The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, School of Dental Medicine welcomes applications from exceptional candidates at the level of Clinical Teaching (C/T) track or tenure position (open rank) to expand its clinical and didactic teaching in the Department of Orthodontics. This position will also engage in research support and engagement at the pre- and post-doctoral level. The successful candidate will be an outstanding orthodontics clinician-educator with interest in, and commitment to clinical care, teaching, and scholarship. This is a full-time faculty position offering. Initial rank is based upon knowledge, achievement, and experience, and with the opportunity for academic promotion based upon demonstrated, ongoing excellence in education, research, clinical care, and community service.
This position is located at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus. The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a public education, clinical and research facility serving 4,500 students, and a world-class medical destination at the forefront of life-changing science, medicine, and healthcare. CU Anschutz offers more than 42 highly rated degree programs through 6 schools and colleges and receives over $500 million in research awards each year. We are the single largest health professions education provider in Colorado, awarding nearly 1,450 degrees annually. Powered by our award-winning faculty, renowned researchers and a reputation for academic excellence, the CU Anschutz Medical Campus drives innovation from the classroom to the laboratory to the delivery of unparalleled patient care. Read CU Anschutz Quick Facts here.
Key Responsibilities:
The duties for this faculty position include teaching, research, and clinical service duties. Direct mentoring of students is an expectation of this position. The overall distribution of such activities and allocation of responsibilities is determined by the Orthodontics Department Chair based on specialty, student and clinic needs, amongst other appropriate considerations.
Clinical duties may include a combination of clinic coverage (i.e., on-call and patient care, teaching didactic and clinical laboratory courses to orthodontics residents and pre-doctoral dental students; and service as course director for assigned pre-doctoral and resident courses
Teaching activities may include didactic and clinical teaching - as well as clinical supervision.
Research, scholarship and educational activities derive from faculty member’s interests related to the field of dentistry. All faculty participate in academic endeavors, including the educational conferences, research and scholarly activities of the section and the department. Attendance at the meetings and educational events of the section and department is expected.
- This description is a summary only and is describing the general level of work being performed, it is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties of this position may change from time to time and/or based on business need. We reserve the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the supervisor and/or hiring authority.
