Vitreoretinal Specialist - Clinical Assistant/Associate/Professor - Part Time

University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is seeking a part-time, fellowship-trained Vitreoretinal Surgeon at the Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor level. Salary will be commensurate with classification, rank, and experience.

UF Jacksonville Eye Institute offers a broad range of ophthalmic services and a strong teaching environment. The successful candidate will join a growing department of ophthalmologists and optometrists, contributing to clinical care, teaching,

Qualifications

• MD/DO or equivalent fellowship trained in Vitreoretinal retina.
• BE/BC is preferred; experience with inherited retinal diseases and research trials.

Responsibilities

• Provide vitreoretinal surgical care at UF Jacksonville Eye Institute.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team and participate in teaching and research.
• Contribute to patient care quality and clinical outcomes.

Education

MD/DO or equivalent fellowship trained in Vitreoretinal retina

Job description

Job no: 541050

Work type: Multi-Track Faculty

Location: Jacksonville Campus

Categories: Education/Training/Instructional Design, Allied Health, Medicine/Physicians

Department:30150000 - JX-OPHTHALMOLOGY-JAX

Classification Title CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF

Classification Minimum Requirements MD/DO or equivalent trained in Vitreoretinal retina.

Job Description

The University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Department of Ophthalmology/UF Jacksonville Eye Institute is looking to add a part-time fellowship-trained Vitreoretinal Surgeon at the tenure or non-tenure accruing level of Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor. Salary will be commensurate to classification, rank, and experience.

The Department consists of a small but growing group of talented ophthalmologists and optometrists who offer a wide array of eye care services to the Jacksonville community. Our specialties include cornea and external disease, refractive surgery, glaucoma, anterior segment surgery, diseases of the retina, uveitis, ocular tumors, oculoplastic and orbital surgery, neuro-ophthalmology, contact lenses, low vision and electrophysiology. We are a multi-specialty academic practice with a robust clinical volume.

About UF Health

UF Health is the Southeast’s premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation. UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia. The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.

About College Of Medicine – Jacksonville (COM-J)

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country’s leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission — to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.

To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visit https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.

Expected Salary

Salary will be commensurate to classification, rank, and experience.

Required Qualifications

MD/DO or equivalent fellowship trained in Vitreoretinal retina

Preferred

Experience with inherited retinal diseases and research trials - BE/BC is preferred.

Health Assessment Required: Yes

Advertised: 25 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: Open until filled

The University of Florida is a public institution and subject to all requirements under the Florida Sunshine and Public Records laws.

Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US.

The final candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered "official" if a designation of "Issued to Student" is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).