Medical Director, Core Laboratory; Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of Tufts Medical Center, Tufts Medicine, is seeking a full-time Medical Director of the Core Laboratory. The Core Laboratory Director’s responsibilities include technical, regulatory, and clinical oversight of various core laboratory disciplines, such as clinical chemistry, point-of-care, laboratory information systems, and routine hematology. Expertise in mass spectrometry is highly desirable.  Specific areas of oversight will be aligned with the candidate’s areas of expertise and interests.

The candidate must have a doctoral degree and subspecialty training in Clinical Chemistry or other core laboratory functions, and appropriate board certification (DABCC or NRCC), while physicians (MD or MD/PhD) should have board certification in Clinical Pathology.

How you’ll transform patient care:  

• You’ll share in providing technical, regulatory, and clinical oversight for the majority of testing available on a 24/7 basis.   The specific areas of responsibility will vary based on candidate expertise, interest and needs of the Department.
• You will work with other laboratory and hospital staff to ensure overall quality in designated areas of responsibility.
• You will participate in didactic and focused teaching of pathology residents, fellows, medical students, and staff.
• You’ll have ample opportunities and support for clinical, translational, and basic science research.
• You’ll quality for an academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine at a rank commensurate with experience.

Who you are:

• Have relevant training, experience, and certification in laboratory medicine.
• For clinical chemists, have completed a Commission on Accreditation in Clinical Chemistry (ComACC) approved fellowship (or equivalent) and be board certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC) or National Register of Certified Chemists (NRCC) or other HHS-approved board.
• For physicians, be board certified in Clinical Pathology, or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and licensed and/or eligible to practice Medicine in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Committed to teaching and clinical service and have excellent communication and managerial/leadership skills.
• A portfolio of clinical research activities and/or funded or transferable research is a plus.
   

Why join our team:

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB), and the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI). The Clinical Laboratories perform approximately two million tests with the Blood Bank supporting close to 15,000 blood transfusions annually. The Anatomic Pathology service accessions approximately twenty thousand (20,000) specimens annually to include a variety of biopsies and large surgical specimens.
We are a collaborative team, always seeking innovative solutions to healthcare problems.  You will have close interactions with clinical colleagues.
 

Why Tufts Medicine:  

Tufts Medical Center is a proud member of Tufts Medicine. Tufts Medicine brings together providers and organizations with a shared vision of high-quality care delivered in the setting that serves our patients best. Together, Tufts Medicine brings together the strength of both academic medicine and community care.  This opportunity is fully academic, but our department does include both academic and non-academic community-based locations.
 

Tufts Medical Center is an internationally respected, 415-bed, tertiary care academic medical center located in downtown Boston, adjacent to the Tufts University School of Medicine and a proud member of the Tufts Medicine Healthcare System. The Medical Center is known for its basic, translational and clinical science research as well as its expertise in health policy. The Medical Center is in the top 10 percent of independent institutions receiving federal research funding. Our mission of advancing knowledge and training students to become future investigators drives us forward to quickly turn innovative research into pioneering care.
 

Location: Tufts Medical Center, the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine, is located in vibrant downtown Boston.