Overview In this role, you will lead the Microbiology Section within the Laboratory Medicine Service at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. You will work within a UCSF-affiliated environment to ensure high-quality diagnostic microbiology services, including advanced molecular testing, while advancing teaching and scholarly activity. You will collaborate with Infectious Diseases and Infection Control to support patient care and hospital-wide microbiology operations. This is an academic position with opportunities to balance clinical leadership, teaching, and translational research.
Compensation / Benefits- Salary $200K-$400K per year
- fully VA funded
- academic appointment opportunities
- teaching and scholarly activity
- affiliation with UCSF
- clinical leadership role
Responsibilities- Manage daily operations of the Microbiology Section at VAHCS
- Collaborate with Infectious Diseases and Infection Control teams
- Provide diagnostic microbiology services including advanced molecular testing
- Oversee clinical service quality, teaching, and academic activities
- Support teaching of residents, fellows, and medical students
- Participate in clinical, translational, or basic research as applicable
- Hold an academic appointment at UCSF (Assistant/Associate Professor or In Residence)
Key requirements- MD or MD/Ph.D. degrees
- California medical license or eligibility
- Board certification in CP, AP/CP, or ABIM-ID
- Subspecialty board certification/eligibility and/or experience in Medical Microbiology preferred
- Interest in molecular diagnostics and/or clinical laboratory management desired
- Physician-scientist with interest in research encouraged
- Ability to meet all qualifications at time of appointment
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching preferred
- leadership and people management
- collaboration across departments
- strong teaching and mentorship
- clinical microbiology
- molecular diagnostics
- clinical laboratory management
