Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Department of Ophthalmology

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Open Date: Oct 19, 2022

Deadline: Oct 19, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

The Department of Ophthalmology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the tenure track. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree.

Teaching responsibilities may include training graduate students, medical students, and post-doctoral investigators.

Clinical responsibilities may include providing outpatient and inpatient consultative services and/or eye surgery.

Research or scholarship responsibilities may include basic research relating to understanding mechanisms of ocular tissue aging predisposing to eye disease. Therapeutic approaches may include gene, cell, or small molecule-based therapies. The successful candidate will interact closely with MD/PhD and MDs to translate laboratory findings into clinical treatments to prevent vision loss.

The ideal candidate should have completed advanced postdoctoral training or be an early career investigator with an exceptional record of research achievement demonstrating a trajectory for success in academic medicine. Key selection criteria will be research excellence and originality of science.

We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense. The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE. Minorities/women/individuals with disabilities/protected veterans are encouraged to apply.