Careers in Quality

This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at the rank of Instructor is an exciting one. Columbia University Irving Medical Center, one of the nation’s foremost academic health science center’s working together with one of the nation’s premier health systems, New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The Division of Neonatology at CUMC in Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is seeking a BC/BE neonatologist who seeks additional training in Cardiac Intensive Care. This is an academic faculty position that will combine clinical service with intensive training focused on neonatal cardiac intensive care. Excellent neonatology and basic neonatal cardiac critical care skills are required, along with a commitment to dedicated teamwork and academic mission. During the instructor period, the accepted candidate will receive training in neonatal cardiac intensive care along with key rotations in the following fields: cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac catheterization, heart failure, cardiac anesthesia, cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac intensive care. Additional rotations may be added to craft the training in a personalized fashion that would help the candidate launch into a successful career as a neonatal cardiac intensivist. At the end of the training, the successful candidate will receive a certificate as a neonatal/pediatric cardiac intensivist.

Responsibilities will include serving as an attending in the neonatal cardiac intensive care unit. While receiving one-to one training from trained cardiac intensivists, the successful candidate will also be engaged in the supervision of PGY 4/5/6 Fellows in Cardiology and Neonatology in the neonatal cardiac intensive care unit, be involved in the call schedule and attend high risk delivery service of cardiac/other highly complex neonates. The Infant Cardiac Unit, the nation’s first and only dedicated neonatal intensive cardiac unit will serve as the primary unit where training is received.

The neonatal cardiac intensive care unit- a 17 bed unit, is part of our outstanding 75-bed level IV NICU, and high-risk delivery service with >5000 deliveries per year. Opportunities for clinical research are readily available. Participation in call will be expected and, in an amount, expected of instructor position. Active participation in Departmental and Divisional faculty activities, meetings and conferences is required. Competitive salary, benefits, and support are offered commensurate with academic rank. The successful candidate must be eligible to practice in New York State.

Please email a letter of interest and CV to Dr. Anna Penn (Chief of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University & NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital) c/o her administrative coordinator, Sacha Parchment sp3233@cumc.columbia.edu. Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer and is particularly interested in applications from women and minorities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have a MD or DO degree and an active NYS Medical License
• Must have Board certification in Neonatology or an equivalent board certification with experience in the NICU with clinical training in pediatrics.
• Consistently strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with professionals in other disciplines;
• The ability to create a high-energy results-oriented work environment that encourages colleagues and staff to value each others contributions; and
• The ability to share and celebrate success with colleagues and staff.

COMPENSATION
Compensation arrangements are competitive and commensurate with both experience and achievement.

COMMITMENT OF DIVERSITY
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a diverse environment, and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

Columbia University welcomes applications from individuals who may have had nontraditional career paths, or who may have taken time off for family reasons (e.g. children, caring for disabled or elderly family), or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of academia (e.g., in professional or industry service). The University is responsive to the needs of dual career couples and is committed to supporting the work-life balance of its faculty. We are interested in candidates who have a record of success advising and mentoring individuals from groups underrepresented in higher education and is particularly interested in candidates who have research interests in subjects that will contribute to the understanding of diversity and equal opportunity