The Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), Texas A&M University (TAMU) invites applications for a full-time, 11-month/year, clinical non-tenure track, tenured, or tenure-track faculty position in Food Animal Surgery. This appointment may be at the rank of Clinical Assistant/Associate/Professor or Assistant/Associate/Professor the position is commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience. The anticipated start date is Spring 2024.
The clinical track faculty hire will devote approximately 50-60% effort to clinical service, 10-20% to didactic teaching, 10-20% to scholarly activities, and 10-20% to service.
1. Clinical service: The food animal medicine and surgery (FAMS) service provides routine and emergency care for cattle, sheep, goats, New and Old World camelids, swine (including potbelly pigs), and exotic hoof stock in the hospital. Clinical assignments including a low amount of after-hours emergency duty will be based on clinical needs and is shared by the faculty team (including large animal emergency and critical care clinicians). The robust surgical caseload reflects production animals, show animals, and pets of multiple large animal species. The FAMS service sees both elective and emergency cases on primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. There is an enthusiastic group of large animal surgeons to provide support, input, and assistance on cases. Available diagnostic equipment includes 1m and 3m endoscopes, dynamic endoscopy, ultrasound, and advanced imaging including CT/MRI capabilities. A dedicated food animal surgery suite is supported by highly trained surgical technicians with access to advanced surgical instrumentation. An intensive care unit and isolation facility is available to all clinicians and is fully staffed 24 hours per day and 365 days per year by dedicated technical personnel.
2. Teaching: The faculty member will participate in the clinical training of surgery, medicine, and veterinary practitioner residents, interns, and veterinary students. Teaching responsibilities include instruction of pre-clinical students in an integrated and highly experiential DVM curriculum through collaborative team-taught, lectures, laboratories and small-group learning sessions, clinical instruction of fourth year veterinary students on the FAMS rotation, and participation in a variety of departmental and interdepartmental rounds and seminars. The faculty member should be an effective teacher, and able to work with persons from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. The development of innovative instructional delivery is encouraged and valued.
3. Scholarly activity and service: The faculty member will contribute to collaborative research and scholarly activity that is synergistic with the VMBS’s research mission. For individuals with appropriate interests and expertise, engagement in independent, clinically-oriented research is encouraged. Promotion of departmental camaraderie and a positive workplace through participation in academic service is expected. Faculty members are expected to commit to holding themselves and colleagues accountable to the VMBS code of professional conduct.
The Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences includes over 40 faculty members with diverse backgrounds and scholarly interests. Clinical units at College Station include Equine Internal Medicine, Equine Surgery, Equine Theriogenology, Equine Field Services, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery, Food Animal Field Services and Radiology. The community of Bryan and College Station have a combined approximate population of 270,000 and are an expanding and diverse metropolitan area with a wide variety of cultural and recreational opportunities, excellent schools, and a relatively low cost of living.