Employment Opportunities

• The Great Plains Diabetes Institute and two of its Centers for Innovation – the KU Diabetes Center and the Cray Diabetes Self-Management Center, based on the campus of the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas – are pleased to announce a faculty position in Endocrinology effective fiscal year 2009 (to be filled between August 2008 and June 2009).
  
  Twenty-five percent effort will be directed toward direct patient care, to include diabetes outpatient clinic and rotations within the KU Hospital supervising residents, students, and fellows in the consultative management of diabetes and endocrine disorders. Limited formal teaching to first- and second-year medical students and students in allied health will be required. Seventy-five percent effort for the first three years will be allotted to establishing a research program in diabetes. The candidate is expected to achieve regional and national leadership in diabetes by implementing and evaluating new treatments in diabetes or methods of delivering health care to people with diabetes.
  
  Candidates must possess an M.D. or D.O. with board eligibility or certification in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism and have undertaken at least 3 years of post-doctoral fellowship with clinical and research emphasis on diabetes, obesity, islet cell biology, and/or insulin action and including at least one year of research training in diabetes or diabetes-related health care delivery or outcomes research. The ability to compete for external funding in clinical research related to diabetes, with special emphasis on health care delivery, outcomes, or patient or professional education is expected.
  
  The Great Plains Diabetes Institute represents a collaboration of regional institutions that includes Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and St. Luke’s Hospital. The University of Kansas Medical Center has made a major commitment to excellence in the form of a 10-year plan (http://www.kumc.edu/evc/TheTimeIsNow.pdf) that includes of commitment of $45 million to diabetes. This includes the hiring of 30 new faculty members (20 in diabetes and 10 in obesity) and a significant expansion of research facilities. Among the faculty to be hired are eminent scholars in islet biology and health care delivery/outcomes research.
  
  The KU Diabetes Center has a strong history of research in diabetes and its complications (http://alliedhealth.kumc.edu/documents/research/from_benchandbeyond/unlocking_diabetes.pdf) and has the goal of becoming an NIDDK-designated Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC) within ten years. It has strong ties with KU-Lawrence and its School of Pharmacy, which ranks number four in the nation in NIH funding and with the Office of Therapeutics, Discovery and Development (OTDD) located on the Kansas City campus.
  
  The Cray Diabetes Self-Management Center is a fully endowed diabetes center located within KU Hospital. It is embarking on several projects that will provide innovative health care delivery and support of primary care personnel throughout the state of Kansas, as well as lead efforts in clinical research in diabetes. It currently is providing leadership for a regional one-stop, cradle-to-grave diabetes clinic that will represent collaboration among the leading health care delivery institutions in the region.
  
  The above takes place within an ambitious initiative for Kansas City and the region, under the leadership of the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, to bring Kansas City to the forefront of bioscience endeavors (see http://www.gkccf.org/leadership.aspx?ekfrm=250&menu_id=74). Within this initiative is envisioned a strong focus on translational research, a major priority for the Great Plains Diabetes Institute.
  
  The position we seek to fill represents a unique opportunity to become part of an exciting initiative in its early stages and to play a major role in its formation. For further information about the position and the above initiatives, please contact:
  
  Dr. David C. Robbins, M.D.
  Professor of Medicine
  Director, Great Plains Diabetes Institute
  University of Kansas School of Medicine
  Kansas City, KS 66160
  913-588-0277 (office)
  

• Single practicing physician (Endocrinologist) looking for associate doctor – full time – in Beverly Hills, California Office. Large practice. Salary is commensurate with time of postgraduate training. Please fax bios to: (310) 652-2269 For information: Please call (310) 657-1780

• San Antonio Texas. We are seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Endocrinologist doctor to work in an eight-physician Endocrine group at the Texas Diabetes Institute (TDI). The TDI is a 153,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility devoted to the care of patients with diabetes and includes all medical and surgical subspecialties devoted to the comprehensive care of the diabetes patient. The Endocrine physicians must be capable of interacting with a large Diabetes/Endocrine group at the University of Texas Health Science Center including 7 other Endocrine physicians. The physician will have a faculty appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the UTHSCSA. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. The UTHSCSA offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package. All faculty appointments are designated as security sensitive positions. Interested candidates should contact Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, Deputy Director at TDI, Professor of Medicine, and Chief of the Diabetes Division, UTHSCSA (210-567-6691), and email a copy of their CV to Albarado@uthscsa.edu.