Assistant or Associate Professor (WOT) - Pediatric Sports Medicine Service - Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine

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Description The University of Washington Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital have an outstanding opportunity for a full-time pediatric orthopaedic surgeon to specialize in pediatric sports medicine. This position includes an academic appointment in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine at the University of Washington. The appointment will be made at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor rank, dependent upon qualifications and both without tenure (WOT). The majority of School of Medicine faculty hired in the professorial track are hired under the WOT designation. Faculty appointed WOT have the same rights, responsibilities and obligations as tenure-track and tenured faculty members at those ranks. However, faculty appointed as WOT do not hold tenure because all or part of their annual University-administered salary is derived from sources other than regularly appropriated stated funds. The current sports program at Seattle Children's Hospital includes 2 surgeons, 7 non-operative sports physicians, 3 dedicated sports advanced-practice providers, 6 in-clinic athletic trainers, 26 athletic trainers staffing lo...