Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine, VA

Clinical Pathologist Position

The Department of Laboratory Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, in concert with VA Connecticut Medical Center, seeks a Clinical Pathologist to serve as the Medical Director for Transfusion Medicine at the VA Connecticut. The selectee must be certified in Clinical Pathology by the American Board of Pathology [ABP], with or without certification in Anatomic Pathology. ABP board-certification or -eligibility in Transfusion Medicine is highly desirable. The position also involves general clinical pathology responsibilities, including especially Microbiology. Board-certification or -eligibility in Medical Microbiology or equivalent is desirable. The position is accompanied by an appointment at Yale School of Medicine at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, depending on qualifications.

Serving veterans in Connecticut and southern New England, the VA Connecticut is a tertiary care facility classified as a Clinical Referral Level I-a Facility and one of the most complex medical centers in the VA system. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs. VA Connecticut has 55,558 unique and a total of 722,892 outpatient visits per year as well as 191 inpatient beds. Its primary site is in West Haven, CT near Yale University's two major campuses in New Haven and in West Haven. It also has a major outpatient facility in Newington, CT and an additional 6 outpatient facilities across the state of Connecticut. VA Connecticut supports the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine residency program at Yale as well as pathology subspecialty fellowships in Transfusion Medicine, Microbiology, and Hematopathology, along with a Pathologist Assistant training program. It is also the home to three national VA reference laboratories: Virology, Mycobacteriology, and Molecular Diagnostics / Pharmacogenetics. It is one of the most active VA medical centers nationally in research, with approximately 500 active research projects, funded with approximately $45 million in grants, and run by 80 Yale principal investigators.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Pre-application inquiries about the position can be addressed to the search committee chairs, Dr. Deepthi Rao and Dr. Harvey Rinder.

The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives. Additionally, in accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual's sex; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions; race; color; national or ethnic origin; religion; age; disability; protected veteran status, or other protected classes as set forth in federal and Connecticut law.

The final candidate, upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment/faculty appointment, may be required to disclose whether they are, or have been, the subject of any disciplinary proceeding (investigation, hearing, etc.) at previous institutions or employers, and may also be subject to a background screening. Candidates who materially misrepresent information on their resume or other application materials are ineligible for hire/appointment. Final candidates may also be required to sign a release to allow Yale to solicit information regarding any substantiated conduct violations from current and/or past employers.