Chair Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery and Associate or Full Professor of Veterinary Medicine

Job Information

• Job
• Location:
  
  Columbia
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-Time

The College of Veterinary Medicine at MU is on a mission to educate and train outstanding clinicians and scientists, generate new knowledge, engage stakeholders, and foster economic growth, all of which promote and protect the health and welfare of animals and people. Our Doctor of Veterinary Medicine professional program boasts a unique curricular structure, which provides nearly two years of hands-on training in the college's general and specialty clinics.

Additionally, the College is a leader in training undergraduate, master's, and PhD students.
Simply put, our mission is to Teach, Heal, Discover, and Serve.

The Chair for the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery is responsible for the academic, administrative, and strategic leadership of the department. This role is pivotal in ensuring the delivery of exceptional education, research, and clinical service.

This position has the opportunity to profoundly impact how the department contributes to the mission of the College of Veterinary Medicine:

• Teach
  :
  Enhance clinical education by providing a robust, well-managed environment for student learning and faculty instruction.
• Heal
  :
  Ensure the delivery of high-quality veterinary care that improves animal health and well‑being.
• Discover
  :
  Support research through clinical trials, external partnerships, and collaboration across the University of Missouri.
• Serve
  :
  Elevate the standard of care for animal patients and strengthen community trust through compassionate service.

The University of Missouri is a leader in Comparative Medicine and Translational Precision Medicine. The University of Missouri features a School of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, and the College of Veterinary Medicine all co-located on the same campus. The university is home to the MU Research Reactor, the highest-power university nuclear research reactor in the United States.

Additionally, MU is home to several major research centers:
The Bond Life Sciences Center, the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, the Next Gen Precision Health Initiative and Center, the National Swine Resource and Research Center, the Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research, both Mutant Mouse and Mutant Rat Resource and Research Centers, as well as numerous other research cores and advanced facilities.

The MU College of Veterinary Medicine traditionally ranks among the top 5 NIH-funded veterinary schools in the United States on the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research rankings. We are home to both a leading Veterinary Health Center as well as a state‑of‑the‑art Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. The college is a leader in veterinary education, featuring a unique "2 and 2" curriculum model where students spend two years in hands‑on clinical rotations prior to graduation from our DVM program.

Our students consistently achieve a NAVLE pass rate that exceeds the national average. Since 2010, our graduates have had a pass rate of 93% or better.

The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery is a large department, with ~320 employees, split evenly between academic and staff appointments. The department serves as the academic home of the Veterinary Health Center with a majority of the faculty providing clinical service within the teaching hospital.

Our faculty are leaders in the field of veterinary education and training. The department contributes to instruction and training across all four years of the professional curriculum, from didactic courses to supervising DVM students on clinical…