Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician and Section Chief #PED132a

Description

The University of Chicago's Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, in the Biological Sciences Division is searching for an associate or full professor. As a full-time faculty member, the appointee will contribute to patient care (including care of COVID-19 patients), medical education, and scholarship, and join a vibrant and distinguished community of faculty colleagues and learners in UChicago Medicine, the Biological Sciences Division, the Pritzker School of Medicine, and the University of Chicago and its affiliates. As Section Chief, the appointee will lead the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Section with the overarching goal of enhancing its clinical and academic excellence. A tradition of excellence in patient care, basic, clinical, and translational sciences, combined with the strengths of one of the world's top academic institutions provides the foundation for a career as an academic physician.

We especially welcome applicants who are accomplished program builders and leaders with strong administrative, operational, and financial knowledge and collaborative skills, and experienced mentors willing to pursue the strong opportunities for academic and clinical development of the faculty and staff of the Section and the Emergency Room. Additionally, we welcome applicants with clinical research experience, leading clinical trials, quality and/or health outcomes, investigator-initiated clinical trials, and/or multi-center IRB approved studies.

UChicago Medicine has been at the forefront of medical care since 1927. Located in historic Hyde Park, the primary medical campus includes the Center for Care and Discovery, Comer Children's Hospital, Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital for adult inpatient care, and the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine (DCAM) totaling more than 550 beds in service and net patient care revenues over $1.4 billion.

Prior to the start of employment, qualified applicants must: 1) have a MD or equivalent, 2) be Board certified in Pediatrics or Emergency Medicine, and 3) be Board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

To be considered, those interested must apply through The University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment job board, which uses Interfolio to accept applications: http:// apply.interfolio.com/120932 . Applicants must upload: CV including bibliography, cover letter.

Review of applications will end when the position is filled.

For instructions on the Interfolio application process, please visit http://tiny.cc/InterfolioHelp .

All University departments and institutes are charged with building a faculty from a diversity of backgrounds and with diverse viewpoints; with cultivating an inclusive community that values freedom of expression; and with welcoming and supporting all their members.

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity .

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