Anatomic Pathologist

Anatomic Pathologist
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (USA).

The Department of Pathology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SFVAHCS) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are seeking outstanding candidates for a full-time position at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs HealthCare System with clinical service, research, and teaching responsibilities primarily in surgical pathology, cytopathology and autopsy service. This position will hold a faculty appointment at UCSF at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level in the HS Clinical or Clinical X series.

Candidates must have an MD (or equivalent) degree, be licensed to practice in California (or another state) and be Board Certified (or eligible at time of hire) in Anatomic Pathology or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Candidates who have successfully completed (at time of hire) fellowship training in Surgical Pathology or one or more years of independent general surgical pathology signout are preferred. Additional subspecialty fellowship training (Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Pathology, Cytopathology, other) and interest/experience in Digital Pathology, Molecular Pathology, and/or Laboratory Informatics is also preferred. Candidates must have demonstrated research publications, teaching experience, and excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills. Applicants’ materials must list current and/or pending qualifications upon submission.

Clinical duties will include sign-out responsibilities in cytopathology, surgical pathology, autopsy, frozen sections, inpatient and outpatient fine needle aspiration biopsy performance, rapid on-site adequacy assessments, night and weekend call, presentation at tumor boards/interdepartmental conferences, and committees as assigned. Participation in trainee teaching, research, and quality improvement activities (including development, review, and revision of standard operating procedures and compliance with accreditation standards) is expected. Championing/leading and participating in LIS system modernization and Digital Pathology as opportunities become available are also expected.

Appointment and salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and training.

For positions that are 51% effort or more:

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. Table 5. The minimum base salary range for this position is $121,900 - $405,900.

For positions that are 50% effort or less:

Table 2. The reasonable estimate for this position is $93,700 - $246,000.

See the Veterans Affair’s website for salary information:

See Pay Tables Veterans Affairs salary range for this position is: $225,000 - $400,000.

The San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center may offer recruitment/relocation incentive up to $30,000 for eligible and qualifying applicants.

The full-time position at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center offers the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) for eligible applicants. For more information about the EDRP,

• Candidates must have an MD (or equivalent) degree, be licensed to practice in California (or another state) and be Board Certified (or eligible) in Anatomic Pathology or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
• Applicants’ materials must list current and/or pending qualifications upon submission.