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Job Description

The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville seeks to add a full-time Glaucoma Specialist to join our dynamic ophthalmology team as a non-tenure Clinical Assistant Professor. The ideal candidate will provide expert medical and surgical management of glaucoma while also contributing to comprehensive ophthalmic care. This position offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative patient-centered environment with access to advanced technology and a varied patient population. Major responsibilities include providing excellence in patient care, teaching and, if desired, clinical research, contributing to a varied academic eye practice.
Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate, diagnose, and manage a wide spectrum of glaucoma conditions
• Perform glaucoma surgeries including MIGS (Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery), trabeculectomy, tube shunts, and laser procedures (SLT, YAG Pl, etc.)
• Provide routine and advanced anterior segment care, including cataract surgery, as appropriate
• Collaborate with optometrists and other ophthalmic subspecialists for integrated patient care
• Maintain accurate, timely, and thorough medical records
• Educate patients and families about glaucoma, treatment options, and preventive care
• Participate in teaching ophthalmology residents and medical students
• Participate in clinical research as desired.

Required Qualifications:

• M.D. (or equivalent degree) or D.O. degree from an accredited medical school
• Ophthalmology residency
• Fellowship training in Glaucoma
• US Board certified or board eligible in Ophthalmology
• Eligible for medical licensure in Florida

About UF Health:
UF Health is the Southeast s premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation. UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia. The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.
About College of Medicine - Jacksonville (COM-J):
The UF College of Medicine Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.
Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus, and we have some of the country s leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.
The UF College of Medicine Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.