Medical Director, Kidney Transplant Program - Clinician Educator

Location: Philadelphia, PA | Open Date: Oct 21, 2026 | Deadline: Oct 21, 2028 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

About the role

The Division of Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension in the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Associate or Full Professor position in the non‑tenure clinician educator track. The role requires expertise in clinical, regulatory, and administrative leadership of an adult kidney transplant program. The selected candidate will serve as Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program, overseeing clinical, operational, and regulatory responsibilities in partnership with the Surgical Director and Penn Transplant Institute leadership. The Division comprises over 50 faculty with ACGME‑accredited general nephrology and transplant nephrology fellowships, providing care across general nephrology, dialysis, transplant nephrology, and specialty areas including glomerular disease, rare and inherited kidney disease, polycystic kidney disease, onconephrology, neuroendocrine tumors, and hypertension. Penn performed the region’s first kidney transplant in 1966 and the Penn Transplant Institute is the largest transplant center in the region.

Responsibilities

• Clinical: Evaluation and management of kidney and kidney‑pancreas transplant candidates and recipients, as well as living kidney donor candidates, in the outpatient setting; attending on the inpatient kidney transplant service.
• Teaching: Instruction and supervision of nephrology and transplant nephrology fellows, internal medicine residents, and medical students on the inpatient transplant service, consult service, and outpatient transplant clinics.
• Research and scholarship: Leading clinical, translational, or health services research and scholarly activities related to kidney transplantation; sustained academic scholarship through collaborative research, peer‑reviewed publications, and other academic contributions consistent with the Clinician Educator track.
• Administrative and leadership (Medical Director): Stewardship of waitlist management, selection committee processes, quality and performance improvement, and compliance with OPTN/UNOS, CMS, and SRTR requirements; serving as internal and external spokesperson for the program; participating in all transplant‑related clinical and administrative meetings; partnering with the Surgical Director and Penn Transplant Institute leadership to advance patient safety, access to transplant, organ utilization, and program growth.
• Experience working with advanced practice providers, transplant coordinators, and trainees.

Requirements

• M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
• Board certification in Nephrology.
• Meet OPTN/UNOS criteria to serve as a primary kidney transplant physician.
• Experience working with advanced practice providers, transplant coordinators, and trainees.

Qualifications

• Experienced transplant nephrologist with strong leadership skills.
• Commitment to patient‑centered care, equitable access to transplantation, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Demonstrated sustained academic scholarship and contributions to the field of kidney transplantation through scholarly publications, research, and other academic activities consistent with the expectations of the Clinician Educator track.

Skills

• Clinical, regulatory, and administrative leadership of an adult kidney transplant program.
• Waitlist management and selection committee processes.
• Quality and performance improvement in transplant programs.
• Compliance with OPTN/UNOS, CMS, and SRTR requirements.
• Internal and external program representation and spokesperson duties.
• Multidisciplinary collaboration across clinical, surgical, and administrative teams.