Faculty Adult Psychiatry UT Health Science Center, Memphis

Open rank faculty positions in Adult Consultation Liaison Psychiatry or Outpatient Psychiatry

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis, TN, USA

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UT Health Science Center) is seeking full-time psychiatrists for adult outpatient and adult consultation liaison psychiatry for consultation liaison, emergency psychiatry, and outpatient psychiatry. Areas of need for adult psychiatrists include general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry. The positions are at the faculty rank of Assistant Professor or above, and consist of clinical care, clinical supervision of trainees, departmental and university service, and teaching.

There are options for protected research time for interested and qualified applicants. Active areas of biomedical research include prospective clinical and clinical trials in addiction, pain in aging, cancer, and dementia, large neuroimaging database analyses, and clinical trials in child and adolescent psychiatry. The Department of Psychiatry at the UT Health Science Center is a growing and thriving department that is actively recruiting faculty in several areas.

The department hosts a rich training and clinical program, with psychiatric care and training at Alliance Behavioral Health, Lakeside Behavioral Health, the Memphis Veterans Administration hospital, the Memphis Mental Health Institute, Regional One Health, UT University Clinical Health, the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We train about 175 medical students per year, and sponsor a Psychiatry Residency, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, and a Post-pediatric Portal Fellowship.

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. Memphis, the birthplace of blues and rock and roll, is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, revitalized Downtown, including the world-famous Beale Street, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, a large and active medical district, St.

Jude Children’s Research Hospital, xAI, Dell, NVIDIA, International Paper, Auto Zone, and Federal Express.

Memphis boasts many attractions, including the majestic Orpheum Theater for Broadway and other performances, an outstanding symphony orchestra, the Memphis Ballet, Theatre Memphis, the Brooks Museum of Art, Dixon Galleries, the Memphis Botanic Gardens, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, Overton Park (the second-largest urban county park in the United States), Shelby Farms, Shelby Forrest, and an extensive greenway for cycling and walking.

Memphis hosts the international Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

According to Best Places, Memphis’ cost of living is 22.5% lower than the U.S. average. Conde Nast Traveler named Memphis one of the 23 Best Places to Go. The New York Times included Memphis in its 52 places in the world to visit in 2026. Tom Lee Park, a riverfront park, won the World Urban Park’s Large Park Award in 2025.

The Memphis Zoo was ranked as the #2 zoo in the nation. As the center of the Digital Delta, Memphis is emerging as a leading hub for advanced technology, logistics, and AI, with major commitment from Dell and Nvidia. xAI built the world’s largest AI supercomputer in Memphis (named the Colossus) and continues to enlarge AI supercomputing ability in the area.

The UT Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the UT 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.…