Faculty - Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine

Open Rank Faculty - Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine

Hiring Department
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Pathology

Location
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Chicago, IL USA

Requisition : 1042767

Posting Close Date
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For fullest consideration, please submit a curriculum vitae and names of three references by November 9, 2026.

Salary
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The budgeted salary range for the position is $210,000 to $350,000. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity.

UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities.

UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

The Department of Pathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine is seeking a full-time academic Transfusion Medicine physician to join our exceptional faculty and serve as Assistant Director of the Transfusion Medicine service. This is an open-rank faculty position. Rank and tenure will be commensurate with the candidate's experience, qualifications, and funding. The Department of Pathology includes the divisions of Anatomic Pathology, Transdisciplinary Pathology, Research, and Clinical Pathology which includes Clinical Chemistry, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, Hematopathology, HLA, Clinical Microbiology, and Molecular Diagnostics clinical laboratories.

Faculty expertise supports strong clinical programs at UI Health in solid organ and bone marrow transplant, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology and more, including the largest Sickle Cell Center in the Midwest which serves over 700 patients. Opportunities exist to participate and collaborate on clinical research. The Department hosts an ACGME accredited Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency program and an ACGME accredited Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine fellowship program.

The UI Health Transfusion Service is operated through a partnership with Vitalant, one of the U.S.'s largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations. The Transfusion Service includes the UI Hospital Blood Bank, which transfuses approximately 25,000 blood components annually and the Hemapheresis service, which performs about 1800 therapeutic apheresis procedures each year. The UIC Department of Pathology is among the country's fastest-growing academic departments and is structured to provide a unique environment to foster the development of academic careers.

UIC is one of the country's largest and most diverse medical schools and ranks among the top colleges of medicine in the growth of extramural grant funding.…