Description
Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health
Clinical Center
Radiology and Imaging Sciences (RADIS) is seeking an Interventional Radiologist. RADIS is located within the Clinical Center (CC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. The CC is a 200-bed hospital http://cc.nih.gov that provides care for patients participating in clinical research within the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP). IRP research includes natural history studies of rare diseases, first-in-human gene therapies, novel cell-based immunotherapies and transplants, and Phase I and Phase II cancer trials. RADIS supports clinical trials by providing state of the art imaging and expert consultation and image-guided interventions.
The interventional radiologist is responsible for performing or directing image-guided interventional procedures, consulting with providers on patient care, supporting quality control, and participating in clinical research. Conferences and clinical research collaborations with active surgical subspecialities, infectious disease, critical care and other subspecialty services are expected of faculty. Opportunities for collaborative and independent research with NIH institute and center investigators is available and encouraged.
The NIH Radiology Department has state of the art facilities in Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology, as well as multi-modality animal IR research facilities. Two additional IR suites are in design or construction phases. A new hospital tower is under construction which will include several large departments and all new IR suites.
Requirements
Candidates should be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Interventional Radiology. As a federal institution, licensure in any of the 50 states is sufficient for staff be medically credentialed at the Clinical Center, Appointees may be US citizens or resident aliens. Applications from women, persons from underrepresented groups, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged.
