Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position, please review this tip sheet . Position Summary The Transplant Hepatologist provides comprehensive care to patients with acute and chronic liver disease and to liver transplant
recipients across the full continuum of care — candidate evaluation, waitlist management, perioperative care, and long-term post-transplant follow-up. The physician serves as an integral member of a multidisciplinary transplant team and contributes to clinical excellence, program growth, education, and research. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Evaluate patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver
failure for transplant candidacy and present cases to the multidisciplinary selection committee. Manage waitlisted patients, including MELD-based prioritization and optimization of medical status. Manage complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension, including ascites, variceal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Direct post-transplant medical management, including immunosuppression,
prophylaxis, and treatment of infectious, biliary, and vascular complications. Diagnose and manage acute and chronic allograft rejection and recurrent liver disease. Perform and/or interpret relevant procedures and diagnostics (e.g., paracentesis, liver biopsy interpretation, endoscopic evaluation and management of varices as applicable). Participate in a shared inpatient and on-call rotation for the transplant
service. Collaborate with transplant surgery, hepatobiliary and oncology specialists, coordinators, pharmacists, and allied health. Contribute to quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and outcomes reporting (UNOS/OPTN, CMS). Support clinical research and teaching of residents, fellows, and advanced practice providers. Required Qualifications MD or DO degree. Board certification or board eligibility in Internal
Medicine and Gastroenterology by the ABIM. Board certification or eligibility in Transplant Hepatology (or completion of an accredited Transplant Hepatology fellowship or equivalent training). Active, unrestricted FL medical license (or eligibility) and DEA registration. Eligibility for medical staff privileges at University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital Preferred Qualifications Dedicated transplant
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