Description

The Lifespan Physician Group and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals in Providence, RI is recruiting a Transfusion Medicine Physician to join the blood bank and transfusion medicine service. As an academic non-profit medical institution, the successful applicant will also receive an appointment at Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher.

The applicant should possess an MD, DO, or MBBS with board certification (or board eligibility) from the American Board of Pathology in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, and meet all state licensure and other requirements necessary for the practice of medicine in Rhode Island. Experience in coagulation and subspecialty training in Molecular Diagnostics, Hematopathology, or AP subspecialties is also desirable but not required.

The blood bank laboratory is accredited by the AABB, CAP and the FDA. With a nascent cellular therapy service, the blood bank also aims for future accreditation with the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy. The service transfuses greater than 20,000 component products per year. The apheresis service performs approximately 350 procedures per year including red cell/plasma exchanges, and CD34+ stem cell collections for autologous transplant. As additional cellular therapy services such as allogeneic stem cell and CAR-T/CAR-NK transplants will be added to the future list of services experience in this field is highly desirable.

The applicant will report to the current Blood Bank Medical Director and share clinical service coverage at the Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals, as well as consultative coverage at Newport Hospital. The incumbents will be expected to participate in an independent or collaborative research program in the general areas of surgical pathology or the subspecialty. The applicant will be expected to participate in educational duties including didactics and service-related teaching for pathology and laboratory medicine residents, as well as inter-departmental teaching of Brown medical students.

 As EEO/AA employers The Lifespan Physician Group, Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Brown University provide equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation based upon a person’s race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Brown University policies include equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination based on caste

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a candidate is hired or the search is closed. Please apply through Interfolio System at http://apply.interfolio.com/136579    

If you have any problems with the Interfolio system, you may contact Lissi Marte (401-606-4467), or Lissi.Marte@Lifespan.org.