Open Rank Specialized or TT Professor in Small Animal Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care – 1025281-6689

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ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY CLINICAL MEDICINE

Open Rank Specialized or TT Professor in Small Animal Veterinary
Emergency & Critical Care

100% appointment (12-month basis)

Requirements: The successful candidate must have a DVM degree (or
equivalent) and have achieved ACVECC/ECVECC board-certification or have
completed residency training and have credentials accepted by
ACVECC/ECVECC by the start date of the position. Preference will be
given to candidates with ACVECC/ECVECC certification, advanced
degree(s), previous leadership positions, and a track record in
scholarship.

Duties: The successful candidate will be expected to provide
clinical services in veterinary small animal emergency and critical care
(SAECC), contribute to clinical instruction of residents, interns and
veterinary students, and communicate effectively with clients, referring
veterinarians and other members of the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Teaching responsibilities will also include didactic, small group and
laboratory instruction of veterinary and graduate students. The
successful applicant will be expected to participate in clinically
relevant or basic research projects.

The University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital is a full-time
facility with rapidly growing emergency and critical care services. The
SAECC service is looking for an additional faculty member to join our
four small animal criticalists. The SAECC service has 3 full time ER
instructors, 25 full-time certified veterinary technicians, 5 ACVECC
residents in training (three of whom start July 2024), 1 SAECC intern,
and 11 rotating interns. The SAECC service has a NOVA stat CC express, a
Maquet Servo ventilator, 2 high flow nasal oxygen systems, in-house
blood bank, and access to advanced coagulation technology (VCM, TEG,
thrombinoscope, platelet aggregation). The SAECC service is also
launching a new extracorporeal therapy program. A Vivid IQ ultrasound
unit is available for echo-hemodynamic assessments, equipped with two
phased array probes, one microconvex probe, a linear probe, Doppler (CW,
PW, color) and tissue Doppler technologies.

Our SAECC service recently moved into a newly renovated facility in
which the ER and ICU have direct line of sight to optimize patient care
along with a new rounds room with advanced technology for clinical
teaching. This facility complements the establishment of an intermediate
care ward recently introduced in the newly remodeled small animal
surgical and anesthesia suites. In addition, on-site services within the
Veterinary Teaching Hospital include cardiology, ophthalmology,
dentistry, medical and radiation oncology, neurology, diagnostic imaging
(including CT, and 3T-MRI), internal medicine, surgery (soft-tissue,
oncologic and orthopedic), clinical pathology and diagnostic pathology.
A new multi-million dollar cancer treatment and research center is in
development.

Percent time dedicated to teaching, scholarly activities, and clinical
service will be based on the successful candidates appointment.

Professional opportunities: The University of Illinois has a
tradition of excellence as a Land Grant University and a Tier One
Research University. The College of Veterinary Medicine is lauded for
our unique clinically integrated professional veterinary curriculum and
is supported by innovators in teaching, learning, course design,
continuing education, and medical illustration. The College is also
focused on advancing clinical, applied and translational research
efforts across the college and university by developing quality
relationships with world-class scientists and investigators. With these
resources, the motivated candidate will find significant opportun ty and
support to craft a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Our faculty and staff provide broad public engagement through operation
of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, a regional primary and referral
care center for the delivery of state-of-the art veterinary medical
services. The Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine features modern
research and animal care facilities and is planning an exciting,
large-scale expansion of our surgical corridor and intensive care unit.
Our faculty conduct discovery and provide instruction and service
relevant to companion animals, horse, food and fiber animals, exotic,
wildlife and zoological species. We are dedicated not only to animal
health and welfare, but also to the improved understanding of the
human-animal bond, food production systems and ecosystem health. The
University of Illinois is a premier public research university and is
gaining recognition for its uniquely multidisciplinary and highly
collaborative research environment.

In 2023 Forbes ranked the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as #9
among all US public colleges, on the basis of return on investment,
student success, student debt, and alumni leadership and influence. Only
one other campus featuring a veterinary college ranked above Illinois.

Personal opportunities: Urbana-Champaign offers the residential
advantages of