Wallace and Mona Wu Chair in Biomedical Ethics
Department of Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Start date: July 1, 2008.
Description of institution: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, one of the nation’s preeminent academic medical centers, is an integrated health care system that operates 1,187 acute care, rehabilitation, and long-term care beds in addition to providing community health services. Its primary service area is a region comprised of twenty-six counties in North Carolina and southwest Virginia. The Medical Center’s component institutions include Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wake Forest University Physicians, and North Carolina Baptist Hospital. This partnership carries out a joint mission of patient care, education, research, and community service. The medical school has 847 medical and science faculty members and 513 adjunct and clinical faculty in the community. More information can be found at http://www1.wfubmc.edu/school.
Description of position: The Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, seeks applications for the Wallace and Mona Wu Chair in Biomedical Ethics, an endowed professorship at the rank of associate or full professor. The successful candidate will be expected to devote substantial time to scholarly work in clinical ethics, including publication and independent and collaborative research; on teaching, mentoring, and curriculum development for medical students, residents, postdoctoral fellows, and others in clinical ethics; and on collaboration with Internal Medicine faculty and WFU’s Program in Bioethics, Health, and Society on research, teaching, service, and outreach relating to clinical biomedical ethics. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
WFUSM is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and applications by women and underrepresented minorities are encouraged.
Requirements: Candidates for this position should have an MD or PhD degree or equivalent, demonstrated excellence in medical education, and a distinguished scholarly record in academic biomedical ethics.
Review of applications begins: December 19, 2007. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Contact information: Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names of five professional references to Amy L. Nuttall, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Administration, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1052, tel. 336-716-2715, fax 336-716-2273, email anuttall@wfubmc.edu. Inquiries about the position may be directed to Dr. Catherine Messick Jones, Section Head, General Internal Medicine, at cmjones@wfubmc.edu, or to Nancy M.P. King, Director, Program in Bioethics, Health, and Society, at nmpking@wfubmc.edu.