Pathology Physician at Veterans Health Administration summary:
The Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Services at the Memphis VA Medical Center oversees pathology and cytology diagnoses, focusing on surgical pathology. This role operates within a tertiary care VA healthcare system, serving nearly 69,000 Veterans across a wide geographic area. The position is integral to providing comprehensive care and advancing education and research programs in pathology.
The Memphis VA Medical Center has an opening for the Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Services. The position reports directly to the Chief of Staff and provides neoplastic and non-neoplastic pathology and cytology diagnoses. Surgical pathology will include at least 80% of the cases in the area of subspecialty training.
The Medical Center consists of one main campus and ten community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). It s a 1a complexity tertiary care VA healthcare system located in one of the fastest growing Veteran population regions in the United States. The facility provides comprehensive care to almost 69,000 enrolled Veterans in a 52-county area of Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi, and Northeast Arkansas. It includes 236 inpatient beds with a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs. Comprehensive primary, secondary, and tertiary health care is provided in areas of medicine, general cardiovascular, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, neurology, oncology, rheumatology, geriatrics, Women s Health, and Dentistry.
Keywords:
Pathology, Laboratory Services, Healthcare, Veterans Hospital, Medical Center, Surgical Pathology, Cytology, Tertiary Care, Education and Research, Chief of Staff