Large Animal Emergency & Critical Care Assistant Professor

Overview

Assistant Professor (Auburn, AL): The Department of Clinical Sciences at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine seeks applicants to fill a full-time, 12-month/year appointment as a tenure track Assistant Professor in large animal emergency and critical care (65% teaching and clinical service, 30% research and scholarship, 2% Outreach, and 3% service to the department, college and university).

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to apply excellent verbal and written communication skills to teach, provide clinical service, and perform research/scholarly activity. Teaching responsibilities include the clinical and didactic instructional activities of professional veterinary medicine and postgraduate training programs related to large animal emergency medicine. Research activities, mainly focused on equine clinical pharmacology and critical care, aim to develop extramurally funded projects for supporting graduate students in residency training programs and veterinary student summer scholars. Outreach and Service responsibilities include providing specialist phone consultation and continuing education seminars to clients and referring veterinarian, participation to committees as assigned by the university, the college, or the department.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements: (1) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM); (2) Alabama Veterinary License or eligibility for veterinary licensure in the State of Alabama (University or College License acceptable); (3) Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Large Animal (ACVIM-LA); (4) Evidence (or potential for the development) of a strong research record based primarily in equine clinical pharmacology and critical care; and (4) Evidence of the ability to teach various courses in equine veterinary science.

The candidate selected for this position must meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States at the time the appointment is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

N/A

Contract Type

Continuing
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Posted Date

11/9/2026