Pediatric Clinical Geneticist

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The

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Human Genetics

is seeking an ABMGG eligible/certified

MD or MD/PhD clinical geneticist

for an exciting clinical and scholarly position; interest and experience in inherited metabolic disorders is preferred. The candidate will be expected to have primarily clinical and teaching responsibilities; appointment and compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications. The successful applicant will join a well-established, innovative, busy and growing program. There is excellent departmental and institutional support and mentoring for individual and collaborative scholarly activities. The Division of Human Genetics provides comprehensive clinical genetics services to the entire institution in pediatrics and adult medicine, and collaborates with other genetics services of the institution including cancer genetics and prenatal genetics providers. Full service clinical biochemical genetics and cytogenetics labs are on-site as part of the institution, as is a clinical diagnostic and translational genomics laboratory.

The new faculty member will also have an appointment in the Interdepartmental Program in Personalized and Genomic Medicine in the School of Medicine.

The University of Maryland has graduate programs in Epidemiology and Human Genetics, and Genomic Medicine as well as an accredited Genetic Counseling training program.

The University of Maryland Medical Center is a major academic tertiary care center serving Baltimore, the State of Maryland, and the mid-Atlantic region. As the oldest public medical school in the United States, the University of Maryland School of Medicine has an established tradition of outstanding clinical care, education, and research. The Department of Pediatrics is deeply committed to promoting children’s health in the community and across the State, while supporting innovative clinical programs and expanding research initiatives.

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The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is the heart of the University of Maryland Medical System's downtown campus. The hospital provides comprehensive care for the West Baltimore community and tertiary care for Maryland and the surrounding area. The hospital has more intensive care beds than any other hospital in Maryland.

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University of Maryland Medical System.
Phone : (443) 462-5236
Website : http://www.umms.org/