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Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure) : Instructional Open Rank - Medical Education Engineering Medicine

Location Houston, TX

Open Date 10/22/2025

Position ID 171688

Description

The School of Engineering Medicine at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time,11-month academic professional track (non-tenure), faculty position at the Instructional assistant professor, Instructional associate professor, and Instructional professor level, depending on qualifications, to teach clinical medicine in the pre-clinical curriculum. Anticipated start date Spring-Summer 2026.

EnMed is the School of Engineering Medicine’s innovative medical education program, developed in a partnership with the, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Engineering and Houston Methodist Hospital, to educate “physicianeers,” a new kind of physician who will create transformational technology to solve health care’s greatest challenges. The EnMed medical education program offers a blended engineering and medicine curriculum with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. EnMed is the nation’s only program that allows graduates to receive both the Master of Engineering and Doctor of Medicine degrees in four years. EnMed is located in Houston’s Texas Medical Center (TMC).

Duties/Responsibilities:

+ Participate in developing and delivering the pre-clerkship curriculum and working with other member of the EnMed faculty to intergrate medical training with instruction in applying enginereing principles toward advancing medical innovation and improving clinical medicine

+ Teach within the intergrated organ-block courses in the pre-clerkship curriculum, with focus on differential diagnosis and applying foundational science concepts

+ Lead pre-clerkship courses based on areas of expertise

+ Contribute to curricular development and development of innovative instructional methods, participation in committees and admissions, and fostering collaboration among the three EnMed partners

Qualifications

Required:

+ Medical Degree (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

+ Demonstrated expertise in one or more foundational USMLE pre-clership content areas - such as renal/urinary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, or endocrine systems

+ Clinical experience and a strong foundation in diagnostic resoning and the application of differential diagnosis

Preferred:

+ Experience teaching in pre-clerkship medical education

+ Engineering background or experience teaching students with engineering or quantitive science backgrounds

Application Instructions

Interested applicants must apply through the Texas A&M University faculty job board hosted by Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/175961 and upload the following: 1) Cover Letter, 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) Personal statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching and service, as applicable, and 4) List three contact references. For further questions about this position, please contact Dr. Leslie Day at [email protected].