Company: Loyola
University – Based in the western suburbs
of Chicago, Loyola University Health System is a
quaternary care system with a 61 acre main medical
center campus and 14 primary and specialty care facilities
in Cook, Will and DuPage counties. The medical center
campus is conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles
west of the Chicago Loop and 8 miles east of Oak
Brook, Ill.
Description:
Seeking two transplant pulmonologist to join
our group
The Department of Medicine at Loyola University
Chicago (LUC) Stritch School of Medicine is seeking
two Lung Transplant Pulmonologists to join three other
transplant pulmonologists in the Division of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine. The candidates will have
the opportunity to participate in a very busy lung
transplant program as well as collaborate with faculty
in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Board-certification
in Internal Medicine and board-certification or eligibility
in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine are
required. The successful candidate must have experience
in the management of lung transplant patients. Proven
abilities in administration, teaching and interventional
pulmonology are desired. Credentials and experience
should be consistent with an academic appointment at
the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Medicine.
Loyola
University Health System includes the 570 bed Loyola
University Hospital and an affiliation with the Hines
VA Medical Center. The Lung Transplant Program has
performed over 560 transplants and is currently following
over 250 patients. It is the largest and only program
in Illinois accredited by CMS. There is active research
in immunosuppression and chronic rejection with additional
opportunities for clinical trials and intramural collaborative
projects. Transplant pulmonologists are involved in
pre-transplant evaluations, the peri-operative period
and comprehensive outpatient care.
www.LoyolaMedicine.org
www.meddean.luc.edu/depts/medicine
Loyola is an equal opportunity and affirmative
action employer/educator and is committed to a drug
free and smoke free workplace.
For additional information
and consideration for this opportunity to join a rapidly
expanding academic program with a vision for excellence,
please send inquiries and curriculum vitae to:
Charles
G. Alex, MD, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director,
Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Programs, Division of
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, LUC Stritch School
of Medicine, 2160 South First Avenue Maywood, IL 60153,
F(708)216-6839,
calex@lumc.edu
or Holly Nandan, Director of Physician Recruitment,
hnandan@lumc.edu
