Department of Medicine

Open Faculty Positions

The Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a highly skilled faculty that is committed to advancing human health through cutting-edge research, personalized medicine and academic excellence.

Benefits of working at VUMC include:

  • Competitive benefits package
  • A collaborative culture
  • Our people
  • Named as one of America's Best In-state Employers for 2022 by Forbes

Additional information, including appointments, promotions and policies, is available through the Office of Faculty Affairs and in the Faculty Manual.

To apply for non-faculty, nurse and staff positions, please visit VUMC's career website.

A list of open faculty positions, by division, is available below.

  • Director - Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism: The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Medicine seeks an innovative physician-scientist or clinical investigator to direct the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Apply Here

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  • The Section of Hospital Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health seeks talented BC/BE Internal Medicine physicians to join the full-time faculty at the level of Assistant, Associate, or full Professor, on a clinical, academic, or research track.  Apply Here

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  • Physician-Scientist Geriatrician Faculty Position: The Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Geriatric Medicine within the Department of Medicine seeks a full-time geriatrician physician-scientist tenure/tenure-track candidate for a faculty position at any rank.

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  • New Classical Hematology Faculty: The Division of Hematology & Oncology in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking exceptional hematologists to join our rapidly expanding 8-member Classical Hematology team. Academic appointments are available at the Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor levels. There are opportunities to develop your area of expertise in our collaborative environment. The successful MD or MD/PhD candidate will participate in the educational programs of the department which include teaching services, training, preceptorships and mentoring students, house staff and fellows in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
  • New Hematology & Oncology Faculty in Regional Network Sites: The Division of Hematology-Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking two oncologists or hematologist/oncologists to join the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer center. All positions are for the rapidly enlarging network of ambulatory cancer clinics. The predominant criteria for all appointments are commitment to excellence in clinical care, patient satisfaction, scholarly activity that advances clinical medicine, and institutional service. The successful candidate would be board-certified (or eligible, with plans for certification) in Medical Oncology and Hematology with training from an academic medical center.
  • New Melanoma, Lung Cancer, GU Cancer and Breast Cancer Faculty: The Division of Hematology and Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center seeks MD or MD/PhD board-certified/board eligible hematologist-oncologists for melanoma, lung cancer, genitourinary cancer, and breast cancer. The individuals selected will be academically oriented and appointed to the full-time faculty as either an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University.

Division of Hematology and Oncology home

  • Director of Adult Inpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship: The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases is seeking clinical faculty member/s interested in a career as an academic clinician educator with administrative responsibilities in Antimicrobial Stewardship.  

  • Faculty Position General Infectious Diseases: The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases is accepting applications for a faculty position on the Clinician-Educator or Clinical Practice track, starting July 2025.

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The Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a great place to work, excelling in research, education and clinical care, supporting faculty with a robust professional development program.