, gastroenterology fellows, and transplant hepatology fellows. The position offers meaningful opportunities to engage in clinical and translational research through the institute's endowed research program. ERCP skills are valued but not required.
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences is a statewide public academic medical system headquartered in Memphis with significant regional reach and research infrastructure. Memphis offers a lower cost of living than many comparable cities, a growing medical district, and cultural amenities alongside its role as a major health professions education hub in the Southeast.
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