UNIV - Assistant Professor - Cytogenomic Laboratory Director - Pathology & Lab

** Job Description Summary
** Charleston, SC | Tenure Track Faculty Position/Cytogenomic Laboratory Director    Join a team that’s Changing What’s Possible – The Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) nationally recognized Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine seeks an academically-oriented Cytogenomics Laboratory Director. The MUSC Cytogenomics Laboratory provides comprehensive oncological and constitutional testing services including karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), chromosomal microarray analysis and specialty liquid/solid tumor molecular testing.

In addition to providing excellent patient care, our department also consistently ranks in the upper half of pathology departments in the United States for National Institutes of Health research with approximately $5 million dollars in extramural funding annually.
** Entity
* * Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)
** Worker Type
** Employee
* * Worker Sub-Type
** Faculty
* * Cost Center
** CC001006 COM PATH Laboratory Medicine CC
** Pay Rate Type
** Salary
* * Pay Grade
** University-00
** Pay Range
** 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.000
** Scheduled Weekly Hours
** 40
* * Work Shift
**** Job Description
**** We are seeking a
** team-oriented individual with a passion for patient care and teaching who is:
* an academically oriented candidate with 2 or more years of post-fellowship experience; current fellow/recent graduates will be considered
* a PhD with American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) certification (or eligibility) in Cytogenetics and/or Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
* or* MD or equivalent degree with relevant pathology specialty training and certification by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic, Clinical, and Molecular Genetic Pathology and at least two years of experience in Cytogenetics or Genomics, with eligibility for medical licensure in South Carolina
* proficient in advanced practical, diagnostic, and interpretive skills in constitutional and oncological cytogenetics, FISH, chromosomal microarray, and next generation sequencing
* capable of performing and optimizing quality control procedures to ensure accuracy and reliability of test results
* knowledgeable and experienced in new molecular genomic and genetic test development, validation, implementation and quality control
* experienced in fostering collaborative relationships with clinicians and researchers as well as serving as a resource to technologists at the bench
* willing to participate in clinical and/or translational research endeavors
* an excellent communicator with a strong work ethic and a collaborative approach to patient care
* excited to participate in teaching medical and graduate students, and training pathology residents and fellows
* an active participant in the ACGME-accredited molecular genetic pathology fellowship training program
** MUSC Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
*** Collaborative team composed of 60 faculty including several Directors in the Cytogenomics section
* High quality training programs with 22 residents and 10-12 fellows who have had a 100% board passage rate for the past 7 years
* CAP, AABB, ASHI, and FACT certifications and accreditations
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** The MUSC Medical Center
** is a tertiary and qua ternary academic medical center located on peninsular Charleston, SC and consisting of MUSC University Hospital Authority;
Ashley River Tower, a cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and cancer specialty hospital; the Institute of Psychiatry; the Storm Eye Institute; and Children’s Hospital / Women’s Pavilion located in Charleston SC. The Medical Center is supported by respected research-based medical, graduate and nursing schools. Home to the regions’ only Level I trauma center, the state’s most comprehensive neonatal intensive care unit, the Transplant Center, and the state’s only NCI-designated Cancer Center, MUSC serves as the principal referral center for physicians and patients of the region.  

MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 850 residents and has nearly 25,000 care team members inclusive of the 14 hospital ~2500 bed system, including approximately 1,500…