Posted Aug21, 2007

Clinical pathology and transfusion medicine

The Division of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Children's National Medical Center, (CNMC), and the Department of Pediatrics and Pathology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences has an immediate opening for an accomplished board certified or eligible pathologist with specific interest in clinical pathology and transfusion medicine. The chosen candidate will participate in innovative, diagnostic test development with an emphasis on the specialized testing needed for our expanding hospital services. The successful candidate should have excellent diagnostic abilities in laboratory and transfusion medicine, strong administrative and communication skills and a commitment to teaching and scholarly activities. Collaboration with clinicians and scientists within the Children's Research Institute, our NIH funded GCRC and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at George Washington University is expected.

The Division of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology serves CNMC's expanding hospital, regional outpatient sites and several ancillary pediatric practices. We perform over 900,000 tests annually. Our focus areas are in point of care testing, transfusion medicine, molecular diagnostics and tandem mass spectrometry. An active teaching program includes residents/fellows for pediatric laboratory medicine training from George Washington University School of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Howard University School of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and the hematopathology program of the NCI.

Academic appointment at the level of assistant or associate professor, nontenure track, is envisioned, depending on the qualifications, experience and scholarly accomplishes of the candidate.

Candidates should send a curriculum vitae and the names, addresses, and emails of 3 individuals who can provide letters of reference to: Naomi L. C. Luban, MD, Chief, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20010. Email: nluban@cnmc.org or Fax: 202-884-2007.