Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Maternal Fetal Medicine - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Date Posted: 03/07/2024
Closing Date:04/12/2024, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 36364
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Obstetrics&Gynaecology
Hospital Affiliation: Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, along with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC), are seeking a full-time physician with subspecialty training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM). The successful candidate will be resourced to hold an academic position description of Clinician Educator, and must be on track or currently eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the minimum rank of assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Applications from individuals at the higher ranks of associate professor or professor are welcome. The anticipated start date will be June 1st, 2024, or at a mutually agreeable date.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is a tertiary referral site for MFM and Neonatology. Our MFM program comprises 7 full time faculty members and provides comprehensive high risk pregnancy care. Special interest clinics include complex maternal disorders, preterm birth prevention and management, placental disorders prevention and management, multi-fetal pregnancy care, a one-of-a-kind accessibility clinic, and comprehensive fetal ultrasound/diagnostics, fetal echocardiography and invasive prenatal diagnosis. Recently developed collaborations include the First Exposures Program and a Women’s Heart Health program built upon our strong foundation in tertiary care MFM and Obstetrics. 

SHSC is a fully affiliated teaching hospital with the University of Toronto and is associated with the Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI). SRI hosts a PhD Scientist with whom we collaborate, allowing bench to bedside research. SRI is also renowned for clinical trials management and hosts a number of ongoing trials inside and outside the Womens' Health area. The hospital Department provides a full range of clinical services in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, including 4,000 births/year, and includes the subspecialties of Gynecologic Oncology, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Urogynaecology. The MFM Division participates in the University of Toronto accredited subspecialty training program in MFM.

We are seeking a candidate that will provide consultation services and ongoing care for complex pregnancy and delivery. Desirable areas of clinical and research interest could include preterm birth prevention, diabetes, QuIPS, maternal heart disease, and/or fetal diagnosis. Research interests would also extend to education and curriculum development, and the successful candidate would be an active participant in teaching activities. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in a component of low-risk pregnancy care, high-risk clinic care within an agreed area of interest, comprehensive ultrasound reporting, prenatal diagnosis, high risk antenatal inpatient care, and labor and delivery on-call.

Our MFM division seeks to appoint either a newly graduated physician, or a more experienced mid-career individual. The successful candidate will be provided with up to two protected academic days to facilitate evolution of a successful career as a clinician-educator, developing a scholarly interest in education in MFM and in obstetrics. The scholarly activities will be supported by a salary stipend. The desirable candidate would hold or be currently enrolled in an appropriate graduate degree program focusing on the education of health professionals. 

Enthusiastic participation in all levels of our teaching and education mandate is expected, including subspecialty trainees in Maternal Fetal Medicine, residents in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, together with a share of department responsibilities to our 4-year MD Undergraduate Program. The successful candidate will promote and demonstrate excellence in professional practices and conduct.

The successful candidate must hold an MD degree, must either be licensed or eligible for medical licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and must either be board-certified (or eligible for certification) in the sub-specialty of MFM by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), or have achieved an equivalent level of regulated sub-specialty training in MFM. 

Year Two fellows currently enrolled in RCPSC-accredited subspecialty training programs are eligible to apply.

Compensation will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The position will be placed in the Hospital Department Practice Plan with an anticipated gross annual compensation greater than $400,000 (estimated based on fee-for-service billings).

Applications will be accepted until April 12th 2024, or until the position is filled.

Should you be interested in this opportunity, please forward a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three referees via email to:

Dr. Nanette Okun
Division Head, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dan Women and Babies Program,
M4-172
2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N3N5
Professor, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology
Co-Medical Director, Prenatal Screening Ontario
Email: [email protected]

Candidates are also welcome to call 416-480-5937 or visit in person or virtually.

Informal enquiries are welcome and may be directed to Dr. Nan Okun and to any of the following Department leaders:

Dr. Kellie Murphy, Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto,
at [email protected]

Dr. Janet Bodley, Chief Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,
at [email protected] 

For more information about the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto, please visit our website at obgyn.utoronto.ca.

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