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Assistant Professor - Department of Endodontics

Position Number: 6373131
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Medicine - Dentistry

Assistant Professor - Department of Endodontics
Memphis, TN, United States

Job Identification: 3808
Job Category: Faculty
Posting Date: 07/09/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 910 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38163, US

Job Description
The Department of Endodontics in the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track Assistant Professor. We are seeking a dedicated, collaborative, and clinically skilled endodontist to join our dynamic academic environment. This role contributes significantly to the educational mission of the college through direct instruction, clinical supervision, patient care, and faculty engagement. The successful candidate will be expected to actively support the college's values of excellence, respect, and integrity, through teaching and clinical practice.

Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive clinical and didactic instruction in Endodontics to both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral residents.
Participate in curriculum development, course planning, calibration, and ongoing assessment of student/resident competencies.
Contribute to a collegial and collaborative environment that encourages academic growth, clinical excellence, and continuous improvement.
Provide clinical supervision in endodontic treatment planning and advanced procedural techniques, including both surgical and non-surgical interventions.
Engage in scholarly activity and evidence-based teaching practices; supports students and residents in case presentations and research projects.
Maintain appropriate documentation, student assessments, and contribute to accreditation-related processes (e.g., CODA reviews).
Participate in developmental meetings, academic committees, faculty development, and university service activities.
Contribute to patient care activities within the UT Health Science Center College of Dentistry clinics, including supervising clinical procedures in compliance with licensure regulations and institutional policies.

Qualifications
EDUCATION: DDS/DMD Degree or equivalent from an accredited U.S. or Canadian dental school. Completion of a CODA-accredited post-graduate Endodontics program.

EXPERIENCE: Prior experience in teaching in dental education settings. Demonstrated experience in advanced endodontic surgical and non-surgical techniques. Evidence of clinical excellence, professional development, and continuing education. Experience in private practice preferred.

LICENSE: Eligible for licensure to practice dentistry in the State of Tennessee. Eligibility for moderate sedation permit preferred.

For benefits information, please visit

https://www.uthsc.edu/hr/benefits/documents/benefits-preview-packet.pdf

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley's Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

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