Infectious Diseases Physician

Description

The Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin is seeking an exceptional physician to join the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine with a broad scope as a clinician in the management of general infectious diseases, HIV care, and transplant infectious diseases.

About Dell Medical School and the University of Texas at Austin Medical Center

As part of The University of Texas at Austin, one of the nation’s leading research universities, the Dell Medical School pursues innovation in the redesign of healthcare delivery, excellence in healthcare research, and programs in interdisciplinary and inter-professional education. It is the fifth medical school in the UT System and the first medical school established in nearly five decades by a member of the Association of American Universities, an organization of leading public and private research universities. 

The University of Texas Medical Center, anchored by Dell Medical School, is defining the future of health. Announced in August 2023 with planning and implementation underway, The University of Texas Medical Center will cement Austin as a premier destination for health care alongside other major Texas cities. With two new, state-of-the-art hospitals – A UT specialty hospital and a cancer center being built by MD Anderson – plus the academic and research expertise of UT, The University of Texas Medical Center will provide the integrated, world-class care that is a hallmark of academic medicine.

The Dell Medical School is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to excellence within the learning health system.

About the Department of Internal Medicine

The Department of Internal Medicine is home to 20 categorical residents per year, which includes a Primary Care Track and a Distinctions Track in Care Transformation, plus 5 preliminary interns in Medicine. Dell Seton Medical Center (DSMC) is a 220-bed, safety net, Level 1 Trauma Center, and serves as the inpatient training facility for this program. In September 2021, Dell Med’s IM program deployed a resident staffed team to Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (SMCA) Hospital. SMCA is a full-service hospital with 24/7 emergency care and comprehensive Level 1 Stroke Center. SMCA also has a Level IV Trama Center.

About Austin

Austin is a vibrant, lively university city, known for its excellent public K-12 schools, lively music scene, superb cuisine, and international festivals such as South by Southwest. The city typically ranks among the country’s best places to live. Nearby lakes and rivers as well as the beautiful adjacent Texas Hill Country provide ample opportunities for outdoor activities.

About the Infectious Diseases Division

Current ID faculty provide 24/7 Infectious Diseases inpatient consultation services, for which there will be opportunities to participate (option to spend up to 10-20% time inpatient, with optional growth as the hospitals expand as outlined above). Faculty also provide oversight for antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, outpatient antimicrobial therapy, quality improvement of hospital processes related to ID, and education curriculum for medical students, Internal Medicine residents, and faculty. All faculty also participate in providing either outpatient general ID services, HIV care primary care, infection prevention guidance, or a combination of ID-related services. The Dell-Seton Hospital at the University of Texas is a state-of-the-art facility with a modern microbiology laboratory that services the entire Seton network of hospitals in central Texas. It is also the primary site of a network-wide Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Program which provides opportunities for scholarly collaboration. Currently, the majority of clinical research opportunities exist within the hospital setting, with the potential to expand to other outpatient clinical sites and/or the University of Texas main campus.

Within the last two years, a renal transplant program has rapidly expanded in collaboration with our hospital partner Seton/Ascension. In the last year, a pancreatic transplant program as begun, with plans to expand further to include liver, eventually followed by lung. Within the next 5 years, a new Austin-based M.D. Anderson Cancer Center will open, with opportunities to provide ID services for bone marrow transplant recipients and other immunocompromised patients with malignancies. There is also an expanding young adult post-transplant program at Dell Children’s Hospital with increasing need for adult ID care. It is expected that the new clinician will work