Job Description

How to Apply

Academic rank and salary are commensurate with experience and academic credentials. Please address inquiries to Jill Bixler MD, Search Lead, WK Kellogg Eye Center, 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, or at [email protected] and cc: Shannan Saltz, Department Faculty Affairs Office, At [email protected] and Wendy Mrdjenovich at [email protected].

Job Summary

Michigan Medicine's Kellogg Eye Center is dedicated to improving lives around the world by enhancing vision. Located in culturally rich and diverse Ann Arbor, the department has over 100 clinical and research faculty and more than 500 employees in 10 different locations in Southeast Michigan. The department is deliberate in fostering a culture centered around our guiding principles of teamwork, caring, inclusion, innovation, and integrity.

We are seeking to enhance our faculty by adding a pediatric optometrist to join our team of providers at one of our community sites in Pontiac, Michigan in a dynamic and creative academic environment. Proficiency and residency training in pediatric primary eye care is required.  Applicants should be willing to work in more than one office setting, evenings, and/or weekends as needed.

This faculty appointment as a clinician at Michigan Medicine in the University of Michigan Medical School is ideal for those who thrive in seeing challenging cases, fostering interprofessional relationships, and pursuing academic prowess. Opportunities in innovative program development that address the clinical and research needs of our patients and contributions toward teaching are highly valued. 

We welcome applicants to apply who are residency-trained in pediatric primary eye care and Michigan licensed or eligible. This full-time position can be either on the clinical or instructional track depending on individual qualifications and career aspirations. The University of Michigan is a collaborative educational institution and our current faculty partner with leading programs in every discipline from engineering to business to public health.

Required Qualifications*

Successful candidates will have an MD ± PhD degree, or equivalent, in areas as described above. Documentation of scholarly ability and achievement (record of publications in peer-reviewed journals; record of acquisition of external funding for research programs, research plan, collaborative research experience) is expected. Preferred candidates will have a demonstrated interest in graduate and post-doctoral education and possess critical teaching skills.

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Underfill Statement

This position is posted as Clinical Assistant Professor/Clinical Instructor. The rank of the selected candidate will depend upon candidate's qualifications.

Background Screening

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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