Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging

Classification Title:

CLIN AST/ASO PROF

Classification Minimum Requirements: Assistant Professor

Candidates for this rank shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess equivalent qualifications based on professional experience. A candidate shall be expected to demonstrate successful experience pertinent to the position they are being recommended and have demonstrated qualities relevant to the goals of the academic unit in which they will be employed.

Associate Professor

Candidates for this rank shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess professional qualifications above those equivalent to the highest degree relevant to their field. They are expected to have produced creative work, professional writing, or research and successful teaching or professional experience. A candidate for this rank must have a distinguished record of achievement beyond the assistant professor level.

Job Description:

The Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, invites applications for one (1) full-time (12-month) clinical-track faculty position in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging at the Assistant/Associate Professor academic rank.  The successful candidate will be part of one of the largest Diagnostic Imaging Services at an academic institution, joining 8 other faculty at a top 10 College of Veterinary Medicine.

For the clinical track position, the new faculty member’s primary duties (60 to 70%) will be in the daily clinical imaging section of the Diagnostic Imaging Services in the UF Veterinary Hospitals. Responsibilities will include didactic teaching and clinical training of professional students, graduate students, and residents. The individual will participate in and support the teaching and service missions of Diagnostic Imaging in the Veterinary Medical Center. Teaching and clinical responsibilities will be shared with other faculty radiologists.  Scholarly productivity is expected and can be accomplished through the publication of clinical or educational research studies. 

Equipment and caseload:  Approximately 20,500 small animals/exotics and 1,000 large animals are imaged annually. The beautiful, 100,000 square foot Small Animal Veterinary Hospital is a must-see. The Large Animal Hospital includes a dedicated Lameness and Imaging faculty and staff, with a new, state-of-the-art Lameness Arena. The service is completely digital, using Fuji Synapse® RIS for scheduling and reporting, and Merge PACSTM or eUnityTM for image storage and retrieval.  The large and freshly remodeled reading room houses 7 diagnostic imaging workstations equipped with 2-4 high-definition diagnostic imaging monitors per station.  In addition, 3 diagnostic imaging workstations are located in the Ultrasound suite, and 2 diagnostic imaging workstations are located near MRI and the large animal radiographic quality control area for diagnostic review, reporting, and consultation. 

Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging equipment includes 4 digital radiographic suites, 3 of which have an overhead strut system for performing cross-table imaging, all equipped with Canon DR imaging plates, a radiographic suite in the Emergency Room, which also has an overhead strut system for performing cross-table imaging, and a Cannon DR imaging plate and a traditional, small animal radiographic suite in the Primary Care Service with a Sedecal DR imaging plate as well as a portable Sedecal DR unit with a Cannon DR imaging plate in the Small Animal OR. 

The Ultrasound suite is expansive and newly remodeled, with 4 Ultrasound machines, including two Samsung RS85 ultrasound units with Prestige, with strain and shear wave elastography, microvascular flow, and CT fusion imaging, and a Samsung RS80A. These three Samsung machines have a total of 11 transducers that are shared between them. In addition, there is a portable Samsung HM70A with three transducers, which is used occasionally when performing ultrasounds at ER, ECC, or other locations needed. Finally, there is another ultrasound machine used mostly for teaching and student practice, which is a Phillips iU22 ultrasound unit with 4 transducers. 

Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging equipment includes 2 digital radiographic suites with Canon DR imaging plates, one of which is wireless.

The hospital is fully equipped for advanced imaging with a Toshiba Titan® 1.5 T 16-channel MR unit equipped for both small and large animal examinations, with an upgrade done in 2023 to Canon Vantage Orian. In addition, there is a 160-slice Toshiba Prime® CT equipped for both small and large animal examinations with videofluroscopy; an MiE Scintron IV nuclear scintigraphy unit; and a must-see, state-of-the-art catheterization laboratory equipped with a Toshiba Infinix-i® single pl