Assistant/Associate Professor (Part-Time) – General Practice and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry
UTHealth Houston
About the Practice
Job Description
Position Key Accountabilities:
Providing lectures, pre-clinical and didactic courses, supervising and teaching pre-doctoral students in clinic
Mentoring students in treatment planning and restorative dentistry that includes preventative care, operative dentistry, and removable and fixed prosthodontics.
Meeting patients’ Oral Health needs by carrying out comprehensive dental care.
Serving as a professional role model for students.
Participating in departmental activities, conducting research, and providing service to the University, such as serving on standing and ad-hoc dental school committees.
Performing other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
DDS/DMD degree
License to practice dentistry in the State of Texas or practice under a Faculty License through the School of Dentistry.
Experience in private practice and/or community health in underserved populations.
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior teaching experience
Clinical practice experience
The position is available ......... Academic rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and experience.
The School of Dentistry is located in the Texas Medical Center, which offers significant resources and important opportunities for collaboration and advanced training. The School of Dentistry is one of six schools in the most comprehensive health science center in Texas.
Instructions to Applicants: Please complete the online application. Attach a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching and research interests, and names and addresses of three (3) references
About UTHealth Houston
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth is home to Jane and Robert Cizik School of Nursing, John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School, and schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, and public health. UTHealth includes the UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists, and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.