Abdominal/Body Imaging Radiology Job In Tyler, Texas
Radiology Chair Opening | UT Health East TX | Tyler, TX- 90 mi from Dallas
UT Health Tyler in Tyler, TX is seeking a Faculty Radiology Chair to join its growing team.
Required Education / Experience:
- Advanced degree, i.e., MD, DO, or Ph.D. is required.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience within academic departmental leadership or related activities strongly preferred
Accompanying Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies:
- Track record of effective leadership, including experience and success in research, education, and clinical administration
- Success in building, expanding and elevating programs with vision and collaborative team spirit.
- Ability to develop and implement new programs.
- Knowledge of creating and managing budgets.
About the Position:
- Schedule: Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm with occasional overtime as needed
- Call is 1:3 weeks. Tele-radiology service is utilized for overnight reads; the Physician will need to over-read reports the following morning. Saturday and Sunday call will consist of 2 to 5 hours to read weekend and overnight studies.
- Outpatient clinic is located at our University Hospital, UT Health North Campus Tyler
- Research is not necessary, but the opportunity is available to clinical faculty
- Teaching responsibilities will include internal medicine and family medicine, residents. The schedule is on average 1-1.5 days a week.
UT Health North Campus Tyler:
- Average 45-50 studies a day per person, a total of 150-180
- 64-slice CT scanner
- 1.5-tesla magnet
- PET/CT
- SPECT NUC med with CT scan, SPECT-CT
- Ultrasound
- Tomosynthesis Mammography
- Molecular breast imaging (MBI)
Recruitment Package may include:
- Base salary + wRVU production incentive
- CME allowance
- Sign-on bonus
- Medical debt assistance + Consultative services by Navigate Student Loans
- Relocation allowance
- Residency Stipend
- Paid malpractice coverage
- Health benefits + Retirement plan
- Marketing + practice growth assistance
-Potential Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
- H-1B support via the H-1B lottery
- O-1
Tyler, ranked #1 of USA Today's "Five Best Cities in Texas" in 2024- is known as the "Rose Capital of America." Centrally located in Northeast TX about halfway between Dallas and Shreveport, Tyler is among the fastest growing regions in Texas and is the largest retail, healthcare, and business center in Upper East Texas. Residents enjoy affordable housing, high performing public and private schools, and no state income tax! Home to The University of Texas at Tyler, the community has many family-fun attractions from botanical gardens to a zoo. The region is also recognized for outdoor recreational offerings, including hiking and biking trails, parks, and an abundance of recreational lakes, including Lake Palestine and Lake Tyler.
The UT Health East Texas
Our purpose is to care for our patients, their families and each other. We do so while educating and developing the caregivers of the future.
- 10 hospitals
- >50 physician clinics
- >300 employed providers
- 13 regional rehabilitation facilities
- two freestanding emergency centers
- regional home health services covering 41 counties
- an EMS fleet of more than 45 ambulances and four helicopters
- a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network, including a Level 1 trauma center.
- Our primary service area has a population over 600,000.
As a partner with the University of Texas System, UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to provide east Texas patients with access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health professionals. Graduate Medical Education is an integral component at UT Health East Texas and includes accredited residency programs in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Psychiatry. An Internal Medicine and General Surgery residency took their first classes summer 2020, with two new programs starting in 2021.
The University of Texas has also approved a medical school in Tyler, and we expect to take our first class in 2023. We encourage you to learn more by visiting our websites at www.uthealtheasttexas.com and www.uthct.edu.
UT Health East Texas offers the opportunity to build a career with a thriving health system. Continued investment in facilities and services, as well as strong physician leadership, make UT Health East Texas an ideal fit for physicians at all stages of their careers. East Texas offers a family friendly lifestyle as well as easy access to major metro areas.