Traumatic Brain Injury Physician - Concussion

The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) seeks a full-time academic physiatrist.  Applicants must be Board certified/eligible in physical medicine and rehabilitation with experience in concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI).  Appointment rank and tenure will be at a level consistent with the applicant’s accomplishments. The department offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and education and travel funds  The department offers a competitive salary, start-up/ transition research support, excellent benefits, and education and travel funds.  The successful candidate is immediately eligible to participate in the department’s faculty incentive program focusing on scholarly and teaching activities. Applicants having completed a brain injury medicine fellowship are preferred.  The review of applications will begin after February 1, 2021 and will continue until the position filled.

The UAB Department of PM&R has a recognized program in TBI research that warrants expansion given the number of trauma cases seen at this Level 1 Trauma Center and the impact of TBI on the lives of our patients.  Funding sources for TBI research activities in our department have included NIH, CDC, NIDILRR, and DOD.  The UAB TBI Model System program has been continuously funded since 1998, with one of the largest enrollments of TBI cases of any center.  We offer excellent opportunities to form interdisciplinary research collaborations with basic and clinician scientists.

UAB is a nationally recognized medical center with six health-related schools, a comprehensive liberal arts college, school of business and engineering, and a graduate school and is Alabama’s largest employer.    Based upon an intensely collaborative and interdisciplinary culture, UAB’s robust research enterprise receives more than $450 million annual in external funding.  UAB is also a large contributor to the economic strength of the region, with a statewide economic impact exceeding $5 billion annually

UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of ethnicity, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation.  UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disability and veterans.  A pre-employment background investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment. In addition, physicians and other clinical faculty candidates who will be employed by the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (UAHSF) or other UAB Medicine entities, must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen to be hired. 

Interested candidates should submit their application via PeopleAdmin using the following link.

https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/8352

For further inquiries, please contact:

Stephanie Agro Walters, HR Generalist in PM&R (stephaniewalters@uabmc.edu, 205-975-8298)