Physician (Pathology) GP-0602-14
About the Position
This position is located at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) is the United States Army's premier medical institution. Located on Fort Sam Houston, BAMC is a 425-bed academic medical center, and is the Department of Defense's largest facility and only Level 1 trauma center. BAMC is also home to the Center for the Intrepid, an outpatient rehabilitation facility. The center is composed of ten separate organizations, including community medical clinics, centered around the Army's largest in-patient hospital. BAMC is staffed by more than 8,000 soldiers, airmen, sailors, civilians, and contractors, providing care to wounded service members and the San Antonio community at large.
Brooke Army Medical Center has a history dating back to 1879 when the first Post Hospital opened as a small medical dispensary located in a single-story wooden building. In 1886, the first permanent hospital was built. In 1908, an 84-bed Station Hospital was constructed on the west side of the post.
Responsibilities
- Provide transfusion medicine services
- Teach Physician residents
- Oversight of blood donations and creating FDA approved blood products
- Expert consultation and consults with clinicians concerning complex pathological diagnoses
- Participate in Quality Improvement activities of the laboratory
- Performs Other Duties as Assigned
Qualifications
- US Citizenship required
Requirements
- Basic Requirement: Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada.
- Licensure: Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
- Residency Training: Applicants must have successfully completed the required accredited residency training in the specialty.