General Description

Salary: $145,000 - $160,000 a year

Johns Hopkins University's Research Animal Resources (RAR) has a position available for a veterinarian with a faculty appointment as Assistant or Associate Professor (commensurate with experience) in the Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The RAR large animal medicine and surgery program provides medical, anesthetic, and surgical support and expertise to a variety of animal studies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Supported by laboratory animal medicine (LAM) post-doctoral fellows and a team of veterinary technicians, the successful candidate will:

-       Provide clinical and surgical oversight for large animals including nonhuman primates (macaques, baboons, and marmosets), swine, dogs, cats, and sheep

-       Manage busy operating rooms (OR) with diagnostic capabilities

-       Conduct medical and experimental surgeries (e.g., vasectomy, Caesarean section, splenectomy, liver biopsy, and implantation of vascular access ports)

-       Provide surgical support for experimental studies

-       Provide post-op care and management for large animals

-       Supervise the surgery tech team

-       Perform anesthesia and anesthesia monitoring

-       Mentor LAM post-doctoral fellows in large animal medicine and surgery

-       Participate in regulatory activities, including as a member of the JHU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

-       Train researchers and veterinary/husbandry personnel

-       Conduct clinical and collaborative research

-       Consult with investigators regarding research protocols

-       Work with husbandry personnel regarding proper care of large animals

-       Develop and manage related SOPs and guidelines

Qualifications

• Education: Doctoral degree (D.V.M./V.M.D.) in Veterinary Medicine
• Experience: At least two years related experience
• Licensure: Current license to practice veterinary medicine in at least one state in the United States; current driver's license
• Certification: Either in Veterinary Surgery or Laboratory Animal Medicine
• Others: Excellent oral and written English capabilities; a thorough knowledge of current US regulatory standards; strong teaching skills; ability to work with a diverse group of individuals, including scientists; a demonstrated ability to conduct clinical or collaborative research; a record of great customer service; ability to seek out, build, and maintain positive collaborative relationships with investigators 

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, three professional references, and a letter of application. The position will remain open until a qualified candidate is selected. 

For further information regarding the position, contact:

Jason Villano, DVM, MSc, MS, DACLAM

Attending Veterinarian

Director, Research Animal Resources

Associate Professor, Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology

Johns Hopkins University

720 Rutland Ave, Ross 459

Baltimore, MD 21205

jvillano@jhmi.edu  

Generous benefits include paid holidays and time off, paid continuing education and professional memberships, health, dental, vision, and life insurance, a 403(b) retirement plan with Hopkins contribution, college tuition support for dependent children, and more. See https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/benefits-enrollment/faculty-and-staff/.

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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