Description

The Loyola University Health System (LUHS) and the Loyola University Chicago (LUC) Stritch School of Medicine are offering a full-time faculty position on the clinical educator track (CET) for a Board Certified or Board Eligible Neuro-Ophthalmologist who is fellowship trained in Neuro Ophthalmology. The candidate must be licensed in Illinois by start date.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong interest and prior commitment to clinical and/or basic science research. Candidates should also have a history of outstanding clinical care and a strong academic commitment to the clinical training of residents and medical students. Salary and academic rank will be commensurate with training and experience.

Currently, the Department of Ophthalmology manages over 65,000 patient visits per year on the Loyola (Maywood and 4 other satellite offices) and neighboring Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital sites. The Department of Ophthalmology has 8 full-time research scientists. A dedicated team including the Program Director (PD), the Vice Chair of Education and the Chief Resident manages the integrated residency training program with four residents per year. The main Loyola research facility is a 225K square foot Center for Translational Research and Education (CTRE), which opened in 2015 and houses the clinical Research Office (CRO) and research administration facilities.

Loyola Residency Program

The Loyola residency program is located I Maywood, Illinois just west of Chicago with 5 other residency training programs with a total of 66 residents and a supportive, collegial and collaborative educational commitment by all the programs. Our clinically strong program has 12 residents, no fellows and a dedicated Hines VA hospital where residents manage about 30,000 patients visits per year. They are surgically well trained and last year average surgical volumes included: 343 cataracts, 62 strabismus procedures, 120 intravitreal injections, and 64 plastics procedures. We also have a strong international mission program that started in 1964 with residents traveling with faculty to Guatemala for 1 week. This program has been disrupted with the COVID Pandemic. Finally, we have a structured resident research program, and most residents apply for and receive funding from the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness (ISPB) and present their work at ARVO as well as other local and subspecialty national meetings.

Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC)

Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from more than 1,500 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. Loyola is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, a certified comprehensive stroke center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Established in 1961, Gottlieb is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park with the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research Facility at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center. MacNeal is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services, acute rehabilitation, an inpatient skilled nursing facility and a 68-bed behavioral health program and community clinics.

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This opportunity offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including:

• Competitive starting compensation between $159,000 – $985,945
• Salary Based on Academic Rank and Experience
• Excellent Benefits: https://www.trinity-health.org/sites/default/files/my-benefits/Health-and-Wellbeing/Compliance/Illinois-Transparency-Law/Trinity-Health-Summary-of-Benefits-Illinois-Job-Req-Discloser-Law.pdf
• Paid Time Off Days
• Paid malpractice, including post-employment tail coverage
• Relocation Expense Reimbursement (in accordance with IRS guidelines)
• CME Days and Allowance
• Additional Benefits from LUC or VA (if applicable)

Interested candidates should email a cover letter and a CV to Gwen Grodek, Physician Recruitment Office, at LOY-PhysicianRecruit@lumc.edu as well as apply online at www.careers.luc.edu.

www.LoyolaMedicine.org

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion (except where religion is a bona fide occupational qualification for the job), national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.