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Instructor- Fellow
US-OR-Portland
Job ID: 2025-33349 Type: Temporary Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Faculty/Provider Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)
Overview
The position reflects a post-graduate amyloidosis fellowship program, in which a physician post-internal medicine or cardiology training will be appointed for a one year. The appointee will be within the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiomyopathy Section, and shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university's missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.
As a member of the Knight Cardiovascular Institute, you will report to the Amyloidosis Fellowship Program Director and the Division Head and be responsible for duties in the areas outlined below:
1. Education: A) Fully participate in post-graduate Cardiac Amyloidosis Fellowship program, obtaining the below skills required to become proficient and competent in the care of patients suffering from amyloid cardiomyopathy, develop a deep understanding of the pathophysiology and literature that inform our treatment, and participate in clinical and/or basic research to help further the communal knowledge of cardiac amyloidosis. In addition, these core competencies, individuals will also learn about, and become expert in, strain echocardiography, 3D echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, myocardial perfusion studies, technetium pyrophosphate imaging, cardiac MRI, and PET-MRI. Fellows are expected to develop a scientific question and, under the guidance of teaching staff and mentors, design a study aimed at answering that question. Formal departmental presentation of their work will be mandatory and it is expected that this will result in presentation at a national meeting and/or publication within a peer reviewed journal. B) OHSU is a teaching facility and you will be expected to participate in teaching medical students and residents in the clinical setting as well as through assigned lectures to be given during the course of the year. You will receive your teaching assignments from the Program Director &/or the Chairman.
2. Clinical: The Program Director will assign your clinical schedule. You will work as an instructor within the department. The clinical schedule will be determined based on the resident/medical student schedules and the specific procedures and assignments taking place therein. A typical schedule for both clinical and educational activities includes clinical rotations such as: Monday Imaging Day (MRI, echo, nuclear), with 2 week rotations in pathology, cath lab (endomyocardial biopsy), bone marrow biopsy, and BMT service/clinic Tuesday Amyloidosis Clinic (cardiology) Wednesday Rotating through subspecialty clinics alternating with research day every other weekThursday Amyloidosis Clinic (Oncology) Friday Multidisciplinary amyloidosis clinic alternating with research day every other week Responsibilities
M.D. or equivalent degree/trainingCompletion of an Internal Medicine Residency and/or cardiology residency/fellowshipAcceptance into the Cardiac Amyloidosis Fellowship ProgramOregon Licensure at time of hireACLS/BLS, DEA Certificate at time of hire Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
