Description
Associate/Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
Hiring Department: Department of Psychiatry Location: 1601 W. Taylor St., Chicago IL 60612 Requisition ID: 1043084
Posting Closing Date: December 19, 2026
Compensation: The previously determined salary range for this position was $220,000-250,000.
Job Summary:
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is seeking to recruit a psychiatrist to our clinical faculty to direct our Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program. We are interested in a mid-career, senior physician-scholar with interests in teaching, patient care, and research to lead a program with both inpatient and outpatient components in a major university-based institution.
For decades, UIC has excelled in the treatment of internalizing psychopathologies and has developed outstanding specialty programs in neuromodulation and bipolar disorder in the last few years. The inpatient and outpatient components of our Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program are staffed with an interdisciplinary team of dedicated individuals comprised of 9 psychiatrists, 10 psychologists, 3 advanced practice nurse practitioners and 5 licensed clinical social workers, providing a broad array of clinical options including diagnostic assessments, neuropsychological services and treatments including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy including couples and family therapy, and neuro modulation – ECT and rTMS. The Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program is the largest clinical division within the Department of Psychiatry, providing a unique and dynamic learning environment for our residents. The position includes teaching and supervision of residents and medical students in both inpatient and outpatient settings, as well as shared on-call duties. Strong candidates for this position should have administrative experience in leading clinical services involving multidisciplinary teams as well as extensive clinical experience in treating mood/anxiety disorders.
Research in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program includes connectomics, digital psychiatry, neurosteroids, and health services with strong collaborations with other clinical and basic sciences departments, the School of Public Health, the Jane Addams School of Social Work, the College of Engineering, College of Allied Health Sciences, and the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The University of Illinois Center for Depression and Resilience
Department faculty lead the College of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), the new Translational Neuroscience Institute and hold leadership roles in the NIH-funded Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences.
UIC Psychiatry is one of the largest departments in the Midwest, with a strong, nationally competitive General Psychiatry Residency Training Program with designated research and clinician-educator tracks and several fellowships, including Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Addictions, and Women’s Mental Health. We are also one of the top ranked teaching departments at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, one of the largest medical school in the country, with both preclinical and clinical teaching and mentoring opportunities. Our clinical services focus on diverse and vulnerable patients, serving predominantly minority and economically underserved populations on the South and West Sides of Chicago. Our inpatient psychiatry unit, located in the main teaching hospital, includes the only Med-Psych service in Chicago, as well as the only unit that regularly accommodates pregnant patients. We are also a nationally known basic and clinical research enterprise, ranked first in Chicago and top 20 by NIH funding, with foci in mood and anxiety disorders, women’s mental health, late life depression, addictions, and mental health services, with multiple opportunities for collaboration and translation of research towards serving our clinical populations.
An important overarching goal at UIC is to attract world-class faculty to enrich the educational experience of our bright and motivated students and trainees and provide high-quality care to our diverse and vulnerable patient populations. UIC is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment, and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities, and those with a passion for social justice and serving the underserved. This is an outstanding opportunity for a physician-scholar interested in combining academic interests with research and administration.
Applicants must be a physician or physician-scientist and have completed an ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited residency in Psychiatry. The applicant must possess or be eligible for an unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Illinois and an unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license, and must be Board-certified or Board-eligible in Psychiatry.
Please visit our department website at www.psych.uic.edu. Applicants must apply online at http:// jobs.uic.edu and reference Job Requisition 1043084 and submit their application with a CV, cover letter and three names of references by 12/19/2026. The application review process will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The start date is flexible.
Benefits and Compensation:
The previously determined salary range for this position is $220,000-$250,000.
We strive to provide a competitive salary, considering factors such as available market data, internal equity, candidate experience and qualifications. The final salary will be determined through a thorough assessment of these elements.
This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=4292&pageId=1411899
University of Illinois faculty, staff, and students are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This employment offer is contingent on your timely submission of proof of your vaccination. If you are not able to receive the vaccine for medical or religious reasons, you may seek approval for an exemption in accordance with applicable University processes.
The University of Illinois Chicago is an equal opportunity employer, including Disability/Vets. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position; however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.
