Clinical or Tenure Assistant/Associate Professor, Large Animal Surgery

About the role

The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine (PVM), Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS), invites applications for a full-time (12 month) Tenure-track or Clinical-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in Large Animal Surgery. PVM is highly supportive of individual faculty career growth and development. A formal faculty mentoring program is in place. The Purdue University Veterinary Hospital recently completed a major expansion project. The new David and Bonnie Brunner Purdue Veterinary Medical Hospital Complex includes: 1) The David and Bonnie Brunner Equine Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility covering over 73,000 square feet, including an outpatient center, intensive care unit, advanced imaging (standing CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and radiology), surgical and theriogenology facilities; and 2) The David and Bonnie Brunner Farm Animal Hospital, a 24,000-square-foot building offering comprehensive farm animal medical and surgical care. The new complex provides state-of-the-art teaching facilities dedicated to educating the next generation of veterinary professionals, enabling faculty to provide top quality compassionate animal health care, and serve as a catalyst for interdisciplinary clinical research.

Responsibilities

• Caring for all large animal species with a predominant focus on large animal surgery.
• Participate in the discovery, learning and engagement missions of the PVM and VCS department.
• Discovery: collaborate on clinical research projects; tenure track faculty expected to develop an independent research program; research can complement current faculty interests or be tailored to candidate’s background; collaborative opportunities with Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health and Human Science, College of Agriculture, etc.
• Learning: provide excellent clinical, didactic and laboratory instruction to veterinary students, veterinary nursing students, house officers, and graduate students.
• Service and Engagement: participate in committee work, professional organizations, delivery of continuing education, and other applicable activities.
• Clinical Service: provide clinical service to patients of the Purdue Veterinary Hospital (typical time commitment: 30‑50% Tenure Track and 60‑70% Clinical Track); instruct veterinary students, veterinary nursing students, and house officers; build strong relationships with referring veterinarians.
• Participate in a shared on‑call emergency service with other faculty.

Qualifications

• DVM or equivalent degree.
• Completion of a residency program registered by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS), or board certification by the ACVS.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and teaching skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, house officers, and clientele.