FLSA: Salaried

Payscale Salary Range: UNIV-Band 0: Commensurate with experience.

Job Summary: The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina is seeking an academically-oriented Renal Pathologist with expertise in medical renal and renal transplant. For 25 years MUSC has served as the only solid organ transplant center in South Carolina. It has received the designation of Blue Distinction® Center for Transplant in Adult Kidney Cadaveric, Adult Kidney Living, Pediatric Heart, Pediatric Kidney and Pediatric Liver.

This faculty member will be one of two renal pathologists overseeing the renal service, which includes on-site biopsy assessment as well as medical kidney and transplant kidney diagnostic services.  The faculty member should also be proficient in immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. Ability to sign out heart biopsies (native and transplant) and skin immunofluorescence is strongly desired. The preferred candidate will have the ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will be expected to contribute to the educational, scholarly and research activities of the department. This individual will instruct medical students, participate in the training of pathology residents as well as fellows. This will include renal pathology didactic lectures and multiple monthly renal pathology conferences. The relative percent effort for research, teaching, administrative duties, and patient care responsibilities will be tailored to the successful applicant’s experience and career goals. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Required Qualifications

M.D. or equivalent degree with specialty training and certification by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and/or Clinical Pathology, and eligible for medical licensure in South Carolina. Fellowship training in renal pathology is desirable, but not required.  

Environment

MUSC Medical Center is a 750 bed tertiary and quaternary academic medical center consisting of MUSC University Hospital Authority; Ashley River Tower, a cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and cancer specialty hospital; the Institute of Psychiatry; the Storm Eye Institute; and The Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital and Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion located in Charleston SC. The Medical Center is supported by respected research-based medical and nursing schools, which deliver both routine inpatient care and highly specialized medical treatment and surgical procedures. Home to the regions only Level I trauma center, the state’s most comprehensive neonatal intensive care unit, the Transplant Center, and the state’s only NCI-designated Cancer Center, MUSC serves as the principal referral center for physicians and patients of the region.  MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and residents, and has nearly 13,000 employees, including approximately 1,500 faculty members. 

Interested candidates should submit their curriculum vitae, a cover letter detailing experience and current and future interests, and the names and addresses of three individuals who could provide letters of recommendation to:  Ms. Michelle Barton bartonm@musc.edu