Clinical or Tenure Track Asst​/Assoc​/Full Professor, Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery

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Clinical or Tenure Track Asst/Assoc/Full Professor, Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery
Posting Number: P2324F

The Department of Clinical Sciences at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants to fill a full-time, 12‑month/year appointment. Depending on experience, qualifications, and interest, the successful candidate will be appointed to either a tenure‑track (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) or a non‑tenure‑track (Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) position in small animal orthopedic surgery. For a tenure‑track position, research experience and an advanced degree (MS or PhD) are desired but not required.

Tenure‑track faculty are expected to establish a specific area of research focus, seek extramural funding, and mentor residents pursuing graduate degrees.

• Participate in teaching, clinical service, and research/scholarly activity.
• Teaching responsibilities include clinical, didactic, and laboratory instructional activities of professional veterinary medicine and postgraduate training programs related to orthopedic and soft tissue surgery.
• Clinical service includes patient care, procedural and surgical interventions, teaching veterinary medical students and interns, resident training, and consultation with private practitioners; participation in shared after‑hours emergency surgery backup is required.

The orthopedic service at Auburn University is committed to excellence in clinical service, teaching of professional veterinary students, and resident training. The surgery service includes orthopedic surgery, small animal soft tissue surgery, and oncological surgery. The team is supported by specialists in small animal medicine, medical and radiation oncology, emergency/critical care, anesthesia, cardiology, dermatology, neurology, radiology, small animal and large animal ophthalmology, equine medicine and surgery, sports medicine, food animal medicine and surgery, equine, food animal and small animal theriogenology, dairy medicine, and pathology.

The successful candidate will join a team of five ACVS board‑certified surgeons, one clinician limited to surgery, four surgery residents, and two orthopedic service technicians.

Shared research space and technical support, including a clinical trials coordinator, are provided within the Department. There are numerous opportunities for research collaboration within the Auburn University veterinary medicine campus, Auburn University’s main campus, the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Auburn campus, and at medical colleges such as the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Emory University. The Department participates in college‑wide veterinary and graduate programs.

Faculty development is a priority with a formal mentoring program for new faculty through the Department of Clinical Sciences. The Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (wp.auburn.edu/biggio) located on Auburn’s main campus is a fantastic resource for all things teaching related, including support for instructional technologies. The CVM also has monthly teaching enhancement workshops and a summer teaching institute that has brought nationally recognized speakers to present on a variety of teaching related topics.

Auburn University is one of the nation’s premier public grant institutions. In 2023 it was ranked 47th among public universities by U.S. News and World Report. Auburn maintains high levels of research activity and high standards for teaching excellence, offering Bachelor’s, Master’s, Educational Specialist, and Doctor’s degrees in agriculture and engineering, the professions, and the arts and sciences. Its 2023 enrollment of 33,015 students includes 26,874 undergraduates and 6,141 graduate and professional students.

Organized into twelve academic colleges and schools, Auburn’s 1,435 faculty members offer more than 200 educational programs. The University is nationally recognized for its commitment to academic excellence and community engagement, its positive…