About this role
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging within the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging. We seek a dedicated physician with a strong commitment to clinical excellence, education, collaboration, and academic scholarship.
The preferred candidate will be a board-certified radiologist with subspecialty training and expertise in nuclear medicine, or a board-certified nuclear medicine physician. Dual certification by the American Board of Radiology and the American Board of Nuclear Medicine is desirable.
Our faculty provide comprehensive diagnostic imaging and therapeutic services across Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Harris Health’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital and Smith Clinic, and UTHealth Houston outpatient imaging facilities.
The Nuclear Medicine section offers a broad range of adult and pediatric diagnostic examinations, including general nuclear medicine, SPECT/CT, cardiac imaging, PET/CT, and integrated PET/MRI. Our expanding PET/MRI program supports oncologic and neurologic imaging, including brain tumor evaluation, epilepsy assessment, and dementia imaging with FDG, amyloid, and tau radiotracers.
Our therapeutic practice includes radiopharmaceutical therapies such as lutetium-177 PSMA, lutetium-177 DOTATATE, radioiodine, and radium-223. The successful candidate will have opportunities to contribute to the growth of molecular imaging and theranostics, develop clinical programs, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across oncology, neurology, neurosurgery, and other specialties.
The position includes teaching and supervising radiology residents, fellows, and medical students. Scholarly activity is encouraged and supported, with opportunities for clinical research, multidisciplinary collaboration, and educational innovation. Evidence of scholarship is desirable.
Position Key Accountabilities
Faculty in Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging will engage in clinical care, research, education, and administrative activities, including providing patient care and supervising medical students and residents in hospital settings.
- Provide high-quality interpretation of nuclear medicine examinations, including PET/CT, PET/MRI, and SPECT/CT, consistent with training, expertise, and clinical privileges.
- Evaluate and manage patients undergoing radiopharmaceutical therapy, including patient selection, treatment planning, administration, and follow-up.
- Teach, supervise, and mentor medical students, residents, and fellows in clinical and academic settings.
- Participate in multidisciplinary conferences and collaborate with referring clinicians to support patient-centered care.
- Contribute to research, scholarly publications, educational initiatives, and clinical program development.
- Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, radiation safety, and accreditation activities.
- Help develop and implement clinical protocols, policies, and procedures that promote safe, consistent, and efficient care.
- Collaborate with physicians, technologists, nursing staff, research personnel, and administrative teams to improve clinical workflows and service delivery.
- Support staff recruitment, evaluation, mentoring, and professional development, as appropriate to the assigned role.
- Serve on departmental, institutional, and hospital committees as appropriate.
- Demonstrate professionalism, sound clinical judgment, effective communication, and collaborative leadership.
Qualifications
- ABR or ABNM certified and CAQ certified or eligible.
- Experience and expertise in protocoling, supervising, and interpreting a variety of nuclear medicine studies and therapies.
- Texas Medical license or qualify for a faculty temporary license.
Preferred Qualifications
- Board-certified radiologist with special competence in nuclear medicine or a Nuclear Medicine physician.
- Credentials such as a diagnostic radiology residency and additional Nuclear Medicine training or Nuclear Medicine
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong potential for a leadership role within the department.
Qualified applicants must demonstrate a commitment to excellence, discovery, and service, have the potential to be outstanding in their field of expertise, and share an interest in fulfilling the common goals of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.